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Municipal Affairs grants council the inspection it asked for

By Collin Gallant on November 15th, 2024

@@CollinGallant Alberta Municipal Affairs will conduct a municipal inspection of the City of Medicine Hat – a request made in September – but the results could be six to 18 months away. City Hall confirmed Thursday that the provincial ministry has agreed to undertake the evaluation, which would look into administrative practices after a year-long ... Read More »

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City’s portfolio completely divested from AIMCo. as of 2023

By Collin Gallant on November 15th, 2024

@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat has no position in AIMCo – the province’s investment wing that is in the midst of restructuring – after moving treasury management in house at city hall last year and contracting it to a number of private-sector investment houses. Medicine Hat’s funds were returned and reinvested with alternate fund ... Read More »

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Mobile prostate cancer screening unit back in the Hat on Nov. 19

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 15th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Man Van is returning to Medicine Hat for a second time this year, helping men throughout the city keep aware of their prostate cancer risk. The Prostate Cancer Centre’s Man Van, Canada’s first mobile men’s health clinic, will be in town Nov. 19. The goal, as it was when the van visited earlier ... Read More »

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Power grid inter-tie for Alberta, Saskatchewan could be out of commission for several months

By Medicine Hat News on November 15th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews The inter-tie connecting power grids of Alberta and Saskatchewan near Empress gas plant complexes could be down until May, the owner of the McNeill Converter Station has told the Alberta Electrical System Operator. Atco says the equipment failure at the station located in northern Cypress County, will require repair work, and that only emergency ... Read More »

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Province to collaborate with educators to develop new junior high curriculums

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 15th, 2024

news@medicinehatnews.com Beginning this month the province will be working with education partners, teachers, First Nations education directors and the Alberta Teachers Association to develop draft curriculums for junior high level math, social studies, phys-ed and career and life management, known as CALM. In a press release issued Thursday the province is looking for feedback on ... Read More »

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More than 150 years of combined experience on display at MHC Faculty Art Show

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 15th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College instructors are proud to put their talent and skill on display with their annual Faculty Art Show. The display, hosted in the college’s One on One gallery, features a variety of mediums, including printmaking, graphic design, sculpture, painting and drawing, each reflecting the artists’ specialties and areas of research. “People often ... Read More »

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Teen who has battled cancer into remission granted Disney World family trip by local Make-A-Wish chapter

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 14th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation was able to work its magic for the Griffiths family on Tuesday night, granting them a trip to Walt Disney World. For 17-year-old Daniel Griffiths, the news of his cancer diagnosis came on incredibly quick last September. “It was crazy,” said Corrina Griffiths, his mother. “We went ... Read More »

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Six suspects charged with forcible confinement following home invasion

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 14th, 2024

news@medicinehatnews.com Police have charged six suspects with several charges, including forcible confinement, after discovering a male who had been assaulted and unlawfully confined within a residence on Monday. The male was discovered after officers responded to a noise complaint at a home on Belfast Street, and was found assaulted and unlawfully confined within the home. ... Read More »

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Nov. 20 event will honour those lost to anti-trans violence

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 14th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat & District is inviting the public on Nov. 20 to honour the lives of those lost to anti-transgender violence. Trans Day of Remembrance is an annual observance, in which the community takes the time to hold space for the memory of trans people whose lives have been ... Read More »

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Bad debt report for Redcliff shows $1,354 as uncollectable

By Medicine Hat News on November 14th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews The value of uncollected utility bills in Redcliff has dropped for the fourth straight year, that town’s council heard Tuesday night. Administrators presented the 2024 bad debt report from water, sewer and solid waste collection accounts provided by the town, requesting that $1,354 be written-off as uncollectable. Five accounts on the current list have ... Read More »

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Municipal voting in southwest Saskatchewan won’t change much

By Medicine Hat News on November 14th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews Wednesday was election day in Saskatchewan municipalities for urban voters and odd-numbered rural wards. A number of positions in southwest Saskatchewan were acclaimed on nomination day when only one name was received, but elections for mayor and council were set to go ahead in several towns and cities. In Swift Current, Al Bridal was ... Read More »

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