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City gets OK to build new substation
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A plan to build a new substation and upgrade power lines in Medicine Hat’s southwest quadrant has been approved by provincial utility regulators. The station, designated MHS-11, would handle the flow of power from connection at the river valley power complex, south to the station near Highway 3’s entrance to the city, then east ... Read More »
2 responsesBow Island emergency department reduces hours due to staffing shortage
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on May 1st, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Due to a staffing shortage, the Bow Island Health Centre Emergency Department will be reducing hours. Effective immediately, the emergency department will be open from 7 a.m. Friday until 7 a.m. every Monday, and closed on all other weekdays. This is due to an ongoing inability to secure consistent coverage during the remainder of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP seek assistance in locating missing Siksika teenager
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 1st, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com RCMP in Gleichen are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old female Autumn Raweater as there is concern for her well-being. Police say Raweater was last seen on Monday at approximately 4 p.m. in Siksika Nation. Raweater is described as 5-foot-3, approximately 90 pounds with medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair with orange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat College to host Red Dress Day remembrance gathering
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 30th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Monday evening Medicine Hat College will host a public gathering to honour lives lost during the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+) held annually on May 5 since 2010. During the national day of remembrance and activism red dresses are draped in trees, hanging ... Read More »
1 responseShow Review: MH Musical Theatre’s 9 to 5 a beautiful balance of simple and bold
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on April 30th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com What stands out about Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s latest offering, a rendition of 9 to 5, is perhaps how it manages to feel grounded and fantastical at the same time. The office set that has been created by the crew in the Playhouse manages to feel perfectly mundane, encapsulating the feel of the workplace ... Read More »
1 responseProposed election law changes would ease referendum process for citizens
By Medicine Hat News on April 30th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Changes to Alberta election laws proposed Tuesday would lower the requirements for citizens seeking provincial ballot questions – including those on Constitutional matters – or removing MLAs under recall procedures. “Recall legislation and citizen initiatives give more Albertans more ways to be directly involved in democracy and have their say on issues that matter ... Read More »
1 responseSmith congratulates, and warns, Carney
By Collin Gallant on April 30th, 2025
@@CollinGallant One day after the federal election, it appears Canada’s House of Commons is heading into a seventh straight year of minority parliament, with Alberta’s federal and provincial politicians also stating they too will stay the same course. Premier Danielle Smith issued a brief congratulations to Liberal Leader Mark Carney on being elected prime minister ... Read More »
1 response‘Old Bay Girls’ call on former employees for one final photo
By Collin Gallant on April 30th, 2025
@@CollinGallant “The Old Bay Girls” have met regularly to keep in touch since they retired from working at the department store in Medicine Hat more than two decades ago. Now, they’re hoping to expand the reunion as the Hudson’s Bay store prepares to close for good this month. Linda Weiss is organizing what she hopes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Registration to complete high school courses opens Thursday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 30th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Mature students and graduates interested in completing or upgrading high school courses can register on May 1 for in-person lessons taught by an instructor at Medicine Hat College. The program is designed to allow mature students an opportunity to receive in-person education delivered in a post-secondary setting. Applicants are asked to call 403-526-4156 for ... Read More »
1 responseShort jail sentence for homeless man who caused multiple disturbances
By Medicine Hat News on April 30th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A man who forced his way into a music festival at a church and also disrupted two businesses in Medicine Hat will spend a total of 45 days in jail, Court of Justice heard Tuesday. Police say Marial Mayiik Jok twice attended a downtown coffee shop this month, once while on court order to ... Read More »
1 responseExhibition of historic photos shows local fire department’s impact on Medicine Hat, and vice versa
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 30th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Over the next six months 25 photographs of significant moments that helped shape Medicine Hat’s history and define the story of local firefighters will be on display at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre. “We tried to pick events that really shaped our department, shaped the city and really tried to recognize the work ... Read More »
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