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Last monthly gas price under old rate-setting formula issued

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 2nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The final monthly natural gas price in Medicine Hat set via a formula of averaging other default rates in Alberta will be $2.83 per gigajoule used in December, the city utility department said Friday. The local rate-setting formula will change in 2024 to system based on the department’s cost of procuring gas deliveries to ... Read More »

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SW Sask. at high risk for more drought in 2024

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 2nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Southwest Saskatchewan is at high risk of another drought year in 2024, according to that province’s water security agency. There is “concern of surface water supply issues in the southwest if winter snowfall is below average,” reads the summary of conditions at freeze-up, published this week. “In some cases, an above-normal snowpack would be ... Read More »

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Pair arrested in Swift on multiple drug charges

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 2nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Swift Current have arrested two residents of that city after police say they seized cocaine and fentanyl pills in a house raid Wednesday. The Swift Current Trafficking Response Team says 42 grams of tablets were confiscated along with small amounts of fentanyl powder, methamphetamine and cash. Samantha Nastuk, 30, and Derek Ruest, ... Read More »

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MHHS ready to present musical version of A Christmas Story

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 2nd, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat High School is presenting the musical version of A Christmas Story this December. Author Jean Shepherd wrote the stories as memories of himself growing up, which appeared as a series of radio shows originally and was later adapted into a movie. “This is mostly based on the movie version, with some changes ... Read More »

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Deadline looms in Mayoral recall petition

By COLLIN GALLANT on December 2nd, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant COLLIN GALLANT cgallant@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: CollinGallant A recall effort to unseat Mayor Linnsie Clark is entering its final week while another to ask the Alberta government to review city action on utility rates this past summer is ongoing. A deadline to collect more than 26,000 names of local voters, thereby forcing Mayor Linnsie Clark out ... Read More »

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Dunmore moves closer to its own ‘gasoline alley’

By COLLIN GALLANT on December 1st, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The first edition to a planned highway commercial strip on the eastern edge of Dunmore is up and operating as Cypress County considers plans for major commercial development. The UFA cardlock first proposed in early 2022 opened in late November and is now serving customers, according to the rural supply and fuel co-operative retailer. ... Read More »

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Lethbridge exhibition group seeks more money for ag hub

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 1st, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews LETHBRIDGE The Lethbridge and District Exhibition has asked that city to help cover cost overruns at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre, the funding model for which is the basis of a similar proposal in Medicine Hat. Mike Warkentin, CEO of the Lethbridge Exhibition, told that city council that a capital grant of $6.74 ... Read More »

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Medicine Hat News calling on community for annual Twinkle Tour submissions

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 1st, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Here ye! Here ye! The calendar having flipped to December, the Medicine Hat News is putting out a call for submissions to the annual Twinkle Tour feature. From quaint to outlandish, garish to downright Griswold, creative to traditional; we want to see ’em. Send an evening photo of the display and your location to ... Read More »

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Monsignor McCoy production of Cinderella opens tonight

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 1st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Isabel Garcia loves being on stage, singing and working with the cast and crew on the production of Cinderella by drama students at Monsignor McCoy High School. Garcia is one of the students playing Cinderella, which has been double cast. “It’s taught me lots of patience because Cinderella is very patient with everyone. When ... Read More »

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CHHS student scores perfect on physics 30 diploma

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 1st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Crescent Heights High School Grade 11 student Remi Lemire was honoured this week by board trustees after quite the academic achievement. Lemire, along with his parents, was invited to Tuesday’s public board meeting of Medicine Hat Public School Division after scoring a perfect 100% on his physics 30-1 Diploma Exam. While writing the test, ... Read More »

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MHC graduates first seven dogs from its canine studies program

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 30th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com The first cohort of dogs-in-training and canine studies management students at Medicine Hat College reached a significant milestone. After 14 months of schooling, the dogs are bidding farewell next week to be placed back with the organizations which provided them to the college. A convocation ceremony was held for the dogs on Tuesday to ... Read More »

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