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Llama meet-and-greet brings out the community

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 27th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Kandace Dolph brought her llama, Kuzco, to Strathcona Island Park for kids who were attending the Medicine Hat Public School Division’s Hugs/My Place crafting event. The llama was a few minutes late and a crowd was eager for the first sighting. Eric Robinson, who was celebrating his birthday, came down with his family to ... Read More »

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Curb work on Dunmore should be finished for opening of Stampede

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Contractors completing curb work on Dunmore Road should be finished this morning, just in time to make way for commuters clamouring to the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Grounds. The gates at the annual fair open Wednesday at noon, and the four-day event runs through Saturday. That comes after long portions of Dunmore Road ... Read More »

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Parade will cause some road closures Thursday

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Stampede Parade route will cause some road closures in the city’s centre on Thursday, but transit routes shouldn’t be disrupted for very long, according to city transportation officials. The parade will begin at 9 a.m., led by Olympian Sage Watson as honourary marshal. That will require the closure of First, Second ... Read More »

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Daily heat records fall in Medicine Hat and around the province

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat equalled a 133-year-old daily heat record on Monday as temperatures rose to 38.9C – the same reading taken in at the town of Medicine Hat, N.W.T., on July 24, 1890. That is according to Environment Canada, which has records for the city dating to 1881, and a number of new records in ... Read More »

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Saddle up, Medicine Hat

By COLLIN GALLANT on July 26th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Stampede grounds are ready for another go-round. The annual fair opens today after furious preparations on Tuesday saw rides go up on the midway, rodeo stock delivered, booths erected, curtains drawn, and spit and polish applied to the exhibition grounds ahead of four days of summer frolic. “It’s awfully busy with ... Read More »

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Combining passions at the ADC

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 26th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Going into the final year of his Bachelor of Education in September at Medicine Hat College, Ty Jans is spending the summer working at the Agriculture Discovery Centre at Irvine School. “After I got this job,” said Jans, “I found out my practicum is out at Irvine this year so it’s pretty nice I ... Read More »

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MHCBE, PRPS receive letters of approval for design funding

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 26th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Both Prairie Rose Public Schools and the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education received their official letters of approval and each had an initial kick-off meeting with government officials for the design funding they were approved for a few months ago. PRPS is looking to making changes to Redcliff Schools and pursuing the best ... Read More »

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Train derails near Havre for second time in three days

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 25th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews For the second time in three days a train derailed near Havre, Mont. on Monday. Amtrak reported that at 2 p.m. on July 24 a passenger train left the rails at the west end of the town 200 kilometres south of Medicine Hat. No injuries were reported, Hill County disaster officials told MBC Montana, ... Read More »

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Transport truck catches fire southwest of Dunmore

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 25th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A transport truck carrying bales of hay caught fire on Monday afternoon, causing the detour of traffic along Township Road 120 southwest of Dunmore in the late afternoon. Plumes of black smoke emanating from the vehicle near Range Road 53 could be seen from as far away as Redcliff at about 2:45 p.m. as ... Read More »

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Medicine Hat Dental offering chance to ‘Dunk Your Doc’ today

By Medicine Hat News on July 25th, 2023

Medicine Hat Dental is inviting the community to come out and send their doctors plunging into the depths for the Dunk Your Doc fundraiser in support of the McMan Youth, Family Preservation Program. Dozens of doctors, dentists, chiropractors, naturopaths and more from across the city will be on hand to sit the plank and face ... Read More »

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Aurora Sun transferred to subsidiary that sells ornamental flowers, starter vegetables

By COLLIN GALLANT on July 25th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Aurora Sun will rise again, according to the owner of the half-built greenhouse in Medicine Hat, and a new power agreement from the City of Medicine Hat helped guide the deal to completion. Aurora Cannabis said Monday that the mothballed, million-square-foot greenhouse has been transferred to a subsidiary that sells ornamental flowers and starter ... Read More »

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