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Local stars shine at 2023 Alberta Provincial Music Festival
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2023
For the last several months, music festivals have been held across Alberta with some performers and musicians earning a qualifying spot at the 2023 Alberta Provincial Music Festival. At the Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival in March, adjudicators recommended top local performers to move on to provincials in the disciplines of Strings, Piano, Speech, Musical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 100 motorcycles ride to help Abbi
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The executive committee for the 2023 Ride for Kids, Tom Reeves, Heather McCaig, Ivan Reimer and Len Lloyd, put together a successful day on June 17, raising more than $41,000 for the Ulmer family to help pay for Abbi Ulmer’s treatments for complex regional pain syndrome. The ride completed with a party atmosphere at ... Read More »
1 responseStar athlete, star student and the second Holt to earn valedictorian at McCoy
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Nicholas Holt, 2023 valedictorian for Monsignor McCoy High School, considers himself a math guy. He will be attending the University of Calgary in the computer science program come September and is considering the possibility of doing a double major. “I think I want to do a dual degree eventually with business and then see ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deputy superintendent Hellman says goodbye to a lifetime at MHCBE
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Outgoing deputy superintendent Chuck Hellman began working within the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education in 1988 and will retire at the end of this month after 35 years of service. His first year of teaching started in September 1988 at St. Francis Xavier School for a Grade 3-4 combined class with 33 kids. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council must decide if power profits should go to relief, or reserve
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 22nd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Power bill relief might be on the way for Medicine Hatters, but prospects for an overarching review of utility rates are still murky. The issue arose Monday night as council received interim financial statements that forecast a $184-million profit could be recorded in the city-owned power plant this year. That’s largely due to sales ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dunmore Equestrian Society to break ground on Community Ranch Arena with celebration
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2023
The Dunmore Equestrian Society will begin work on its new Community Ranch Arena with an official ground-breaking ceremony next Wednesday. After driving shovels into the dirt at 4:15 p.m., the Dunmore Equestrian Society will host an equestrian arena exhibition at 4:45 p.m., followed by a beer gardens with dinner and cocktails at 5:45 p.m. “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cancarb celebrates 50th anniversary in the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 21st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cancarb celebrated 50 years in operation on Tuesday with more than 200 guests for a luncheon and a tour the plant in Brier Park. Dignitaries included representation from 30 corporations from 20 countries that either distribute or use the rubber, steel and ceramic additive from the local plant. They joined local contractors, employees and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2013 flood anniversary for the Hat upcoming
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 21st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Just like large amounts of water in 2013, the anniversary of the flooding that first hit High River and Calgary that year will take a few more days to reach Medicine Hat. Calgary marks June 21 as one decade since heavy, concentrated rain west of that city swelled rivers and caused a local state ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO seeks funding from the city
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 21st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant HALO air rescue society is formally requesting that Medicine Hat city council put funds toward a municipal partnership that is helping to keep the service operating. Executive director Paul Carolan told council in a presentation Monday that the service based in Medicine Hat to transport those with emergencies and accidents to hospital operates by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five Eagle Butte seniors take home Redcliff Scholarship Awards
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 21st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Redcliff Scholarship Committee for Advanced Education has announced the five recipients of the 2023 Redcliff Scholarship Awards. Four graduating students from Eagle Butte High School, Jilly Cork, Sofia Hilsendeger, Ava Schofield and Dennis Kim, along with one Medicine Hat High School student, Jaivyn Barabe, will receive the awards. Each of the students will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SALH ceremonial review a homecoming for Canada’s defence chief
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 21st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com At the annual ceremonial review for the 2313 South Alberta Light Horse (Kiwanis) Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, General Wayne Eyre, Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff, joined the corps as the reviewing officer. It was a homecoming for Eyre, who joined the 2313 Army Cadets at the age of 12 and, in his address, ... Read More »
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