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YMCA expanding ‘after hours’ child care program
By Brendan Miller on February 8th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The YMCA is expanding its child care program designed to provide parents additional hours in evenings and on Saturdays. The HOW program Child Care Program (Employment Services and Hours of Work Child Care) offered through the YMCA helps parents find care for their children while working jobs with unconventional hours. The program launched last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC job fair offers face-to-face networking opportunity
By Brendan Miller on February 8th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Online job boards like Indeed.com have become a growing trend among employment seekers providing a convenient place to search and apply for potential opportunities in the area. However, those same online job boards don’t offer seekers a face-to-face, personal connection, with potential employers to help them find out if they are the right fit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IPC boosts southern Alberta oil production
By Medicine Hat News on February 8th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews International Petroleum Corporation boosted its production in southern Alberta by 3,400 barrels per day in 2023 through new wells and an acquisition near Suffield, it stated in a fourth-quarter financial report. Over 12 months, the Canadian-based global producer recorded net income of US$173 million, about half the 2022 figure due to lower commodity prices. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senior reported missing was found safe and sound
By Medicine Hat News on February 8th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A senior who was reported as potentially missing during cold temperatures on Tuesday evening was located and is safe, according to Medicine Hat police on Wednesday. Police asked the public for assistance in locating the 91-year-old female who was last seen travelling on foot in the early evening Tuesday near a shopping centre on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat students participate in walkout to support trans students
By Brendan Miller on February 8th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat students took part in a province-wide walkout, protesting policies geared toward trans youth put forward by Premier Danielle Smith. The proposed guidelines would ban gender-affirming surgeries for anyone under the age of 17, as well as puberty blockers and hormone therapies for those under the age of 15. This announcement has prompted ... Read More »
1 responseMHC high school art show on display now
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 8th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College is celebrating the talent of potential future students with the annual high school art show. The display features work from Crescent Heights, Eagle Butte, Medicine Hat and Monsignor McCoy high schools, selected by their own art teachers as their best works and now professionally curated by MHC art and design instructor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Galt event showcases Afro-fusion dance moves
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the community had the opportunity to learn some Afro-fusion dance moves during the Creative Community:Black History Month event at the Galt Museum and Archives Wednesday. Abdulaziz Sani of the BIPOC foundation spoke to attendees about the history of African dances that have influenced other rhythms in South America prior to teaching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in sex assaults granted bail to attend addiction treatment centre
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 59-year-old Lethbridge man accused of holding two women against their will and sexually assaulting them, will be released on bail as soon as he’s able to attend a treatment centre. Justice Jerry LeGrandeur agreed during a bail hearing this week in Lethbridge court of justice to release Bernard Alonzo Gibson from remand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman gets house arrest for defrauding U of L
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A city woman who was set to stand trial for three weeks in May for defrauding the University of Lethbridge of thousands of dollars, has been placed on house arrest. Donna Court, whose trial in Lethbridge Court of King’s bench was cancelled, pleaded guilty last month to one count of fraud over $5,000, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workplace is evolving, Chamber session told
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 8th, 2024
With the rapid advancement of technology and the introduction of Generation Z into the workforce the workplace is evolving. Gathering to delve deeper into the some of the challenges and triumphs of multi-generational, or generationally diverse workplaces, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce welcomed Natalie Amyotte, Director of Human Resources and Privacy with Lethbridge Family Services, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Education support workers to rally for better pay
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 8th, 2024
Education support workers are calling for fair pay because they say they are unable to live off poverty wages they are receiving within Alberta. Local education support workers will be joining their counterparts across the province on Saturday with a rally to bring attention to their message that current are lower than the poverty line ... Read More »
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