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CCDA’s remaining assets will form legacy fund
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The assets of the City Centre Development Agency will be used to create a legacy fund for downtown business owners to improve their properties, the group that officially disbanded this week has announced. That amounts to between $130,000 and $140,000 that will continue to offset the cost of interest-free loans to renovate or make ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power price highest in seven years
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 3rd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Power prices will hit their highest levels in more than seven years this month, according to rates for July posted Friday. Electricity for home and small to medium business use will be charged at 10.216-cents per kilowatt hour this month. That is up nearly 40 per cent from the floating rate in June and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Power profits soar when temperatures go crazy
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Ching, ching, cha-ching – that sound might be thermometers popping, but it’s also the cash register rollicking at the city’s power plant. A first blush of weekly power figures across the province had analysts looking as far back as the Enron disaster to find similar prices. Do I have to mention that it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forty Mile County issues complete fire ban
By Medicine Hat News on July 2nd, 2021
The County of 40 Mile is the latest rural municipality to issue a fire ban in southern Alberta as the current oppressive heat wave continues to hold the area hostage. The latest restriction comes as Medicine Hat, Cypress County, Vulcan County, Lethbridge, County of Lethbridge have all issued fire bans. Just about anything that can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island’s non-competitive Gymkhana Club offers riders skill development while stressing a fun time
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on July 2nd, 2021
The Bow Island Gymkhana Club returned to the town’s Rodeo Grounds for its second year with a welcome back session on June 24. Organizers Christy Martens, Kimberly Hodgeson and Mikayla Gross started the club last year after Martens and her girls attended a gymkhana night in Irvine. “A couple of years ago me and my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters celebrate being together again
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on July 2nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Thirty-eight-degree heat didn’t stop Hatters from gathering at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede grounds Thursday as Alberta entered Stage 3 of its reopening plan, removing nearly all public health orders, to celebrate Canada Day. Cars packed the Stampede parking lot as early as 8 a.m. when the pancake breakfast began. Every table was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Great Big Paddle expected to be as great and big as ever
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Paddling Club along with Tourism Medicine Hat are excited to be co-hosting the sixth annual Great Big Paddle on the South Saskatchewan River on July 10. Rick Redmond, president of the Medicine Hat Paddling Club, is happy to be able to continue the tradition after having to cancel last year’s event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s called Beat the Heat for a reason: Skateboard competition returns
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Beat the Heat Skateboard Competition certainly lived up to its name this year, with temperatures soaring into the high 30s – but even that couldn’t keep energetic competitors and spectators away from Kinsmen Skate Plaza. “The first time we did our competition, it wasn’t called Beat the Heat and it was 40 degrees out,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AgriStability program will show its mettle during times of uncertain profit margins
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com The deadline for agricultural producers to sign up to the AgriStability program passed this week just as a record-setting period of exceedingly hot temperatures threatened ranch and farming operation’s profit margins. “There has been a significant change to the program,” said Steve Funk, director of farm programs for accounting firm MNP. The joint federal-provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The light side of the ring… Return of wrestling in the Hat
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com The glory days of Stampede Wrestling saw future stars of the sport make regular pilgrimages to the Gas City with a fan base which welcomed the bruisers with huge crowds for decades. Honky Tonk Wayne, Bad News Allen, Owen Hart and the British Bulldogs would all go on to be international stars in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Day fireworks will be visible from several locales
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on June 30th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi When the fireworks light up the Medicine Hat sky from the Stampede grounds on Thursday, Hatters will be able to take in the view from a number of locations, says Ron Edwards, who is in charge of the Canada Day fireworks. “You don’t have to be on the grounds to enjoy the fireworks. You’ll ... Read More »
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