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Bow Island emergency extends hours after temporary reduction
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on April 9th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Starting Thursday, the Bow Island Emergency Department will be extending its hours following a temporary change. The department will be open from 7 a.m. every Thursday until 7 a.m. every Monday. Due to the ongoing staffing shortage, they are currently unable to secure regular and consistent coverage during the remainder of the week. During ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Industries announces new plant in Louisiana bigger than that in the Hat
By Medicine Hat News on April 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews CF Industries and two Japanese industrial giants will build a new US$4-billion, low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana, the Illinois-based fertilizer company announced Tuesday. The Blue Point complex would produce 1.4-million tonnes of ammonia per year, with resulting carbon dioxide captured and sequestered in a nearby network. Construction could begin next year toward a commissioning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE slams province’s cutting of Child and Youth Support Program
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on April 9th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is criticizing the decision of the provincial government to discontinue the Child and Youth Support Program. Those who were on the program, which provides financial and medical benefits for a child when the parents or guardians were unable or unwilling to care for the child, recently received an ... Read More »
1 responseProvince transfers cancer care away from Alberta Health Services
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on April 9th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cancer care, organ and tissue donation and transplantation will be transferred to Acute Care Alberta later this year. Part of the work to transfer AHS to hospital based services under Acute Care Alberta, the province says it is “taking additional steps to ensure Alberta’s health-care system has the proper oversight in place to support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta tourism on course to break records, provincial government says
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 9th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The provincial government says Alberta’s tourism sector is expected to continue breaking annual visitor expenditures records this year, according to data collected from the first three quarters of 2024. During the tail end of the pandemic in 2023, the province says it began breaking records in welcoming more visitors by almost 20 per cent, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clark says legal fees reimbursed only fair
By Collin Gallant on April 9th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark is requesting the city cover legal bills she incurred fighting a council decision to sanction her, a defence against a threatened defamation suit from the city manager and her move to unilaterally seek outside legal options. On Monday, Clark introduced a notice of motion asking that her full $76,000 legal bills ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta sovereignty groups forced to switch venues for events
By Medicine Hat News on April 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Two events to promote Alberta independence and a provincial pension plan have switched venues after organizers say bookings in Medicine Hat and Bow Island were cancelled early this week. Chinook Village in the Hat and the Royal Canadian Legion in Bow Island were both set to host meetings of the “Alberta Prosperity Project” on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Busy itinerary for ag minister during Washington trip
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 8th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s minister of agriculture and irrigation will engage in trade talks today with several U.S. stakeholders during a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. On his Tuesday itinerary, RJ Sigurdson has five meetings with representatives from the National Potato Council, American Soybean Association, American Farm Bureau and the North American Meat Institute,. Additionally, Sigurdson will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local marketing student shares insights from provincial sales competition
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 8th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Business minded post-secondary students from across the province gathered to give their best sales pitches to a panel of judges during an inaugural competition in Calgary held in March. The competition was the first of its kind in Western Canada to showcase the skills of marketing students, who were asked to tackle real-world challenges. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Community heroes’ attend annual literacy event at Ross Glen School
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 8th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Fifteen “Community Heroes” from various professions, including the local government, police, fire and local celebrities, hung out with students of Ross Glen School during the third annual literacy event, held in conjunction with Education Week in Alberta. Mayor Linnsie Clarke, as well members of the Medicine Hat Police Service, Fire and Emergency Service, Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Redcliff residents in their 60s killed in TCH rollover near Swift Current
By Medicine Hat News on April 8th, 2025
Swift Current RCMP are investigating a single-vehicle rollover on Friday that resulted in the deaths of two Redcliff residents. Officers were initially notified of the rollover, which took place on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Swift Current, at 5:35 p.m. on April 4. Officers responded along with local fire and EMS. One passenger, identified as ... Read More »
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