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CCDA hire ahead of vote draw questions
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on May 11th, 2021
It’s been a tumultuous decade for the organization tasked to advocate for Medicine Hat’s downtown. But if it’s given a new lease on life following this week’s vote to disband the agency, its new manager promises to do better. For downtown business owner Shila Sharps, it’s too little to late for the problem-plagued City Centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crop seeding well ahead of where it was last year
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cash crops, peas and lentils are helping southern Alberta lead the pack in terms of seeding this spring, according to Alberta Agriculture’s first crop report of 2021. That said, two thirds of the acres set aside for durum are also complete, leading to an overall estimate that planting all crops was about halfway done ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donation helps MHPS implement use of mental health app
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on May 8th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Brandon Niwa Legacy Fund – the Beej Project, has donated $23,000 toward a partnership with the Medicine Hat Police Service to cover the cost of technology needed to launch a new mental health app for officers to use in the field, while also creating opportunities for research at Medicine Hat College. MHPS will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commercials released with very familiar backdrop
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A credit union looking to expand its presence across Alberta picked Medicine Hat as the centre of a stylish new ad campaign. “It represents Alberta so well, so many of Alberta’s aspects and layers,” said Dennis Lenarduzzi, the creative director behind the project of connectFirst Credit Union. “But we didn’t want it to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former school in Flats on sale for $609K
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Another former school building in Medicine Hat is among the spring real estate listings. The 1912 era building on Balmoral Street and Allowance Avenue, most recently home to CAPE School two years ago, is listed for sale by Commercial One real estate on behalf of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education. The asking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fitness facilities feel strain of another closure
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on May 8th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Indoor fitness and recreation facilities had to close again Wednesday after Premier Jason Kenney announced further COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday evening. Also, effective Sunday, all indoor sport, performance and recreation activities for youth and adults must stop. Local gyms and facilities in Medicine Hat are no stranger to closing down, but one owner says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still plenty ways to have to fun in Medicine Hat and surrounding area
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on May 7th, 2021
It’s been a couple of weeks for Hatters having to hear about what they can’t do with the latest announcements of public health restrictions. But Tourism Medicine Hat’s Jace Anderson says there is still a lot of entertainment opportunities in the region. “My must go place is Red Rock Coulee,” said Anderson, executive director of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Where to get vaccines in SW Saskatchewan
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 7th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The rollout of vaccines at pharmacies in Saskatchewan will include locations in Leader, Gull Lake and Shaunavon, that province’s health officials announced this week. Also among the first 102 locales across the province announced on May 3 are six locations in Swift Current, Harder’s Pharmacy in Herbert, the Walmart and Pharmasave in Kindersley and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health foundation buys 38 bassinets for local hospital
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on May 7th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi There are 38 new Stryker bassinets at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital just in time for Mother’s Day. The Medicine Hat and District Health Foundation raised $152,000 to replace all the existing wooden bassinets at the hospital with a needed upgrade. “We actually launched the campaign in early 2020, before the pandemic even started,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zoning change gives family go-ahead to build their home
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 7th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local couple can build a single-family home on a lot near downtown once slated for higher density housing after council unanimously approved a zoning change Monday. Citing council’s goal of spurring infill development to build the tax base, members voted 9-0 in favour of the change, with some councillors suggesting zoning in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Arena getting prepped to come down
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 7th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The ice is out, the asphalt is coming up and the Medicine Hat Arena may start coming down this year. Machinery and fencing was delivered to the shuttered facility in the North River Flats as the city begins reworking utility lines in the area as part of a delayed conditional sale announced in 2019 ... Read More »
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