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Smith hopes name change urges power price drop
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 19th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The province has renamed the “Regulated Rate Option” for electricity as “the rate of last resort,” but Medicine Hat will still have the pricing mechanism available when it decides on its next permanent rate-setting formula, potentially in 2025. Premier Danielle Smith outlined the name change Thursday, saying the former title gives a false impression ... Read More »
1 responseDoctor accused of sex assault says physician shortage means he should practise
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat doctor accused of engaging in oral sex with a mentally disabled man in his care will appeal a professional conduct board ruling against him, while the professional association will appeal for harsher penalties than those that will allow him to continue seeing patients. The College of Physicians and Surgeons announced Thursday ... Read More »
1 responseFinancial support for water conservation could be coming
By Collin Gallant on April 19th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat could provide some financial support to help Hatters conserve water this summer, say administrators who plan to roll out an information campaign soon ahead of impending drought this summer. Details of basin-wide water sharing agreements called for by the province are expected to be released today. Top administrators told ... Read More »
1 responseExtended hours at local pools to make up for Big Marble renovations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2024
Swimmers will be taking their flippers to new pools to start the summer. As city crews start preparations to shutdown Kinsmen Aquatic Park at the Big Marble Go Centre for renovations starting May 15, plans are being made to accommodate swimmers. Outdoor pools will open as follows: Hill Pool (44 Seventh St. SW) opens May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local firefighters learn lifesaving techniques for heavy vehicle collisions
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 19th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Local firefighters have been training all week on how to manoeuvre large vehicles including school buses and semi trucks following a collision where a victim may need to be extracted. In a training scenario at the Marshall Avenue compound a small two-door vehicle found itself wedged under the rear end of a school bus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman charged with stealing money from Redcliff Legion makes first court appearance
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Kristine Huff made her fist appearance in the Alberta Court Justice on Wednesday facing two charges involving theft and fraud from the Redcliff Legion over a two-year period. Huff is charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 as she is accused of defrauding the Legion for a total of $63,749.30 between March 2020 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police training programs in full swing this spring
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Police Commission heard Wednesday of several training programs which local officers are involved in this spring. Medicine Hat Police Service recently held a two-day joint training session on Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation. Members of the Blood Tribe Police Service, Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service, Lethbridge Police Service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman receives nine months house arrest for printing money
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat woman accused of using a home printer to reproduce Canadian currency was sentenced to nine months of house arrest and curfew following a guilty plea Thursday morning in Court of Justice at Medicine Hat. Court heard that police received a tip from a confidential informant and took several people into custody ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat opera singer coming home for her solo debut
By ANNA SMITH on April 19th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Native “Hatter” and full-time opera singer Sydney Baedke is thrilled to be coming back to her Alberta roots, after a series of debuts all over the world. Born in Cypress County, just in between the city and Seven Persons, Baedke says she had always wanted to be an opera singer, “once I realized I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Show Review: Grumpy Old Men, warming your heart in a freezing cold town
By ANNA SMITH on April 19th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Firehall Theatre’s Grumpy Old Men promises a cold town and warm people, and it most certainly delivers. Despite some small technical mishaps easily forgiven for a final dress rehearsal, the cast truly shines throughout their tour of Wabasha, Minnesota. The scope of the tale feels both appropriately large and comfortingly small, exactly how the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Public School Division appoints acting superintendent
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 18th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division has announced that Tracy Hensel, who brings more than 36 years experience as an educator, will fill in as acting superintendent beginning July 1. Hensel will replace Make Davidson, who announced his departure from the division last week and will remain superintendent until the end of June. In ... Read More »
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