Pembina looks to add solar production at Empress plant
By Medicine Hat News on February 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Pembina is planning to add solar power production at its Empress straddle plant to supplement a massive natural gas unit commissioned two years ago. The pipeline company applied Feb. 2 to the Alberta Utilities commission to expand its industrial facility designation and build a 4.9-megawatt solar system at the facility in northeast Cypress County. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress Fire focusing on core skills for 2024
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 7th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Emergency services co-ordinator Jason Linton is looking to the past for answers on how to better approach responses in the future. The report made to Cypress County council on Tuesday covered from 2020-2023, collecting information that Linton notes in some cases had not been previously recorded. “In the last couple of years, we’ve gathered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irvine celebrates opening of new resource centre
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 6th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The hamlet of Irvine gathered Saturday to officially open the new Community Resource Centre. The first discussions of the project began roughly six years ago, Deputy Reeve Richard Oster says, with construction for the building only beginning last year. While the placement of the building in Woodward Memorial has been controversial and met with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!El Salvador visit highlights impact of Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
By Brendan Miller on February 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Residents in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge donated nearly 4,000 shoeboxes in 2023 that have since been distributed to children in need. Medicine Hat residents donated more than 1,600 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child, and Samaritan Purse Canada officials say they have seen the positive impact shoeboxes have for children in El Salvador. Frank King, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police looking to find owner of championship ring
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
Police are looking for the owner of a men’s championship ring embossed with “Taylor Cup Championship Ring” and bearing a San Diego Gulls logo. Police recovered the gold ring after responding to a report of a suspicious individual trespassing in a yard at Iris Court just after 6 a.m. on Feb. 3. The suspect was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City elects to cut losses with old food bank location, will list at half its value
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 6th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Staff say other considerations came into play when the city acquired the former food bank location nearly four years ago, but council agreed Monday it should be sold at a loss now to avoid more monetary costs. The idea to list the building at 532 S. Railway St. – valued at $500,000 in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s up with this weather? Meteorologist says expect dry conditions in spring
By Brendan Miller on February 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com From a bone-chilling polar vortex in January to the warmest December on record, the weather in southeastern Alberta has been all over the map the past couple months. Last Friday, Balzac Billy predicted six more weeks of winter weather on Groundhog Day, however the El Niño weather pattern could prove his prediction wrong. Environment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police seek driver in hit and run
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
Police are investigating a hit-and-run collision involving a youth pedestrian that occurred Feb. 1. Police say a group of youths were walking eastbound in the crosswalk at the intersection at Division Avenue and 12th Street NE around 3:30 p.m. when a white SUV heading westbound turned left onto Division Avenue and struck one of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An extra $100K added to HatSmart program this year
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The new round of energy conservation “HatSmart” grants is bigger this year after energy use surged in 2023 and provided an unforeseen windfall in revenue that funds the program. A total of $255,000 was dispersed in 2023 in the program that pays a portion of building improvements, but the 2024 program will be worth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dunmore Equestrian preparing for indoor arena
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 6th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Work is underway for the upcoming Dunmore Equestrian Society’s indoor arena, the next step in its usage of the 25-acre space to elevate local equestrian experiences. Construction officially began in January, and is planned for a 140 by 275-foot indoor arena with bleacher seating, a restroom, storage area and multi-purpose area.The space will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Train derails in Brooks on Monday, no injuries
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A CPKC freight train derailed and spilled 34 shipping containers near the south city limits of Brooks on Monday afternoon. RCMP in that city say no one was injured when 17 cars left the tracks at about 4:30 p.m. near the crossing of the tracks at Highway 873, which becomes Seventh Street E. at ... Read More »
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