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JBS Canada to provide funding for automation training at Medicine Hat College Brooks campus

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 14th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews JBS Canada will provide $250,000 to deliver automation training at the Brooks campus of Medicine Hat College. Officials from the college and the multinational food company made the announcement late Friday, stating the move is the latest collaboration between the two partners. Last July, the company announced it planned to spend $71 million to ... Read More »

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Flying ‘object’ may have brushed by the Hat

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 14th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An “object” that caused airspace over Havre, Montana to be restricted by the military of Saturday entered in that country after skirting by Medicine Hat. High ranking military and elected officials in both countries appeared on Monday to update the media after a third flying object believed to emanate from China was shot down ... Read More »

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Local man, now with Alzheimer’s diagnosis, to receive competency review to see if he’s fit for trial on several firearms-related charges

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 11th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man facing two dozen charges after police say he fired a gun during a standoff last year will undergo analysis to see if he is fit to stand trial. The lawyer for Barry D. Reed, 69, says his client suffers from rapidly advancing Alzheimer’s Disease and the condition likely predates the ... Read More »

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KidSport Medicine Hat and Redcliff bringing back its Toonie Swim days

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 11th, 2023

KidSport Medicine Hat and Redcliff is starting up their Toonie Swim again this year. On the second Saturday of each month until April, from 6-8 p.m., swimming at the Big Marble Go Centre will cost only $2, with all proceeds supporting KidSport Medicine Hat & Redcliff. “Our local chapter started Toonie Swim prior to the ... Read More »

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AHS closing big COVID clinic in Lethbridge

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 11th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Alberta Health Services is closing its major COVID assessment and immunization clinic in Lethbridge, moving the activities to a community health centre in that city nearly three years after the start of the pandemic. Large scale operations were housed at the Lethbridge & District Exhibition grounds, but this week South Health Zone officials announced ... Read More »

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Lack of funds forces Praxis to cut science programs back

By JAMES TUBB on February 11th, 2023

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Praxis Science Outreach Society has been igniting the scientific spark in youth across southern Alberta for 31 years. Now due to government funding drying up, it is being forced to make some cuts. Senior scientific consultant Patty Rooks of Praxis Science says the non-profit ran through consistent funding from the provincial government. When that ... Read More »

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Lt. Gov. of Alberta Arts Award nominations open

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 11th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Nominations are open for this year’s Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards. Two types of awards are given out on alternate years, and this year will be the Distinguished Artist Award, which is given to three individuals who have made significant career achievements and excellence in the arts. Those who win the Distinguished Artist ... Read More »

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Wind farms: Economic boon, or just an eyesore?

By COLLIN GALLANT on February 11th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The number of wind turbines now becoming into view from Medicine Hat’s southeast edge could nearly quadruple in several years with planned construction this year and a new wind farm approval this week. Engie North America plans to build the Buffalo Plains Wind Farm between Dunmore and the Cypress Hills. It earned approval from ... Read More »

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Family Day Fest at Big Marble Go Centre still free, but tickets required

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 11th, 2023

The Big Marble Go Centre doors will be open once again for a free Family Day Fest, but anyone interested will need a ticket this year. Free tickets will be available starting Feb. 13 at tixx.ca. A City of Medicine Hat news release says the tickets will help the team manage resources and staffing needs ... Read More »

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Kiwanis Club teams with Police Point Park for Family Day fun

By Medicine Hat News on February 11th, 2023

Police Point Park and Medicine Hat’s Kiwanis Club are inviting the community to celebrate Family Day outdoors. On Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., free snowshoe and cross-country ski rentals will be available at Police Point Park if snow conditions are favourable, or a park-wide scavenger hunt if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Wildlife ... Read More »

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Several residents opposed to solar proposition in Forty Mile

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 10th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A plan to build a huge solar panel array over 4,500 acres south of Seven Persons will move to a regulatory hearing this spring after 10 parties applied to become intervenors with the Alberta Utilities Commission. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners plans to build Aria Solar, a 450-megawatt capacity solar array about 35 kilometres southwest of ... Read More »

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