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Chamber announces 2020 Driving Business Forward award winners
By Medicine Hat News on October 17th, 2020
The winners are in from the 2020 Driving Business Forward awards, held live and remotely on Friday night in Medicine Hat. The 20th annual awards put on by the Chamber of Commerce was broadcast online, featured four local bands and feeds from several venues where appropriately sized crowds gathered around the city. F & S ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion’s annual Poppy Campaign set to begin
By MO CRANKER on October 17th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat and Redcliff branches of the Royal Canadian Legion will be holding their annual Poppy Campaigns this year. The organizations sell poppies at a number of Medicine Hat and Redcliff businesses to raise funds for veterans. Poppy sales begin every year leading up to Remembrance Day, with many people wearing their poppy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The windows of St. Theresa’s: Securing a piece of local history
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 17th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A piece of Medicine Hat’s architectural history has finally returned home and is being made available to Hatters. In 1913 St. Theresa’s Academy was built above Altawana Drive, east of Division Avenue, dominating the skyline with stained glass windows that had been made in France. When the building was demolished in 1973 the stained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hulgaard inaction could result in sentence
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
A Medicine Hat man accused of willfully promoting hatred could be sentenced next week unless he comes through on his vow to attempt a change of plea. Loki Hulgaard entered a guilty plea in late February to the charge that he dispersed anti-Jewish material in 2018, but within a week fired his lawyer and publicly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interpretive program hosting beaver walk on Saturday
By MO CRANKER on October 16th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting a walk Saturday so Hatters can get a glimpse of some furry aquatic friends. The group is hosting a beaver walk, which will allow a small group to watch beavers in their natural habitat. “We’re going out to their lodge around sundown because that’s when they usually ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who’s running for what and where in SW Saskatchewan?
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
Maple Creek Mayor Michelle McKenzie will serve another term as she was the only candidate to submit a nomination for the top post in the town 90 minutes east of Medicine Hat. The race for council positions also include a father and daughter and a mother and daughter, not to mention the chief administrator of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police find man fast asleep inside county residence and with an ATM
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
A man who was found asleep in what police allege was a break-in was also in possession of an automated bank machine, officials with the Redcliff detachment of the RCMP said Thursday. Authorities are now attempting to determine where the ATM came from after they found it in a related search. Police say they were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 cancels Kiwanis Christmas dinner
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
The Kiwanis Christmas Day lunch that is a long tradition in Medicine Hat will not take place this year due to COVID. “The three Kiwanis Clubs of Medicine Hat regretfully announce that the decades-old special Christmas Dinner for those who may be alone on Christmas Day has been postponed for 2020 due to the pandemic,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s seniors in long-term care will receive high-dose vaccine for influenza this year
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 16th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The injectable influenza vaccine being offered this season by Alberta Health covers four-strains of flu, and certain seniors will be given something extra. It is the same vaccine being offered across Canada and Alberta Health is highly recommending that all Albertans get a flu shot this year. “This year, a high-dose vaccine (Fluzone High-Dose) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat’s maternity clinic will close
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 16th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade After 17 years the maternity clinic at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital has come to an end. Patients not registered at the maternity clinic by the end of the month will no longer have that option, says Dr. Gerry Prince, who was instrumental in the establishment of the clinic. Those already working with the clinic ... Read More »
1 responseMHC will continue with mix of online and in-person learning
By MO CRANKER on October 16th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hat College will continue to offer the bulk of its programming online during the upcoming winter semester. The school announced Wednesday that any programs that can be delivered remotely will continue to be, and courses that require fact-to-face learning like nursing will continue to meet at campus. “It’s a blended approach and we’re ... Read More »
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