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MH Skateboard Association seeks to end period poverty
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com While conducting research for an upcoming trip to Mexico, associate director with the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association Jade Ritchie discovered there was a local need for feminine hygiene products. Many women in Medicine Hat must choose between buying food or purchasing hygiene products. As a result, the MHSA has launched a campaign to end ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarification: Santa Clause Parade one night only
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 25th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Out of date information appeared in a recent listing of upcoming Christmas events in Medicine Hat. The annual Santa Claus Parade, put on by the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund and sponsor Nathan Nunweiler at IG Wealth Management will take place on Dec. 11. This year the event moves to a single-night format, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat woman involved in annual children shoebox campaign
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2023
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@@MedicineHatNews Diane Foster has spent the past three days helping children in need at the Samaritan’s Purse processing centre in Calgary for the 15th consecutive year. Foster helped inspect shoeboxes before they were packaged for transportation to children in West Africa, Central America, Philippines and Ukraine. The shoeboxes will be given to children between the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lineup announced for Quonset Days 2024
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2023
The headliners and performers at Quonset Days have been announced for next summer’s festivities. Brett Kissell, George Canyon, Steven Lee Olson and Nice Horse are the headliners and will be taking over the QD stage July 19 and 20, with four local bands adding to the lineup. Tickets go on sale today and are available ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Notre Dame working with peer-to-peer program for mental health
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Notre Dame Academy recently partnered with a suicide peer-to-peer intervention program for schools and community called Community Helpers Program through Alberta Health Services. Jess Weatherhead, the Community Helpers Program co-ordinator at the Canadian Mental Health Association, stated, “These guys are the front runners for picking up the program and partnering with it to really ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council OKs library budget increase but questions role in social efforts
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 24th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council agreed Monday to increase the size of the public library’s budget allocation, but not until after Coun. Andy McGrogan asked where the province is on helping to address social concerns at the downtown branch. The Medicine Hat Public Library is a legally separate entity from the city, but receives the largest part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta working to make Hat-Lethbridge ‘industrial zone’
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A process to certify the region between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge as a “designated industrial zone” could begin “very soon,” according to Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz. She told the legislature on Wednesday that the concept was in late-stage development and implementation at the “Industrial Heartland” cluster of petrochemical production facilities in areas around Edmonton. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC electrician apprentice wins title of fastest in Canada at IDEAL event
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Nathan Chapman is a fourth-year electrician apprentice at Medicine Hat College and was recently awarded the title of fastest in Canada during the IDEAL National Championship ‘Battle of the Schools.’ IDEAL was welcomed into the labs of participating post-secondary institutions across the country, where apprentices were able to participate to see how quickly they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local authors to be featured in meet-and-greet at Unlimited Characters
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on November 24th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Avid readers of local writing talent will have opportunities to meet some of their favourite writers. The public will have the opportunity to meet 18 authors from Medicine Hat and area at Unlimited Characters’ book shop on Saturday and again on Dec. 9. The idea is to introduce these writers in the area while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP in Saskatchewan seize 42,000 cartons of smokes after pulling over semi on the TCH
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Gull Lake seized 42,000 cartons of cigarettes late last week in what they believe is a case of smuggling. A release from the Swift Current rural RCMP detachment states officers pulled over a tractor trailer on the Trans-Canada that they say was speeding. Further investigation and a search warrant executed by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCoy High School ready to open production of Cinderella
By medicinehatnews on November 23rd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Monsignor McCoy High School is putting on a production of Cinderella this year with the first performance on Dec. 1 for the community and schools. Grade 12 student Lacey Holowaty landed the role of the stepmother, and it has been an adjustment to immerse herself in the role. “She’s mean but she knows what ... Read More »
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