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Louisiana Hayride Show returns with old-time favourites
By KENDALL KING on April 4th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Elvis is in the building. And so are Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shania Twain and more with the return of the Louisiana Hayride Show on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Medicine Hat College theatre. Touring Western Canada since its creation in 2010, the Louisiana Hayride Show is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elections Alberta looking to hire staff for May’s provincial vote
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Elections Alberta is looking to hire more than 20,000 individuals across the province to assist in the May election. “This year we are preparing to offer in-person voting at over 300 advance voting, 600 mobile voting and 1,200 Election Day voting locations, and making sure we have enough staff is crucial to our goal of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MacKenzie Porter relishes first solo award nomination
By KENDALL KING on April 4th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local country music star MacKenzie Porter was recognized Sunday evening during the CMT Music Awards as a nominee for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year. Porter, who last year was nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year alongside U.S. country singer Dustin Lynch, was thrilled to receive her first solo nomination earlier this month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Default power rates fall in Medicine Hat for April
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 4th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Power prices are way down in April for those on default rate pricing in Medicine Hat – about half of what they were in February – but with a provincial deferral program now moving into a collection stage, they now match fixed contract rates. How power and natural gas are charged to city utility ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council ratifies CUPE contract through 2026
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Most city hall employees now have a new union contract through the end of 2026. City council ratified the four-year agreement Monday with some 800 inside, outside and transit workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local No. 46. It provides an across-the-board increase of $1.55 per hour to all classifications, retroactive to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed wind farm south of the Hat to go to new hearing next month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 4th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A wind farm that was originally approved 16 years ago will go to a new hearing next month toward building the array south of Medicine Hat. Wild Rose 2 Wind Power plant was first approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission in 2007, but with little action until it was sold to Capstone Infrastructure in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As prices fall, some to now pay back provincial utility deferrals
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility prices are set to plunge in April, though added power charges for some customers will help pay off a provincial rate cap put in place over the winter. The spectre of record high power prices in the winter led the provincial government to establish a deferral program last fall. That resulted in 25 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unusually, there are no fire restrictions coming with April for Cypress County
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 1st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Seasonal fire restrictions, typically enacted April 1 in Cypress County, will be delayed as cooler weather has kept snow and ice on fields in southeast Alberta. The county announced Thursday that burn permits will be issued until further notice. Across the region, fire restrictions announced last October remain in place in the County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With residencies going unfilled, questions arise on international doc restrictions
By KENDALL KING on April 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Following news that Alberta has 42 vacant post-graduate residency positions so far this year, questions have been raised over restrictions to international medical graduates, or IMGs, seeking residency positions. Data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service released last week shows Alberta has the highest number of vacant residency positions after the first round of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River Heights Grade 3s delve into news with Happy Heights Herald
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Michelle Warmink, teacher at River Heights Elementary School, and her teaching partner Karen Barnes Olechowski started the Happy Heights Herald with their Grade 3 students back in September. The two teachers wanted students to be excited about what was happening in the school and have a way of connecting them with the community and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD board approves pair of student trips to United States
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Public School Division’s board of trustees approved this week a pair of upcoming U.S. trips. The first was on behalf of Cameron Rittinger and Medicine Hat High School students (MHHS baseball team) for a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. from April 10-16. Superintendent Mark Davidson addressed the board and said, “In the ... Read More »
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