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County Briefs: Cypress County will request meeting with transportation minister
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 18th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County council moved Tuesday to request a meeting with the Minister of Transportation & Economic Corridors. While councillors noted that transportation priorities have not shifted significantly since they were last asked for by MLA Justin Wright, it was pointed out by Coun. Robin Kurpjuweit that the more often they are able to express ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police locate sawed-off shotgun during follow-up investigation
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 18th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com A 51-year-old unnamed Medicine Hat is being charged with four offences after police located a firearm inside a room in a hotel along Redcliff Drive as the Criminal Investigation Section was conducting a followup in an investigation on Sept. 10. Police say they located a loaded sawed-ff shotgun and arrested a lone male occupant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Refurbished cafeteria creates inviting space for CHHS students
By BRENDAN MILLER on September 18th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Crescent Heights High School students have an updated cafeteria space to hang-out, eat and study this semester following summer renovations that include new seating and tables, a large wall monitor and a modernized kitchen space. New comfortable blue coloured seating and matching tables provide a “post-secondary” atmosphere along with a brighter screen used for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New urban solar plan in Brooks before the AUC
By Medicine Hat News on September 17th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews PACE energy has renewed its application to build the “Salt Flats” solar project inside the city limits of Brooks. The 27-megawatt, 125-acre project was put before the Alberta Utilities Commission in late 2023, but was suspended so the company could include a final stakeholder engagement report. A new application was announced in late August ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa’s Helpers; More than 1,000 bikes take part in second largest Toy Run
By BRENDAN MILLER on September 17th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A total of 1,026 bikes hit the pavement Saturday, several carrying more than one rider and most hauling some very important cargo, to take part in the 38th annual Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund Toy Run. The far-reaching line of motorcycles that paraded from the Irvine Hotel through Dunmore toward the Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic school board appoints new director of learning supports
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 17th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Effective Aug. 1 the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education appointed Monica Braat as director of learning supports and services, a role that supports student well-being by collaborating with school support teams across the division. Of her 32-year educating career, Braat has spent 26 years working as a teacher and consultant with the Catholic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College receives five-year grant for agriculture research
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 17th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College has received its largest grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada that will provide funding over the next five years to conduct research efforts aligned with the needs and priorities of the local agriculture community. The council has provided the college’s Centre of Innovation – ‘C4i’ – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County working on next capital budget plans
By Medicine Hat News on September 17th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Capital budget proposals in Cypress County are being completed this week and will go before council next month before final drafts are passed before the end of the year. County councillors will meet today for regular business, but an update on the budget process for 2025 outlines that a final draft of the capital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outdoor water fun not quite over in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on September 17th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Two city sprays parks closed on the weekend, but two others will remain open until the end of the month, weather permitting. Locations at Strathcona Island Park and Kiwanis Central Park will close for the season at the end of the day on Sunday, Sept. 29, the parks department has announced. Spray parks at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to hire integrity commissioner to handle complaints
By Collin Gallant on September 17th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat will hire an integrity commissioner who technically started the job yesterday. Coming one year after city council began dealing with a controversial code of conduct complaint against Mayor Linnsie Clark, council heard an updated bylaw Monday that would move such complaints to an independent evaluation process. A unanimous call ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teachers association critical of provincial spending on charter school
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 17th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Foundation, says “it is deeply concerning” how the UCP is spending tax dollars on Holy Trinity Academy, a new charter school in north Calgary. In the association’s second release issued since students returned to class this year, Schilling says the province is spending $43 million for a ... Read More »
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