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Province amending Act in effort to fight federal emissions cap
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 20th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com ANNA SMITH asmith@medicinehatnews.com Local Journalism Initiative Proposed amendments to the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act seek to update the definition of essential infrastructure to include facilities where oil and gas production and emission data and records are held. The definition would also include a two-kilometre-deep zone north of the Alberta-United States border, said the province, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s new corporate services head announced
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The City of Medicine Hat has hired a new corporate services managing director, it announced Wednesday. Jilian Campbell joins the city at the end of the month from a similar roll with Strathcona County, a hybrid municipality near Edmonton which is the local government for 75,000 residents of Sherwood Park. There she was manager ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key deals reached to end CUPE educational worker strike
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 20th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A province-wide strike of more than 6,000 CUPE educational support workers who hit the picket lines for higher wages beginning in January has concluded after all nine school divisions have reached settlements. Wednesday, three final tentative agreements were reached with Foothills School Division, Black Gold School Division and Sturgeon School Division. As of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal election will help dictate city’s carbon strategy
By Collin Gallant on March 20th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s city elected officials and some of their biggest critics are welcoming a federal election promise to eliminate carbon fees on CO2 emitted from the city’s power plant, but council members and energy officials say the situation is still unsettled. Medicine Hat Utility Ratepayers Association released a statement that they fully back a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarity on impaired driving laws provided to police commission
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 20th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Wednesday evening members of the local police commission received a presentation from the Medicine Hat Police Service’s traffic unit to answer questions on impaired driving infractions and the provincial legislation behind enforcement. Const. Dave Smith, a veteran on the traffic unit, began his presentation highlighting important changes that occurred In 2018 to the province’s ... Read More »
1 responseHistorical Society hosting presentation on MacKenzie-Sharland restoration
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A whole new level of renovating an older house will be discussed at the Monarch Theatre on Thursday night at a meeting of the Medicine Hat Historical Society. The MacKenzie-Sharland Residence was saved from demolition after the 2013 flood, was designated an Alberta historic resource, and, after complete renovation, now acts as a residence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre hosts Irish-themed dinner tonight
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 19th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Shepherd’s pie and corned beef with green cabbage is on the menu tonight as the Unison at Veiner Centre continues Irish celebrations by welcoming the community to its themed dinner that kicks off at 4 p.m. this afternoon in the Bistro. The Irish-themed dinner will also include roasted parsnips and Irish flag salad on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Married couple from Kindersley charged with trafficking cocaine
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A married couple from Kindersley, Sask. is charged with dealing cocaine, according to the RCMP detachment in west central Saskatchewan. Mounties state that on March 7 Kindersley RCMP officers and members of the North Battleford Crime Reduction Team executed a search warrant in the town and discovered 135 grams of cocaine, some cash and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Measles case reported in Taber after infected person returns from travel
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A case of measles has been reported in Taber after the individual arrived in Calgary last week following a flight from Toronto. Alberta Health Services announced Tuesday that the person also spent several hours at the emergency room on March 11, 12 and 13 in the town located between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City eyes ways to assist local non-profits
By Collin Gallant on March 19th, 2025
@@CollinGallant City Hall will examine ways it could provide operational grants to local non-profit groups, but debate Monday outlined concerns from some council members that requests could outstrip ability to provide funds. Coun. Cassi Hider sponsored the motion, saying worthy groups and social agencies often come to the city looking for operational funds, and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kiwanis Regional Science Fair welcomes record participants
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 19th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Kiwanis Regional Science Fair is celebrating both 50 years and record participation this year, shaping up to be a Saturday to remember. Senior scientific consultant Patty Rooks with the Praxis Science Outreach Society says she recalls visiting some of the first fairs when she was a child, and her enthusiasm for them has ... Read More »
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