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Parent payment portal for financial supports during teacher strike opens
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Parents of children aged 12 and under affected by the teacher strike can now access provincial payments through an online portal. The portal has been made available on the provincial webpage starting earlier this week. Parents are eligible to receive $30 per day per student for the duration of the disruption. Families of children ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Citizen initiative looking for canvassers; will start collecting signatures later this week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The citizen initiative petition aiming to change provincial policy regarding the allocation of public funds to private schools will begin collecting signatures this week. More than 200 volunteers have already applied to be canvassers for the initiative. The first round of applications is now being processed, and the petition’s proponent Alicia Taylor says they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Old News: Covering the polls since the very beginning
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The winner is… The News is reprinting coverage of local issues and events from over the years leading up to the commemoration of our 140th publishing year at the end of the month. And there is no more focusing event for local issues than the races to sit on city council. Medicine Hat voters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officers praised for demeanour arresting armed man; Chief Murphy re-signs until 2031
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 16th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police officers were praised during a police commission meeting Tuesday for their professionalism and use of a single “less lethal” projectile round to subdue a suspect armed with a knife and an axe who refused to comply with responding officers. During the afternoon of Sept. 16 police received a report of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shovels break ground at Prairie Rose’s new school of agriculture
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 16th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools broke ground this week on its upcoming Yuill School of Agriculture, the newest pathway available to students for a unique high school experience. The school is the product of various partnerships, including Neubauer Farms, the Yuill Family Foundation and Government of Alberta, which has provided $725,000 in collegiate funding. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Benefits of honey on display at students’ innovation tourney
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Wednesday the News told the story of a Master Beekeeper who has worked with honeybees for more than 30 years, reimagining the design of hives in an effort to increase yields by improving the conditions for bees. Sheldon Hill collaborated with students at the Medicine Hat College Centre for Innovation to expand his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial supports for children with disabilities during teacher strike shines light on backlogged FSCD program
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta government announced additional supports for families of children with complex care needs following widespread criticism this week that children with disabilities were falling through the cracks of the province’s strike support measures. The province’s initial measures included a parent payment of $30 per day for children under the age of 12. Parents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terrify yourself for a great cause at Glass House Haunting in Redcliff
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 15th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Redcliff Youth Centre’s Glass House Haunting has returned after a year away to bring a Halloween thrill to anyone brave enough to enter. In partnership with the Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club, the beloved haunted house attraction has returned to the region after lacking a location for the 2024 Halloween season. This year’s event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parliamentary Secretary promotes transportation collaboration at US Rail Summit
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Shane Getson, parliamentary secretary for economic corridor development, moderated a discussion Tuesday on the role regional collaboration plays in strengthening cross-border freight corridors at the 34th annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Build Northwest Economic Forum and Rail Summit. The Summit, held in Portland, Ore. Tuesday through Friday, will hold 18 working group sessions with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibition at Cafe Verve explores long career of new-to-town artist
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 15th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Elma Eidse Neufeld’s art exhibition, Dawn and Dusk, explores the versatility of what simple paper can be in the right hands. Neufeld grew up in Manitoba and has only recently moved to Medicine Hat to be closer to family, but her art career started decades ago. “Art has always been a huge part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Textile Haunted House opens Saturday; Big Marble to host Halloween event
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com This Saturday the city is inviting residents to step into the spooky world of the Historic Ewart Duggan House, which is being transported into a textile haunted house by artist Shanell Papp. The come-and-go experience will allow visitors to walk through the immersive haunted house and explore works that reflect on impermanence, grief and ... Read More »
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