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Medicine Hat Astronomy Club calling out to all stargazers
By KENDALL KING on September 30th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com `The Medicine Hat Astronomy Club is opening its doors to potential new members on Oct. 8 for its Membership-Drive Night event. Founded in 1979, the club has long been a meeting place for amateur astronomers in southeast Alberta. Over the past 43 years of operation, the club’s membership has fluctuated, reaching as many as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Around 10,000 Hatters attended Together Again festival downtown
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Upwards of 10,000 Hatters attended the Together Again weekend festival held downtown in mid-September, put on by the City of Medicine Hat and mostly paid for by a federal government grant. That estimate was given at Monday’s meeting of council’s public services committee along with an overview of the first summer season of the ... Read More »
5 responsesInterschool mountain bike club gaining traction in Medicine Hat
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com At the Medicine Hat Public School Division public board meeting on Tuesday, teachers Mike Fehr, and Brian Heidinger gave a presentation about the interschool mountain bike club. Fehr explained how the club got started and its growth. Last spring they had 48 students signed up with about 40 of them coming out each week. ... Read More »
5 responsesArena site could be re-zoned, no word on sale
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Arena may soon have land classification, but there is relatively little new information about a sale of the decommissioned rink in the North Flats for a housing development. On Wednesday, the city applied to the municipal planning commission to rezone the property, which was conditionally sold three years ago and tagged ... Read More »
11 responsesPolice investigating alleged altercation between YMCA staff member and child
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The YMCA of Medicine Hat says it has launched an internal investigation and also notified Medicine Hat police after an alleged altercation between a child and staff member on Tuesday. The incident occurred at the YMCA’s Crestwood before- and after-school facility. “We want to assure the community that we take incidents such as this ... Read More »
3 responsesTwo animals common to SE Alberta examined on Hinterland Who’s Who
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews New episodes of Hinterland Who’s Who examine two animals common to Southeast Alberta. The Canadian Wildlife Federation now produces the iconic vignettes which appeared on TV for decades and posts the videos and accompanying information to its website. The pronghorn and long-billed curlew, the largest shore bird in North America, are the featured in ... Read More »
3 responsesStolen Jeep crashes through garage, driver gets away from city police, K9s
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A stolen Jeep smashed into a front garage in Crescent Heights on Wednesday morning before the driver eluded police with tracking dogs in the search. Medicine Hat police say the crash occurred at 5:54 a.m. when a Jeep Grand Cherokee, later found to have been stolen in Brooks, hit the door and sidewall of ... Read More »
2 responsesHow The Hell Did I Get Here?: Exploring the road to healing
By DOMINIQUE HIRSCH Special to the News on September 29th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The road to healing a mental illness can be long, arduous and full of missteps along the way. ‘How the Hell Did I Get Here?’ published six months ago by local author, Shannon Mondor will take you through her journey of addiction and her eventual healing. Mondor held a book signing at the Cypress ... Read More »
1 responseMultiple efforts set up to support Royal owner
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com To gear up for a memorial jam fundraiser to be held next month in support of a local watering hole, short- and long-sleeved t-shirts, sweatshirts and pullover or zip hoodies are already on sale. All proceeds from sales will go to benefit Lynn Palmer, operator of the Royal Hotel Bar that was destroyed by ... Read More »
1 responseSpreading healing through dance
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 28th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Josie Saddleback had a busy weekend, dancing at Pride in the Park before rushing off to get to the demonstration powwow hosted by the Miywasin Friendship Centre at the Saamis Tepee. Saddleback danced in the grand opening, performed two solo jingle dances, a finale with all the dancers at the powwow and then in ... Read More »
3 responsesMartens-Lagasse pleads guilty to second-degree murder
By Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers on September 28th, 2022
It was a long drive from Kelowna to Alberta, so when Melissa Martens-Lagasse and her friend Megan Eekma reached Fort Macleod on Nov. 18, 2021 and waited for Martens-Lagasse’s mother to arrive from Medicine Hat, Eekma fell asleep. While she slept, Martens-Lagasse wrapped a rope around her 34-year-old friend’s neck and strangled her to death. ... Read More »
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