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Retiree social club seeks chapter in Medicine Hat
By JAMES TUBB on June 9th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat seniors have an opportunity to help bring a new social club to the city. The Canadian PROBUS retiree social club is looking to establish a new chapter in Medicine Hat to join eight others in Alberta. Dennis Pommen, PROBUS’s Alberta director, said the potential club in Medicine Hat isn’t looking to compete ... Read More »
1 responseCHHS valedictorian reflects on pandemic life in high school
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 9th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com As Crescent Heights valedictorian Ava Ferguson looks toward the future, she reflects on the many challenges she and her classmates overcame as they navigated high school during a pandemic. “(The pandemic) started in Grade 10, so all of our high school has been around that,” Ferguson told the News. “That’s been the biggest thing ... Read More »
1 responseMore guns stolen from the Hat, but now found by police
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 9th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A stolen car, stolen guns and Strathmore are the similarities between two cases of early morning firearm robberies at Medicine Hat area businesses in the last month, but authorities are not saying anymore for the time being. On Monday, Brooks RCMP told the local media they pulled over a stolen car on that morning ... Read More »
1 responseAllowance Avenue traffic detours could last the summer
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 9th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Allowance Avenue intersections in the Flats are now closed to traffic as sites are prepped for upgrades to underground water sewer and storm sewer mains. Work at the corners of Balmoral and Ross streets has lead to detour routes on Woodman Avenue and Ash Avenue. The $3.2-million project includes lines running westward under ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat College back to in-person convocations following two years off
By Medicine Hat News on June 9th, 2022
Medicine Hat College will celebrate the past three years of academic achievement with Friday’s first in-person convocation celebration since 2019. Graduates from 2020 and 2021 will be honoured in a 10 a.m. ceremony, followed by the Class of 2022 at 1:30 p.m. “Convocation over the last two years has taken different forms, but nothing can ... Read More »
1 responseSeniors’ Week in full swing at Veiner Centre
By KEDNALL KING, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER on June 8th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Veiner Centre staff are excited to celebrate community members aged 50 plus throughout Seniors’ Week, which runs from June 6-12. Beginning in 1986, Seniors’ Week aims to recognize seniors and their contributions to communities across Alberta. “In a community which has approximately 12,000 seniors, it becomes really important we are focusing that a larger ... Read More »
1 responseProcess for city manager underway
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat is now hiring a city manager, but nothing more was revealed Tuesday about the vacancy that opened up. Merete Heggelund was thanked by council before Monday night’s meeting for coming out of retirement to become interim city manager earlier this year. On the same day, a job posting for ... Read More »
1 responseCop accused of assault will have trial continued on Sept. 1
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A police officer accused of assaulting a teenager after his house was the target of a game of ding-dong ditch will have another day in court. Barry Myles Steiger was charged with one count of assault in June 2021 after police were called to investigated an incident on April 17 that year. At the ... Read More »
1 responseCypress County declares state of agricultural disaster again
By Medicine Hat News on June 8th, 2022
Cypress County has declared a state of agricultural disaster. The county made the announcement in a Tuesday release, noting that despite the recent rain, years of drought conditions have taken a toll on local farmers and their crops. “We’ve had a bunch of rain in the last few days, but some (areas) haven’t had any,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial power rebates will be applied automatically
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Provincial power rebates will be automatically applied to City of Medicine Hat bills this summer with no action required by ratepayers, according to city officials who warn against scam phone calls circulating in Alberta this week. In March the province announced $150 in relief for power customers facing high rates and record-high bills this ... Read More »
1 responseEmpress residents will elect new village council on Aug. 8 after resignations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Byelection day in Empress, Alta. will be Aug. 8 to choose an entirely new village council. The population centre in Special Areas No. 2 was left without political leadership as well as a chief administrator after resignations from the three-person village council in early May. A meeting of residents with the provincially appointed administrator ... Read More »
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