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Reservations for camping open Feb. 1; Gas City opens May 31 after construction
By Medicine Hat News on January 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Reservations for city campgrounds will open Feb. 1 ahead of the spring camping season, though Gas City Campground will open a month later than usual on May 31 due to construction. Campers can block off spots online on the city’s reservation system at both the 98-site Gas City location and 10-site Echo Dale Regional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fort Macleod teenager found safe, RCMP say
By Medicine Hat News on January 24th, 2024
A 16-year-old from Fort Macleod who had been missing since New Year’s Eve has been located safe, RCMP report. Police had sought the public’ assistance on Monday as Carter Bradley Smith hadn’t been seen in more than two weeks. Reports suggested the young man might be in the Lethbridge area, though no details on where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Live Canadian wrestling tour returns to the Hat
By Medicine Hat News on January 24th, 2024
The Canadian Wrestling Elite tour is returning to Medicine Hat in February as it celebrates 15 years by hosting 12 events in 12 days across Central and Western Canada. The tour will make a stop in the Hat on Feb. 17 with WCW and WWF superstar Shane Douglas “The Franchise” in the Wildrose Room on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wind farm near Oyen celebrates grand opening, capable of 297 megawatts
By Medicine Hat News on January 23rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The owner of the Sharp Hills wind facility in the Special Areas is promoting full operations of the renewable power plant this week with a “grand opening” on Monday after it was commissioned last fall and faced a lengthy delay between proposal and go-ahead. The 297-megawatt, 45-turbine wind farm, located near the hamlets of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP seeking information in locating a missing teenager near Lethbridge
By Medicine Hat News on January 23rd, 2024
Fort Macleod RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating 16-year-old Carter Bradley Smith, who was last seen in Fort Macleod on Dec. 31. RCMP say Smith may be in the Lethbridge area and is described as standing 5-foot-10, approximately 140 pounds with black hair and hazel eyes. Smith was last seen wearing a green and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crescent Heights theatre students set to perform Broadway hit ‘Mean Girls’
By Brendan Miller on January 23rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com After months of hard work, studying performances and dances as well as learning lines and cues, Crescent Heights High School theatre arts students are almost ready to take the stage in their adaptation of a 2004 hit movie. Mean Girls was written by Tina Fey and adapted into a Broadway musical in 2018 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS hosting free workshops to help manage stress
By Medicine Hat News on January 23rd, 2024
Alberta Health Services will host a two-hour free online workshop on Thursday aimed to help Albertans identify and manage stress. It will be the first of six free online workshops AHS will host this year to help Albertans manage their stress. The interactive workshop is called ‘D-Stress’ and includes discussion around stress and when it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Building permits in Redcliff way down, though value of work did rise
By Medicine Hat News on January 23rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Only one new home was built in Redcliff last year, figures from the town’s planning commission show, as the number of building projects slowed in 2023, though the estimate value of work did rise. Two residential structures were permitted in the 12 previous month, town council was told Monday night, including the reconstruction of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to expect from the State of the City address
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 23rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The first event of the political calendar is marked down for this afternoon as Mayor Linnsie Clark provides the “State of the City” address at a noon-hour luncheon. “I’m going over the highlights from last year and looking forward to some of the challenges that we’ll face as a city in 2024,” Clark told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Juno-nominated artist kicks off Tongue on the Post
By Brendan Miller on January 23rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Suzie Vinnick, winner of 11 Maple Blues Awards, a Canadian Folk Music Award and three Juno nominations, kicked off the Tongue on the Post Folk Music Festival with a performance at Mauro’s Italian Cafe & Bar on Monday evening. Tongue on the Post is known as Western Canada’s first winter folk music festival and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CASA Classroom will offer additional mental health support to students
By Brendan Miller on January 20th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division is welcoming the addition of a CASA Mental Health Classroom that will support students with complex mental health issues. The province is expanding in-school support for students by spending $10 million this year to open three new mental health support classrooms, including one at Southview Community School. A ... Read More »
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