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Redcliff, Dunmore inclusion in power payout bucks old trend
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 14th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters will begin seeing relief credits applied to power bills in late September, but so too will residents of Redcliff and Cypress County who live within the city’s power franchise area. That goes against the historical view at city hall – endorsed by successive councils over decades – that profits from Medicine Hat’s publicly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP education critic hosting roundtable discussion tonight at MHPL
By Medicine Hat News on September 14th, 2023
Rakhi Pancholi, the new Official Opposition critic for education, will be at Medicine Hat Public Library this evening for a roundtable on education. Pancholi is the NDP MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud. As a lawyer, she practised in education, labour and employment and privacy law with the Alberta School Boards Association. She was also the senior legislative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air force conducting live parachute drops near Hat today
By Medicine Hat News on September 14th, 2023
The 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron will conduct live parachute drops in the vicinity of the Medicine Hat airport today. The Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130H Hercules aircraft will be used for the parachute training, which will occur about 11 a.m. this morning. Equipment drops by search and rescue technicians will also be taking place. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attempted murder charges for suspect in Brooks stabbing
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP has named the suspect in a stabbing that occurred Monday morning and charged him with attempted murder. Police responded to a residence in that city just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 11 and found a 61-year-old man had been stabbed multiple times. He was transported to hospital were he was in stable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public invited to library town hall tonight with multiple elected officials
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A town hall at the Medicine Hat Public Library theatre tonight will give Hatters a chance to engage with local elected officials on a variety of community topics. Mayor Linnsie Clark and several councillors are expected to attend, with a focus on the Strong Towns initiative, as well arts, culture and recreation. “We are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terry Fox’s brother in Hat ahead of annual run
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Fred Fox, brother to Terry Fox, was in Medicine Hat on Monday, and the News caught up with him just prior to a sit-down dinner with the local Terry Fox Run organizing committee at McNally’s Tap House. Starting out from Regina at 8 a.m., Fox visited two schools in Swift Current before continuing on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Very low’ river level doesn’t concern officials yet
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews River levels in Medicine Hat are very low, but they’ve been lower without the need for mandatory conservation measures, according to officials at the city’s water treatment plant. On Tuesday the South Saskatchewan River fell to levels about two thirds below the typical low range for any given year at this time. Large sandbars ... Read More »
1 responseRedcliff business given thanks for unique help with Rotary Club initiative
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Rotary Club effort to send used firetrucks to developing nations is thanking a Redcliff business for helping out with the program. Project “Los Amigos” has sent 60 decommissioned fire trucks, ambulances and buses to areas of Mexico where limited emergency response equipment is available. Recently, a firetruck that had been donated after it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO bringing back its Schools Day after four-year hiatus
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A HALO school event that hasn’t taken place since 2019 is returning to the Hat. “It’s affectionately referred to as the HALO Emergency Services Schools Day,” said CEO of HALO Paul Carolan. “We have static displays from Medicine Hat Police (Services), Medicine Hat Fire, Southeastern Alberta Search and Rescue, the fixed wing air ambulance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Honeycomb House teen space opens at MHPL
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 12th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A collection of teens and community members were witness to the grand opening of The Honeycomb House at the Medicine Hat Public Library this past Saturday. Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright, Mayor Linnsie Clark, Couns. Ramona Robins and Alison Van Dyke, as well as Chamber of Commerce executive director Lisa Kowalchuk, all spoke at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One man facing charges after police say he tried to break into apartment block
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 12th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A man has been charged after police say they caught him trying to break into a unit at an apartment block in north River Flats. Medicine Hat police say they responded to a call shortly after midnight on Monday morning of a disturbance at a multi-family housing facility on the 900 block of Second ... Read More »
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