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Catholic principal receives award in education excellence
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 21st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic school division is honouring the principal of St. Michael’s School as its recipient for the 2024 Excellence in Catholic Education Award. Shannon English has been teaching for 34 years, spending the last 10 years of her career as an educator in administration roles including school counsellor, vice-principal of St. Mary’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional Science Fair returns Saturday, making comeback from fallen pandemic numbers
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 20th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Students from across southeastern Alberta will gather at Medicine Hat College on Saturday to kindle their curiosity at the Regional Science Fair. Turnout this year is heartening, says senior scientific consultant Patty Rooks, who feels the fair is finally starting to reach the numbers it had prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Right now we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat potters clay it forward for youth at Honeycomb House
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 20th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Potters Association is set to put both its talent and community spirit on display, with a silent auction to support the Honeycomb House. The Clay it Forward silent auction, in partnership with 17 local businesses, features a wide variety of handmade collaborative pots, each made by one member of the association ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Police warn of potential security scam in Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Mounties are warning the public of a potential scam after two separate men arrived at rural properties near Brooks claiming to work for security alarm companies, but were unable to produce credentials. The RCMP says that on March 15 a man in his mid-40s told a Duchess resident that the home’s system needed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former police chief suing City of Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Former police chief Mike Worden is suing the City of Medicine Hat nearly two years after he left the post under controversial circumstances, the News has learned. Court records show that Worden filed a statement of claim against the city earlier this year in Court of Kings Bench. The Medicine Hat native, who spent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crestwood students play at city planner in Minecraft
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 20th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Crestwood School students took a walk out to a site slated for the construction of affordable housing on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing project connecting work on the computer to real life. For the past several months, students have been experimenting with different structures within created models of empty lots in the city, ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil holds curious closed meeting Tuesday
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 20th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant What was one of the shortest city council meeting of the term turned into one of the longest in recent memory – more that 24 hours in actual time from start to finish. That included an adjournment from Monday night until Tuesday afternoon, but included long closed-door sessions, the focus of which isn’t known. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province turning attention toward utility access fees
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 20th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The province could soon weigh in on local utility access fees – a lingering sore spot for critics who banded together during a price spike last summer – but potentially limit changes to how they are set in the City of Calgary. That municipality sets the specific fee as a percentage of energy prices, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council updates city’s social media policy
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall has a new social media policy that officials say is aimed at beefing up security of the civic accounts rather than shutting down dissent or controlling employees’ personal accounts. Council endorsed the policy on Monday, updating one approved in 2011. The change will outline “good practice” for employees under general employment terms ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Speech performance takes the win at 2024 Rose Bowl
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 19th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com In a rare choice for the Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival, this year’s winner was declared Stirling Clark for his work in the speech category, as presented at the Sunday Stars of the Festival Concert. Clark has won the Rose Bowl in previous years, being part of the trio named the most outstanding performers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fraud prevention month highlights investment scams
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 19th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service’s fraud prevention month focus is on sharing information on investment-style scams this week. Police say investment scams can happen in person, over the phone, online or through then mail, and the intent is to get someone to invest money into an established industry, newly emerging sector or any other type ... Read More »
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