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City, condo associations working out cost-relief details
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 16th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City billing officials are now engaging condo associations in Medicine Hat to extend a “cost-pressure relief” program to individual unit owners who pay bills via their condo fees, officials tell the News. That program, passed last, week provides $800 over the next three months to residential – $2,000 for businesses – utility account holders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO gears up for expanded hangar charity gala
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 16th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com HALO Air Ambulance is gearing up for its second annual Turf to Tarmac Charity Gala on Sept. 29. “Last year, we had 25 tables and that was a sellout for us,” stated CEO Paul Carolan. “We wanted to start in a manageable way, but there was so much demand and so many people at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small crowd engages with council at town hall
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 15th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A small crowd of about 50 people attended a town hall Wednesday at Medicine Hat Public Library to engage with local elected officials. Chief librarian Ken Feser moderated the event, with Mayor Linnsie Clark and six councillors sitting on the panel. Feser asked the audience to be civil and respectful during the event, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional jobless rate ticks up in August
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 15th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local unemployment rose in August, according to new figures released by the Alberta government on Wednesday. The jobless rate last month sat at 6.2 per cent in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region. That’s up from 5.9 per cent the previous month and well above the August 2022 rate of 3.6 per cent. Unemployment rose in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Hatter Ron Sakamoto nominated for CMA award
By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers on September 15th, 2023
Ron Sakamoto and Australian promoter Rob Potts spent six years together on the board of the Country Music Association. In those years, they developed a friendship that lasted until Potts’ death in a motorcycle crash on the west coast of Tasmania in 2017. Potts, who ran a company called Entertainment Edge, was one of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP energy critic slams Smith’s renewables pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 15th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Critics are pointing out the potential impact of halting new green energy projects within the riding of Premier Danielle Smith, but the government is calling the analysis partisan. United Conservative officials are also pointing to polls that suggest the pause until early 2024 on giving the regulatory OK for wind and solar projects is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of modulars moved to John Paul II School
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 15th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education had its first meeting of the current school year on Tuesday, with superintendent Dwayne Zarichny asking for housekeeping approval to move two modulars from St. Michael’s School to Ecole St. John Paul II School. The modulars have already been moved and are in place at the cost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede board removes president over internal dispute, legal fight could follow
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 15th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A dispute on the Medicine Hat Stampede board has led to the removal of the group’s president, and could lead to a legal challenge, the News has learned. Darlene Keeler became president of the Exhibition & Stampede company in early 2023, and was lauded as the first female to ever hold the position during ... 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!75-year-old Hatter killed in Sask. highway collision
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 14th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man has died in eastern Saskatchewan after the SUV he was driving collided with a semi-truck about halfway between Saskatoon and Rosetown. The crash occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, sending the lone passenger in the vehicle to hospital with serious injuries. The unnamed driver, described by Saskatchewan RCMP as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose Public Schools officially ratifies new agreement with teachers
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 14th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools secretary treasurer Ryan Boser presented to the board this week the PRPS Board/Teacher Agreement Ratification. Negotiations finished in late June when a memorandum of agreement was reached, and ratification by teachers occurred Aug. 29. Board chair Lois Bedwell and trustee Pam Cursons were part of the committee along with members ... Read More »
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