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What to do with all that Holiday packaging and waste
By Medicine Hat News on December 27th, 2022
Between gift wrap, packaging and food and beverage containers, the Holidays generate a lot of waste. But, despite such, it is possible to be environmentally conscious at Christmas by properly sorting, disposing of and recycling waste. Wrapping paper Some types of wrapping paper can be recycled, while others cannot. The easiest way to determine if ... Read More »
1 responseHat remains ‘seller’s market’ after wild year for real estate
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 27th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A wild year for real estate across the country is wrapping with Medicine Hat bucking the national trend downward, but only slightly, and uncertainty will remain into 2023, according to Canadian Real Estate Association. Through 11 months of the year, the local sector saw detached home sales dip slightly in November compared to late ... Read More »
1 response41 years of Kiwanis Christmas Dinners
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 27th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com For 41 years, the three Kiwanis clubs in the city have organized and served a Christmas Dinner for Hatters who are over the Holidays, and 2022 was no exception. About 250 guests were expected with close to 70 volunteers helping and being fed. Everyone was glad to be back at the Veiner Centre this ... Read More »
1 responseChristmas tree recycling drop-off opens today
By Medicine Hat News on December 27th, 2022
The City of Medicine Hat’s annual Christmas tree recycling program starts up again today and will run until Jan. 31. The program allows the public to drop off real Christmas trees at three locations across the city – the Northlands Co-op Recycling Depot, the Kipling Street Recycling Depot and the Medicine Hat Mall parking lot ... Read More »
1 responseA quiet Christmas always a good Christmas for city police
By Medicine Hat News on December 27th, 2022
Medicine Hat Police Service advised the News that everything was quiet over the Christmas weekend and there was nothing newsworthy to report. The front counter reception was closed over the past weekend. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday this week and be closed again over the New Years ... Read More »
1 responseYear in Review: Health system faces constant strain through 2022
By KENDALL KING on December 27th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com@kkingmhn As Albertans adapt to the ‘new normal’ promised by officials throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, so too are provincial health-care workers attempting to navigate a system long teetering on the brink of collapse. Pandemic Alberta health-care workers raised the flag on threats to the province’s health-care system long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But the ... Read More »
1 responseRedcliff RCMP’s ‘Stuff the Cruiser’ collects 4,724 pounds of food
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Check the shocks, because the Redcliff RCMP’s “Stuff the Cruiser” in support of food banks raised just more than two tonnes of food, the detachment reported Friday. The event, held during frigid conditions on Dec. 21, was supported by residents of the town, the town’s council and bylaw department. Food and cash equivalent donations ... Read More »
1 responseCity looking for volunteers for Adopt-a-Rink
By Medicine Hat News on December 24th, 2022
The city is inviting Hatters to join its Adopt-a-Rink program, in which community volunteers help construct and maintain one of 14 outdoor public skating rinks located across Medicine Hat. Volunteers are responsible for building ice, occasionally flooding the rink and shovelling when necessary, however the city does provide some assistance in snow removal. The city ... Read More »
1 responseWarmer winds bring white-out conditions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews High winds that brought warmer weather to southeast Alberta on Friday also caused whiteout conditions at times and warnings for highway travellers. Much of the week was spent under an extreme cold warning, but chinook winds saw double-digit change in the temperature on Friday morning. After hovering near -30C for days, the predicted high ... Read More »
1 responseHoliday sweets make any festive fun that much better
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 24th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com There’s fruitcake and then there is black cake, or Caribbean rum-soaked fruit cake. It is a less family friendly version, although alcohol-free versions of the recipe are available. The fruit is macerated in port wine (apple or orange juice can also be used) and no large chunks remain in the cake itself, such that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Memorial service held for Curtis Noble
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The city’s firefighters, dignitaries and the family of Curtis Noble filled the Cypress Centre on Friday for the funeral service for the 41-year-old fire officer who died last week. Noble, 41, reportedly died of pneumonia on Dec. 16. He was a former head of the Medicine Hat Firefighters Association, Local 263 of the International ... Read More »
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