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Province of Alberta providing cash to disaster evacuees
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 21st, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Albertans affected by wildfire and who have been evacuated for seven days or more will be eligible for a one-time payment of $1,250 with an additional $500 for each dependent child under 18. The province released the evacuation payment numbers recently that are aimed to help Albertans pay for temporary accommodations, food and other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council OKs $250K toward design of north Stampede grandstand
By Collin Gallant on May 21st, 2025
@@CollinGallant City council has approved design funding for a third option to replace only the northern grandstand, and could potentially pay for half the cost of what administrators believe would be a much less expensive project, but also a much smaller upgrade of facilities, proposed by the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede four years ago. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County following suit with regional partners on emergency management
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on May 21st, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County looks to continue to improve its regional emergency management plan, alongside Redcliff and the City of Medicine Hat. A motion was passed Tuesday at county council to approve an available grant funding opportunity to update the Regional Emergency Management Plan. Incident management components such as resource sharing, communication channels and pre-plans for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kidney Walk set for June 1, raising money nationwide to help the 1 in 10 Canadians living with kidney disease
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on May 21st, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com This year’s Kidney Walk is stepping up to help meet increased need within southern Alberta. “With increased requests for our short-term financial assistance in southern Alberta, our kidney patients need your support more than ever,” says Mike Brodie, manager community programs, southern Alberta branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. “Every dollar raised at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students with passion for robotics participate in Best Buy educational workshop
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 20th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com It was a Friday morning full of programming and problem solving for several local students who participated in a robotics workshop held by volunteer members of Best Buy’s Geek Squad Academy. The workshop, open to Grade 4-6 students at Crestwood STEM School, taught students the basic algorithms and programming skills needed to guide a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous graduates honoured at cultural ceremony
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 20th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Graduating students whose cultural background includes First Nations, MĂ©tis and Inuit were honoured during a traditional graduation ceremony last week at Monsignor McCoy High School. The school’s second Indigenous Graduation Ceremony celebrated grads in a meaningful way by gifting each graduate a blanket and a hand-beaded lanyard, which they will wear as they walk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Groups spend day to honour 2SLGBTQIA+ cleaning up around Finlay Bridge
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on May 20th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat & District was joined Saturday by the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association for the second annual cleanup of Finlay Bridge and area in honour of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. The day, initiated in 2004, aims to draw awareness to the struggles faced by 2SLGBTQIA+ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council ready to help MH Stampede, but with conditions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 20th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat is ready to offer the Medicine Hat Stampede half the costs of a grandstand replacement and expansion, if the ag society considers a smaller design envelope, puts more direct cash toward to the cost and avoids a no-interest loan in an original financing deal with provincial approval. The issue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local victims services member honoured nationally for supporting survivors of crime
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 17th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Carrier Stober, who has been a member of the Medicine Hat Police Services Victims Services Unit since 2016, is the recipient of the 2025 Department of Justice Canada Award for Excellence in Victim Services. Each year the federal government recognizes one individual with a long track record of empowering and supporting victims and survivors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province ramping up mandatory boat inspections to further protect against invasive mussels
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on May 17th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com As boating season begins in Alberta, the provincial government is warning boat owners to expect to be inspected for invasive species. Currently, the province remains 100 per cent free of zebra mussels and quagga mussels, but with reports increasing across the United States and Canada, the province is wary of the possibility of these ... Read More »
1 responseTwo city spray parks now open
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 17th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The city has opened two of its four spray parks for kids and families looking to cool down over the long weekend. Both the Strathcona Island Park and Kiwanis Central Park spray parks opened for the season on Friday with normal operation hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Next Friday, May 23, the ... Read More »
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