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Local highland dancers off to Scotland
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 25th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A group of seven Medicine Hat dancers are preparing for their upcoming trip to Scotland, where they will compete in several highland games, and vie for a chance to take part in the World Highland Dancing Championship. “We were supposed to go in 2020 but COVID said different,” McConnell School of Highland Dance director, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks man charged with second-degree murder in woman’s death
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 25th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Brooks man has been charged with homicide after a woman in that city was found dead by RCMP officers. Mounties with the Brooks detachment were called to an apartment shortly before noon on Wednesday after a response that a female was unresponsive. They found that 30-year-old Tamara Debbis Soosay, of Brooks, was dead. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Permits up over last year thanks to housing, commercial
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Multiple-unit housing and new commercial projects pushed building permits in Medicine Hat higher last month. Figures from the city’s planning and development services department showed new single-family home permits remained even with eight in May compared to the same month one year earlier. That is two fewer for the first five months of the ... Read More »
1 responseTeenager gets probation for dropping pellet gun from pocket in liquor store
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A 19-year-old Hat man has been given one year probation after what appeared to be a gun fell out of his waistband at a city liquor store last year. The matter was heard Thursday morning in Medicine Hat provincial court where a jointly recommended sentence from defence and Crown attorneys was accepted. The man ... Read More »
1 responseLocals show strong at Provincial Music Festival
By Medicine Hat News on June 24th, 2022
Local performing artists continue to shine as they celebrate their successes at the 2022 Alberta Provincial Music Festival and prepare to represent Alberta at the upcoming Canada West Performing Arts Festival. Following performances at the Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival earlier this year, 27 local youth performing artists were nominated to compete in the provincial ... Read More »
1 responseEdmonton buying renewable energy from south
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Edmonton will contract renewable power from a wind farm planned to be built near Seven Persons and a solar field near Taber starting next year. Capstone Infrastructure acquired the 15-year-old proposal to build the Wild Rose II wind farm southwest of Medicine Hat last fall and announced this spring it planned ... Read More »
1 responseElder advocates want province to do more to protect seniors abuse
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society is urging provincial legislators to do more to protect seniors from abuse, an issue which affects approximately 9 per cent of Albertans over the age of 65. EAAS executive director Ruth Adria specifically called out MLAs who she says often refer elder abuse cases to the EAAS and ... Read More »
1 responseHomicide in Brooks
By medicinehatnews on June 24th, 2022
Woman was found dead in apartment June 22 ... Read More »
1 responseSpecial Olympics committee puts out fundraising call
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 23rd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Ahead of the 2026 Special Olympic Summer Games in Medicine Hat, the city’s chamber of commerce and game organizers have partnered to introduce a fundraising initiative targeted at local businesses. Announced Wednesday, the Corporate Friends of the Games initiative encourages chamber members to commit to annual donations which will help fund the games. Donations ... Read More »
1 responseCFSEA dishes out $200K to non-profits for Founder’s Day Picnic
By Medicine Hat News on June 23rd, 2022
Donations totalling just under $200,000 were awarded to non-profit organizations across the region during the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta’s 30th annual Founder’s Day Picnic. The picnic, held June 8, was a chance to recognize and address crucial community needs – specifically mental health, economic revitalization and support for vulnerable populations – through CFSEA Community ... Read More »
1 responseN. Railway shelter decision delayed
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A decision on whether to allow an overnight homeless shelter on N. Railway Street has been postponed by the municipal planning commission, which told the applicant, the Mustard Seed, to consult with nearby business owners. At the same time the chair of the commission said Wednesday that the application to allow a two-year temporary ... Read More »
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