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Support low-income pet owners at AFB giving trees
By KENDALL KING on November 16th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s Animal Food Bank is hoping to alleviate local low-income pet owners of Holiday stress with its tree tag donation drive – beginning today and continuing through to Dec. 24 – hosted in partnership with local Pet Valu stores. Founded in 2019, but only officially launching in Medicine Hat this September, AFB is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leader, Sask. to get new fibre-optic connections
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Leader, Sask. is among new list of communities scheduled to be provided with new rural fibre-optic connections in the next two years, according to a release from SaskTel on Tuesday. The Crown corporation will add $100 million to complete the fifth phase of the infiNET service delivery expansion, involving 34 locations announced this week, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to begin talks regarding updated public smoking bylaw
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Consultations on updating the city’s public smoking bylaw are moving to final stages, and a final draft to add vaping and review restricted spaces could move to council soon, a city committee heard Monday. Reviewing the nine-year-old bylaw has been on the public service division’s radar since 2019 when health advocates petitioned city council ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Gleaners expansion will help boost production
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 16th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Gleaners takes donated off-grade surplus vegetables, lentils and beans from growers in the area and processes them to create dehydrated mixes that are distributed to those in need around the world. Past president Ed Codding spoke to members of the Horticulture Society on Monday evening. The Prairie Gleaners started in 2006 and, at ... Read More »
1 responseGas station in Redcliff robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight
By Medicine Hat News on November 16th, 2022
Redcliff RCMP are seeking information about an armed robbery of a local gas station on Tuesday early afternoon. At approximately 12:12 p.m., officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station on the 1600 block of Broadway Avenue. Witnesses say a lone male entered the gas station with a firearm and ... Read More »
1 responseFood security groups face inflation issues, too
By KENDALL KING on November 16th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local food security non-profit organizations are working to maintain services while managing the impacts of inflation and increased cost of living. “Inflation and rising costs of goods and services are definitely having an impact on everyone, whether we’re feeling it personally or feeling it as an organization,” Mustard Seed of Medicine Hat managing director ... Read More »
2 responsesCity council begins new budget process today
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Interest rates are a hot topic in the community and within the city’s incoming budget documents, but the nature and time span of city borrowing could shield it from some of the pain of rising rates, say administrators. Councillors will begin a new budget process this year with a meeting of the Committee of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff native will vie for UCP’s Cypress-MH nomination
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One hat is in the ring to become the United Conservative Party candidate in Cypress-Medicine Hat: Redcliff native and Western Standard business manager James Finkbeiner has announced he wants the job. Finkbeiner told the News on Tuesday his focus is completing a move back to the area begun in the summer, and aiding Premier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH College has full slate of events planned for Metis Week
By KENDALL KING on November 15th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com@kkingmhn Medicine Hat College is inviting Hatters to explore and celebrate Metis culture during the school’s inaugural Metis Week with a variety of events open to the public. Celebrated annually in Alberta, Metis Week is a week dedicated to recognizing and honouring the history and culture of the Metis people – a distinct people born ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midnight Madness returns to downtown Friday for Christmas shoppers
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 15th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Midnight Madness is returning to downtown Friday from 4 p.m. until midnight. The Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with a downtown collective group of stakeholders, launches the event each year. According to the collective, all members in the downtown area are encouraged to participate. Support from businesses in 2021 was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body discovered in home following Saturday blaze
By Medicine Hat News on November 15th, 2022
The body of a 54-year old male was discovered in a home in the 800 block of Ninth Street SE on Saturday when Medicine Hat police and fire responded to an early morning blaze at the residence. Police are continuing to investigate circumstances surrounding the man’s death, but at this time do not suspect them ... Read More »
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