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Monarch’s Holiday-themed 110th birthday party this weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 15th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monarch Theatre’s 110th birthday party will proceed this weekend with the doors of the historic theatre open for a matinee and cake for those who take-in the Holiday-themed double feature. Discussions to hold the drop-in event, marking the movie house’s original opening night on Dec. 18, 1911, have moved quickly since they were ... Read More »
2 responsesPublic survey on city communications coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 15th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall will conduct a major survey of residents in early 2022 regarding local issues and the city’s communications efforts, a council committee heard Tuesday. The third-party survey would be conducted by an established outside contractor, and the results used throughout the city’s divisions, but not replace specific outreach on emergent issues, say administrators. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wilson eager for full term as public schools board chair
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Catherine Wilson is serving as chair of the Medicine Hat Public School Board for a second term, and says she is making the role “her own.” Acclaimed to chair after serving for the last year of the previous term, Wilson is happy to have the position again. “I really wanted it,” she told the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police search for missing woman
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are asking the public for help in locating Josephine Vivian, last seen on Dec. 14 at approximately 2 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel near the Trans-Canada highway. Vivian is a 37-year-old Indigenous women of no fixed address with dark hair, listed as 5-foot-3 and approximately 130 pounds. She was last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s shelter usage up across Alberta
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters released its 2021 data on Monday. “Although many aspects of the pandemic have become normalized, the added resources needed to operate a shelter haven’t lessened,” the release read. Within the release it was reported nearly 67,000 Albertans accessed shelter services between April of 2020 and March of 2021. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat doctor among three suing AHS over vaccination policy
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com A Medicine Hat physician, along with three others practising in the province, are suing Alberta Health Services over its mandatory vaccination policy, which went into effect Monday. Dr. Gert Grobler, who works at a local medical clinic, joins in asking the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to exempt him and the three other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot-air balloon festival part of city ‘vibrancy’ plans
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Vibrancy levels in Medicine Hat may be going up, up and away in 2022 with a hot-air balloon festival. Recipients of the City of Medicine Hat’s community vibrancy grants, outlined on Monday, say a gathering of hot air balloons in the Gas City will be one of the largest awards in the community-focused grants. ... Read More »
2 responsesAnnual Christmas Bird Count goes Sunday in Medicine Hat
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat and area’s annual Christmas Bird Count will be taking place Sunday. “The Christmas Bird Count is a wildlife survey that has been going on for what will be the 122nd year. In Medicine Hat this will be our 40th Christmas Bird Count,” Mary Drut, park interpreter at Medicine Hat Interpretative Program, told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reopen now, rebuild later: rec facilities report
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A report into recreation facilities will suggest reopening a closed arena and swim centre while drawing up plans to replace them after the next five years. Monday’s meeting of the public service committee heard an update on a facilities report which was a central election issue this fall. Administrators say the report on buildings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasgo has high hopes as Catholic board chair
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com In the month since assuming the role of chair for Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education’s board of trustees, Kathy Glasgo has learned a lot. Glasgo was nominated and sworn in as chair at MHCBE’s Oct. 26 board meeting, succeeding former board chair and current trustee Dick Mastel. Glasgo, who served as a division ... Read More »
1 responseCypress County joins CFSEA’s Rural Community Fund network
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County has joined the Community Foundation of South Eastern Alberta’s Rural Community Fund network as of Thursday. “We are delighted to partner with the Cypress County,” Niki Gray, acting executive director of CFSEA, said in a Wednesday release. “Our goal is to increase philanthropy in all our communities by growing local community funds, ... Read More »
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