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MHIP hosting Q&A covering animal behaviours
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 14th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com For those with burning questions about their pet or local wildlife’s behaviour, Medicine Hat Interpretive Program hopes to have the answers with their latest offering. “Have you ever found yourself wondering, why owls bob their heads, or what’s with cats zooming around at 2 a.m, or why birds of prey sometimes dive at people,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mustard Seed’s Allowance closure will heavily affect service capabilities
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 14th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com With the Mustard Seed’s Community Impact Centre on Allowance Avenue set to shut down later this month, the organization says it is committed to finding other ways to continue to offer vital services. Following the decision made in mid-January to not permit a change-of-use application for adding temporary shelter beds, the location no longer ... Read More »
1 response50-year Crescent Heights High School reunion coming this spring
By Medicine Hat News on February 14th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A local high school class will commemorate 50 years after graduation at a reunion this spring. Members of the 1975 graduating class of Crescent Heights High School are preparing to gather on June 7 at the Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club. The organizing committee is also reaching out to the community to find ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BATUS commander says future in Medicine Hat secure
By Medicine Hat News on February 14th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews British Army Training Unit Suffield commander, Lt. Col. Paul Eaton, says he’s positive about the future of United Kingdom’s presence at the Canadian Forces Base northwest of Medicine Hat. “At the moment BATUS is in a transitional period where we have moved away from previous training,” he told British Forces Radio during a brief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Longtime dedicated educator and community supporter recognized for his quiet commitment to volunteering
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 13th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat and District Retired Teachers Association 2025 Volunteer of the Year was certainly surprised, as he barely considers himself a volunteer at all. Jim Kaupp is a longtime member of the community, says past president Mel Deydey, though his teaching career has taken him through the province, from Fort McMurray to Gem, ... Read More »
1 responseGreenhouse association waits in ‘limbo’; will be sending delegate to national conference to discuss tariff impacts
By BRENDAN MILLER on February 13th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com As Canadian steel and aluminum manufacturers prepare to face 25 per cent tariffs by U.S. President Donal Trump, set to take effect on March 12, the Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association is waiting, and ready, to respond if Canada’s agriculture sector is also hit with American trade tariffs. Michiel Verheul, president of the Alberta Greenhouse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre announces new partnership with Curling Centre
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 13th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Unison at Veiner Centre announced a new collaboration that will allow its members to access ice at the Medicine Hat Curling Centre at a reduced price and without membership required. Beginning in March, Veiner Centre members will be able to access the newly renovated curling facility for $12 per person, collected prior to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five more education support worker unions join provincial strike
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 13th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com CUPE has announced five new groups of education workers have voted to join more than 4,000 education support staff who have been on strike in the Edmonton and Fort McMurray region since the early part of January. The five CUPE locals represent an additional 2,000 education support workers who have voted to take job ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Catholic school update; final documents sent to procurement
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 13th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Catholic School Board trustees received an update on the construction of the new Holy Trinity Academy during their regular meeting Tuesday. Superintendent Dwayne Zarichny told trustees the project manager has received final documents from the architect and sent them to procurement on Tuesday morning. Zarichny says assuming there are no errors in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO’s new helicopter will ensure the air ambulance service is always ready to fly
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 13th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The sight of the HALO Air Ambulance just became all the more iconic to the southern Alberta skies, as the organization unveiled its first branded aircraft. The new helicopter, sporting images of the Saamis Tepee and mountains in the background, is striking in HALO’s signature orange and navy, making it all the easier to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public school division offers portable learning spaces to qualified childcare operators
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 13th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com To extend care for children in the city and to make good use of two portable classroom not in use, the Medicine Hat Public School Division is offering the portable childcare space to qualified childcare operators in the Hat. The two portable classrooms, one at Ross Glen School and another at George Davison School, ... Read More »
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