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Final straw hits camel’s back: Business licence hike has local owner heated
By BRENDAN MILLER on January 10th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A lengthy construction season in 2024 that tore up Third Street as the city made significant upgrades to its downtown water and sewer systems and revamped roadways and sidewalks has significantly reduced the amount of foot traffic downtown, according to one local business owner who is speaking out after receiving his business licence renewal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nomination period open for school board candidates
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 9th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Candidates planning to run for a school board trustee position during the next civic election in October can find online nomination packages on the city’s website. Candidates can only run for trustee at one school board, not both the Medicine Hat Public School Division and Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education. Candidates must also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre Euchre Results for December 2024
By Medicine Hat News on January 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News December 2 1st Mike Alcock 2nd Steve Marshall 3rd Lena Dumoulin 4th tie> George Evans, Al Carruthers, Rita Myson December 5 1st Philip Conroy 2nd Al Carruthers 3rd tie> Shirley Brooks, George Evans 4th Lena Dumoulin December 9 1st George Evans 2nd tie> Judy Love. Butch Hiltz 3rd tie> Jane Bahnmiller, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several new labour deals signed around Alberta over past months
By Medicine Hat News on January 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Unionized construction workers earned big raises in collective bargaining talks at the end of 2025, according to the latest summary of collective bargaining released by the Alberta Jobs ministry, while local government employees move contracts forward. Municipal workers in Red Deer will receive a nine per cent wage increase over three years, while firefighters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council wants to speed up critical repairs while being more transparent when money moves around
By Collin Gallant on January 9th, 2025
@@CollinGallant City council has approved a new plan to not only speed up repair work on”critical components” of the city’s electric generating plant, but also for increased general reporting requirements when project budgets change. Now, all in-year changes to balance out budget overages and underages will be brought to the audit committee alongside thrice-annual financial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City helps club create x-country ski track at Kin Coulee
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 9th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com In a new partnership between the City of Medicine Hat and the Cypress Nordic Ski Club, the initial steps in creating a cross-country trail in Kin Coulee Park are underway. On Wednesday morning, volunteers from the club met with parks and recreation department members near the toboggan kitchen to lay the groundwork for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Interpretive Program hosting nature walk focused entirely on beaks and bills
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 9th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com On the latest nature walk offering by the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program, residents can learn all the nuances to the pointiest parts of native feathered friends. “Beak Talk” is a free event which requires no registration, set for 2 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Nature Centre. Participants will have a great time exploring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public school division aware of global data breach
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 9th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A short news release posted by the Medicine Hat Public School Division Wednesday says the division is aware of a global data breach of PowerSchool Student Information System and is working with PowerSchool to resolve the situation. “Information will be shared when it becomes available,” states the release. PowerSchool is a student information cloud ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Duplicate Bridge results for December 2024
By Medicine Hat News on January 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Tuesday, Dec. 3 Howell Movement 1. Lloyd Fowlie – Lynn Fowlie 2. Marcia Garman – Sally Sehn 3. Terry Lynn Noble – Brenda Kobley Friday, Dec. 6 North/South 1. Betty Biffard – Lorena Kelly 2. Peter Wilson – Terry Lynn Noble East/West 1. Rita Langford – Lloyd Fowlie 2. Pat Hannay – Vonda Reddekop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Teachers Association slams provincial standardized testing
By BRENDAN MILLER on January 9th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The president of the Alberta Teachers Association told reporters Wednesday that new government-mandated standardized diagnostic testing for kindergarten students consumes significant learning time that could be used for instruction and play. Alberta kindergarteners are the first in Canada to be subjected to the standardized diagnostic assessment testing this month, typically used to evaluate students’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre Euchre results for November 2024
By Medicine Hat News on January 9th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews November 4 1st Al Guscott 2nd Al Carruthers, Gerri Roseberry, Rita Myson 3rd Sharon Wutch, Kathy Meyer, Mike Beaton 4th Jane Bahnmiller 5th Mark Wawrznkiewicz November 7 1st George Evans, Marg Partridge 2nd Rita Myson 3rd Janet Squires, Gerri Roseberry 4th Charlotte Eresman 5th Frankie Harth, Jean Metz November 14 1st Mike Alcock 2nd ... Read More »
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