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Daffodil Project gets ready to plant 22,000 bulbs
By Gillian Slade on August 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Preparations are underway for the fall planting season of bulbs by The Daffodil Project. A total of 22,000 daffodil bulbs will be planted this fall, the fourth planting season for the project, in two locations. The first community planting day takes place Saturday, Sept. 22 at Len Mitzel Meadow. A donation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lions Club Gear Up campaign returns this month
By Mo Cranker on August 6th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Lions Club of Medicine Hat is bringing its Gear Up campaign back for the seventh consecutive year, and will be accepting hockey and ringette equipment donations at the end of the month. “What we do for is for two days on Friday and Saturday we collect old hockey equipment and then on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winfield passes through the Hat for annual car show at Windy’s
By Mo Cranker on August 6th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker A living legend in the automotive industry was in the Hat this weekend to attend a car show and give pointers to those looking for them. Ninety-one-year-old Gene Winfield has been in the car industry in many capacities for his entire life, and continues to do body and cosmetic work on cars to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter off to Winnipeg this month to meet hundreds of retro trailer owners
By Mo Cranker on August 6th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Sandy Kapeller is set to go on quite the unique trip to Winnipeg this month. Kapeller, alongside roughly 600 others from around North America, will be travelling to and staying in Winnipeg’s Red River Exhibition Park — all because of a shared interest. “The thing that connects all of us is our trailers,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters express safe consumption concern
By Gillian Slade on August 4th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston says he is receiving emails from many Hatters concerned about the proposed supervised consumption site, but reminds residents the city has little control. “I’m getting requests for meetings from people and I’m getting inundated with emails,” said Clugston, who says he met with several business people Thursday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Safe consumption will cost $2M/year
By Gillian Slade on August 4th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The annual operating costs of a supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat will be about $2 million, says Alberta Health. “HIV Community Link has estimated that annual operating costs for a proposed supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat would be approximately $1.9 million annually,” said Aaron Manton, press secretary for Minister of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Red Deer pair arrested with stolen car
By Medicine Hat News on August 4th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Redcliff RCMP arrested two people early Thursday on charges of dangerous driving, possession of stolen property and possessing break-in instruments. In the early hours ofThursday, the RCMP members witnessed a silver Dodge Neon driving erratically, westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway near Redcliff.It then turned around and continued eastbound in the westbound lanes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swift foxes near the Hat a cause for celebration
By Mo Cranker on August 4th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Nature Conservancy of Canada recently discovered a family of swift foxes south of Medicine Hat, and the organization is calling the discovery very significant. Swift foxes became extinct in Canada in the 1930s but are now starting to slowly repopulate due to recent conservation efforts in southeast Alberta. “At the end of ... Read More »
1 responseCrews will begin Cameron Road work near both Carry and Ross Glen drives
By Gillian Slade on August 4th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Construction crews will be working starting Wednesday on Cameron Road near Carry Drive and Ross Glen Drive. There will be repairs to the road structure, concrete infrastructure and stormwater infrastructure, followed by asphalt resurfacing. The public is reminded that speed fines are doubled in construction zones, a city release states. Motorists should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. fire burns in southeast, but not yet a threat to move into Alberta
By None on August 4th, 2018
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Heraldnkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com A wildfire in southeast British Columbia has grown to 120 hectares but didn’t pose a risk of entering into Alberta, officials said Friday. The Municipal District of Pincher Creek cancelled their wildfire alert Friday morning, after initially sending it out Thursday night. “As the fire remains entirely within the province of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!080418-airquality
By Gillian Slade on August 4th, 2018
An precautionary air quality advisory for Southwest Alberta has been issued by Alberta Health Services (AHS) due to smoke from the wildfires in B.C. People in the area should take appropriate precautions. While minor smoky conditions to not typically cause health concerns for those who are healthy there is the potential for temporary eye and ... Read More »
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