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March marks 20th anniversary of fraud prevention month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 8th, 2024
With the calendar flipped to March, the Medicine Hat Police Service is reminding residents about the signs and dangers of fraud. March 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of fraud prevention month in Canada, a month-long initiative aimed at educating and informing consumers and the community on how to recognize, report and stop fraud. In a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New supportive housing project getting underway in Lethbridge
By AL BEEBER Alberta Newspapers on March 8th, 2024
Ground was figuratively broken Thursday on Lethbridge Housing Authority’s $10.2 million new supportive housing unit. Dignitaries including LHA’s Chief Administrative officer, provincial Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon, mayor Blaine Hyggen and others ceremoniously threw some frozen soil into the frigid air at the site of the project at 416 Stafford Drive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community foundation announces upcoming 7 Over 70 awards
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 8th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Community Foundation of Southeast Alberta gathered at the Cypress Club Thursday for the launch of their Top 7 Over 70 Awards program. This award follows in the footsteps of a Calgary program by the same name, and has been in the works for about a year, said Community Foundation ambassador Stan Sakamoto. Top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2024 Rotary Music Festival results for Tuesday, Wednesday
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews (13 years old and under are non-competitive) INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR VOCAL Contemporary-Own Choice-15yrs & under – Oliver Hopkins Contemporary/Pop 1940-1964-15yrs & under – Angelina Poddar Contemporary-Jazz-15yrs & under – Katie Franchetto Contemporary-Jazz-17yrs & under – Dominik Pilgrim Contemporary-Rhythm and Blues/Rap-17yrs & under – Dominik Pilgrim Contemporary-Movie/TV-15yrs & under – Mariah McOuat Contemporary-Movie/TV-18yrs & over – Karen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power prices sink Hut 8’s Drumheller crypto-mining site
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Hut 8 will cease operations at its Drumheller site citing high energy costs in Alberta and technical problems related to power at the crypto-mine. Hut 8 will ship useful equipment to the company’s Medicine Hat data-processing facility, but maintain the lease of the site in case conditions improve, the North American cryptocurrency firm announced ... Read More »
5 responsesPheasants Forever anticipating near-full house at banquet
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2024
While the rainforest is the poster child for environmental conservation, it takes heart to love the prairies, and those with that heart will gather Friday for the Pheasants Forever annual banquet. It’s an opportunity for those with a passion for not just the game birds that form the Pheasants Forever Mascot, but prairie habitat for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paramedics share life-saving skills with high school students
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 7th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Local paramedics volunteered time Wednesday to provide students insight and hand-on experience on how they treat patients in the back of the ambulance during a medical emergency. Several Medicine Hat High School students spent the day meeting paramedics, asking questions about their job and gaining a deeper education about the profession by learning hands-on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Correction: Seniors group’s charity casinos ran through AGLC
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2024
A story published in Wednesday’s edition, “Local seniors foundation seeking support to make impact in community,” the News incorrectly reported that the Medicine Hat Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Foundation received a major source of funding from volunteer-run casinos at the Medicine Hat College Cultural Centre. In fact, the group runs the casinos in the city ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young vocalists receive vital feedback at Rotary Music Festival choral session
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 7th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Wednesday offered the single block of choral entrants for the 2024 Rotary Music Festival, and one director cannot believe how far her choir has come. Justine Wilks teaches at the Medicine Hat College Conservatory of Music, and on occasion, comes into various schools to offer the students a formal choral program. This is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lunch-hour announcement in the Hat today regarding highway investment
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Finance Minister Nate Horner said there will be “more to come” in terms of provincial spending announcements for southeast Alberta during a business lunch event on Wednesday. “More” that might come during a scheduled lunch-hour announcement today in the Hat from Premier and Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Danielle Smith related to highway spending. Last week’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local ATA cites low per-student funding in budget review
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 7th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Brendan Miller bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Recent data from Statistics Canada shows Alberta is spending the least amount of money per student in the country, and the local president of the Alberta Teachers Association is concerned the effects will be most felt in the classroom. “Ultimately, when we fall to the lowest funded per pupil province in ... Read More »
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