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$38K Kinsmen donation will fund more free swimming, skating
By Mo Cranker on October 12th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club presented a cheque for more than $38,000 to the City of Medicine Hat Thursday at the Family Leisure Centre to fund free public swimming and skating programs. The Kinsmen Club has been funding the free skating program for 34 years and the swimming program for 25. “This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local schools welcome new K-4 curriculum
By Jeremy Appel on October 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The province’s draft K-4 curriculum has the approval of Medicine Hat’s public and Catholic school boards. “We have been waiting and are so excited to finally have draft curriculum available to engage in it, according to the messaging, in quite a short time,” said Joanne Pitman, the Medicine Hat Public School Division assistant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Hatter and addict now travels country sharing his story
By Mo Cranker on October 12th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Former Hatter Tarrant Cross Child is back in the city and speaking at a number of schools before heading back to Saskatoon. Cross Child spent 13 years in Medicine Hat and is a Hat High graduate — he moved to Saskatoon and has spent all of his years there since. “It’s great to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extra power cash saves the day
By Collin Gallant on October 11th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Summer power sales for the City of Medicine Hat beat already beefed-up profit forecasts according to a new report to the council’s audit committee this week. That is also pushing up a projected dividend from the entire utility operations to $42.9 million — about $10 million more than was projected in early June ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enrolment decrease at PRSD, albeit smaller than anticipated
By Jeremy Appel on October 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Prairie Rose School District’s enrolment decreased this year, but the numbers were greater than anticipated. “It’s the curse of rural education,” superintendent Roger Clarke said Wednesday at the board’s meeting. “All over rural Alberta we see declining enrolment — more kids graduating, less kids coming into the system.” Many students’ parents move to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Look. Listen. Learn.’ And prevent fires
By Jeremy Appel on October 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel It’s Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 7-13 and the Medicine Hat Fire Department is collaborating with the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year’s campaign, entitled “Look. Listen. Learn.” Carter Gramlich, a local fire prevention officer, says awareness is key, as most fires are started by accident. “They’re the result of some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Landscaping condition could see seniors’ apartment go forward
By Collin Gallant on October 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A $24-million planned seniors’ housing facility will be allowed to go ahead with a higher than usual roofline, if the developer agrees to plant a row of trees to protect the privacy of nearby residences. The municipal planning commission on Wednesday approved a development permit for Canalta Real Estate to build a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Allegro Band performing at Esplanade
By Gillian Slade on October 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News In celebration of the centenary of the armistice the Allegro Band of the Medicine Hat Concert Band Society will present a concert – We Will Remember Them. The event takes place Nov. 10, 2 p.m. at the Esplanade. Everyone is welcome and there is no admission charge... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Westar Landfill waste to return by 2021
By Gillian Slade on October 11th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Five years after a fire that took six weeks to extinguish at Westar Landfill, there is a timeline for waste to be returned to the pit by 2021, says the environmentals appeal board. An appeal by the owners of Westar was dealt with in mediation, and therefore details available to the public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pot rules could mirror Calgary
By Collin Gallant on October 10th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant City council will consider banning cannabis use almost everywhere outside private homes in Medicine Hat, but with a few exemptions and also a legal avenue to designate a specific park, pathway or general area where residents could light up. A special meeting of the public services committee held late Tuesday resulted in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smart meters not as lucrative
By Collin Gallant on October 10th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The rollout of automated utility meters in Medicine Hat could take 18 years to “pay for itself” — a decade longer than projected when the program was first proposed as a cost-saving modernization. A presentation to the city’s energy and utilities committee on Oct. 4 states total costs and annual savings of the ... Read More »
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