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Oyen receives funding to determine needs for assisted living residence
By Gillian Slade on March 7th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Provincial funding was announced Tuesday for Oyen to determine the scope of an assisted living residence for seniors. The Aging in Community rural pilot project is worth $100,000 to the town. “We’re excited to have this opportunity to move forward on a request and do a feasibility study,” said Mayor Doug Jones ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council rejects art committee’s Canalta Centre recommendation
By Collin Gallant on March 6th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant City council has rejected a committee recommendation to buy two granite buffalo to accent the entrance at the Canalta Centre. Members voted 6-3 against the $28,000 purchase that represented the remainder of the public art budget for the now three-year-old arena. Instead, the decision is to earmark the money to augment the budget ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assault charge withdrawn against former Rattler
By Peggy Revell on March 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News An assault charge laid against a former Rattlers basketball player following an incident were people were shot with a BB gun from a vehicle last year was withdrawn Monday by the Provincial Crown. No explanation for the withdrawal of the charge against Collin Ralko was given by the Crown, while defence counsel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irvine School resurrects band program
By Peggy Revell on March 6th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Irvine School’s band program has been rebooted after a hiatus, thanks to a partnership between Prairie Rose School Division and the Medicine Hat College. “We’re aiming for a performance at Kaleidoscope, which is PRSD’s arts festival that happens every year at the Esplanade,” said Mark Ward, a brass instructor with MHC’s Conservatory of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assault charge against former Rattler Collin Ralko withdrawn
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2018
An assault charge laid against a former Rattlers basketball player following an incident were people were shot with a BB gun from a vehicle last year was withdrawn Monday by the Provincial Crown. No explanation for the withdrawal of the charge against Collin Ralko was given by the Crown, while defence counsel declined to comment. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province announces more money for Hilda wildfire victims
By Jeremy Appel on March 5th, 2018
Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced Monday that it’s providing a $200,000 grant to assist victims of October’s wildfire in Hilda. The funds are in addition to the $25,000 per property interest-free loan provided by the province in December. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Oneil Carlier says the government decided to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Record rooftop year for firefighters
By Mo Cranker on March 5th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It was a cold weekend for two local firefighters, as the men spent 48 hours on top of the Maple Avenue Fire Station while raising approximately $18,000 for muscular dystrophy. This year’s Firefighters Rooftop Campout for Muscular Dystrophy raised a record amount, while also pushing the total amount raised over an eight-year span ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar March 5-11
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2018
March 5 — Play Mahjong, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. March 5 — Games in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 2:30-4:30 p.m March 5 — ABLE Reading and Writing Club, MH Public Library, 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 5 — Colouring 101, MH Public Library, 7 p.m. March 6 — Understanding the Canadian Workplace for Refugees, MH ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Record year for Rooftop Campout
By Mo Cranker on March 4th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It was a cold weekend for two local firefighters, as the men spent 48 hours on top of the Maple Avenue Fire Station while raising approximately $18,000 for muscular dystrophy. It was the eighth consecutive year of the Medicine Hat Firefighters Rooftop Campout, with the group breaking a single-record year in money raised, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. tax break for plant could hit $100M
By Collin Gallant on March 3rd, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Premier Rachel Notley said this week her government won’t let the U.S. Gulf Coast “eat our lunch” when it comes to luring new petrochemical plants to the province. New documents presented to a Louisiana school board however, give an idea the tab might be US$100 million in foregone property tax or other grants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Henning confirms resignation from MHC
By Collin Gallant on March 3rd, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Outgoing Medicine Hat College president Denise Henning says she is not “retiring” but will leave the local institution later this month to “pursue other opportunities and to attend to family matters.” The statement from Henning comes the day after members of the college’s board confirmed Henning would step down as president about four ... Read More »
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