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City’s transit costs less than Lethbridge
By Collin Gallant on June 26th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Transit system, which was targeted in a 2016 public survey that asked for places to cut costly, inefficient city services, actually stacks up well against Lethbridge in a new limited study that goes to council next week. According to the latest in a series of benchmarking studies, the local system ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kinettes receive provincial, city funding for park upgrades
By Mo Cranker on June 26th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Kinette Club members, city representatives and MLA Bob Wanner gathered at Kin Coulee Park Monday afternoon to hand out some cash to the Kinette Club. The club recently announced it was receiving funding from the Community Facility Enhancement Program grant, and that the city would be matching the grant to help with renovations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City has been asked to host 55-plus games
By Collin Gallant on June 26th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The city has been asked to step in and host the 2019 Alberta 55-plus summer games, a multi-sport event that could draw 1,000 competitors to Medicine Hat. The revelation was made during Monday’s public services committee meeting at city hall, where requests for formal support and for a $50,000 grant was made. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hitch’n Post Saloon falls this summer
By Gillian Slade on June 26th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The Hitch’n Post Saloon will come crashing down within a couple months, the city says. A call for demolition tenders of the building at 210 South Railway St., closed recently, and the actual demolition is likely to take place in July or August, says Grant MacKay, manager of land and business support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assisted dying numbers released: Nearly 400 Albertans have died by medical assistance since legalization
By Gillian Slade on June 26th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade In the two years since Medical Assistance In Dying became legal, close to 400 have chosen that option in Alberta, out of a nearly 4,000 across the country. From June 17, 2016 to May 31, 2018, there were 392 Albertans who received MAID, according to the latest data on Alberta Health Services’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City selling old snooker tables from the pre-flood Veiner Centre
By Collin Gallant on June 26th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Six snooker tables evacuated from the Veiner Centre five years ago this week could have new owners by the end of business on Tuesday. The tables appear on the Alberta Purchasing Connection, the procurement network where the province and Alberta’s local governments tender projects and dispose of surplus equipment. Typically, disposals are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHSA’s Beat the Heat skateboard competition now in its 10th year
By Mo Cranker on June 26th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat is the place to be this weekend for skateboarders. Sunday marks the 10th annual Beat the Heat skate event, which will give more than 100 skaters from around the country a place to show off their tricks. “We get people from both coasts coming out,” said Medicine Hat Skateboard Association member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat police investigating suspicious death
By Medicine Hat News on June 25th, 2018
Police are investigating the weekend death of a Medicine Hat man as suspicious. Investigators from the MHPS Major Crime Section are trying to determine whether the death of the 38-year-old city man came as a result of injuries suffered during one or more altercations he was involved in around 2 a.m. on June 21 near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!JazzFest wraps up 22nd year
By Mo Cranker on June 25th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat’s annual jazz festival came to a close this weekend and this year’s event was yet another success, says producer Lyle Rebbeck. The week-long festival showcased a number of local and non-local talent in a wide range of venues around the city, giving Hatters a chance to see high-end talent for little ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southview gets a community garden
By Mo Cranker on June 25th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker A couple dozen people gathered Saturday morning at Southview Community School to put together and plant the area’s first community garden. The idea and initial planning for the project took place about a year ago and eventually the school was able to get the supplies necessary to make the garden come to life. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fundraiser for local boy with kidney failure taking place this weekend
By Mo Cranker on June 25th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Southern Riders for a Cause are holding an event this week in support of a local boy’s wish to go to Comic-Con next year. Ryley Bustamante-Pollard was born more than nine weeks early and had a heart attack shortly after birth. The medications he took to help his heart did severe damage ... Read More »
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