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Province funds new dual credit programs for high school students
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 31st, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The province is providing approximately $4.9 million to support 55 new dual credit programs as well as enhance 22 existing programs aimed to provide Grade 10-12 students pathways into apprenticeships for jobs including skilled trades, agricultural and health care. Dual credit programs are collaborations with post-secondary schools and in line with apprenticeship education pathways, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forty Mile Wind owner makes $145,000 donation to the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2024
Just in time for the Holiday Season, ACCIONA EnergÃa representatives met with the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society to present a donation of $145,000. The funds will go toward the shelter’s capital campaign, and will help to renovate and modernize Phoenix Safe House Emergency Shelter. In 2023-24, MHWSS provided services to more than 1,100 victims ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nature walk Sunday will take final glimpse at insect life before winter weather hits
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2024
The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is inviting all interested residents out for one last look at the world of insects before the cold sets in. This Sunday, starting at 1 p.m, attendees will take a nature walk through Police Point Park, looking for signs of insect life and learning what they do once the summer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City recommends funding for eight community vibrancy grants
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 31st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com City staff are recommending council approve eight of 15 Community Vibrancy Grant applications in 2025 for a total of $44,000. A total of $127,893 in grant applications were received though the city’s fall intake. All applications were evaluated by city staff using a scoring matrix to determine where the community impact and inclusivity grant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMA urges Halloween caution, provides tips on staying safe
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 31st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Motorist’s Association reminds residents that keeping “little ghosts and goblins” safe on Halloween night is a community effort. “Halloween safety isn’t the sole responsibility of families with young children; we all need to look out for one another,” said Misty Harris, spokesperson for AMA. “Simple things like ensuring visibility, removing tripping hazards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s stunted utility revenue likely to get worse
By Collin Gallant on October 31st, 2024
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s combined power and gas production units may struggle to stay in the black by 2026, as already hurting revenue could be dragged down further by higher carbon taxes and increasing cost to manage shrinking gas production, division officials told city council on Wednesday. They expect the power plant and much smaller gas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delays ‘cascade’ for solar developers facing new regulations
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Another major solar project in southeast Alberta is facing delays, according to new applications to the Alberta Utilities Commission. The Brooks Solar Farm, comprising 16 quarter-sections of land on either side of Highway 36 west of that city, was to be completed today, Oct. 31, 2024, according to an approval last year for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy budget about to take centre stage
By Collin Gallant on October 30th, 2024
@@CollinGallant A year-long review of how the city’s energy business operates and how employs power profits are used will conclude this fall, but not before a new preliminary energy budget is debated and likely put in place, officials told the News on Tuesday. City council members will be presented with the division’s budget assumptions for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Preserving the past: proactive ways city achieve builds accessible community record
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 30th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The city’s archivist shared efforts to provide more access to historical records and documents to the community, as well as increasing archival diversity during a presentation to members of the public services committee Monday. Philip Pype told committee members that over the past few years Medicine Hat’s Archives Reference Service, located in the Esplanade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pack a shoebox, Hatters, Operation Christmas Child is underway again
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 30th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Operation Christmas Child is officially underway for the season, looking to make the Holidays a bit more special to children around the world. An annual initiative of Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child asks participants, either as individuals or as groups such as churches or classrooms, to pack shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community View Lions complete $50,000 commitment to local Ronald McDonald House
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 30th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Completing a $50,000 commitment, the Community View Lions Club made its final donation to the Medicine Hat Ronald McDonald House on Saturday. This commitment is closing out a year early, explains Russell Peters, first vice president of the Community View Lions club. “We did a five-year commitment to come up with $50,000,” said Peters. ... Read More »
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