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Missing teen found safe, Brooks RCMP reports
By Medicine Hat News on March 30th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Brooks teenager who was subject of a missing persons report has been found safe, RCMP in that city reported on Thursday. Earlier in the week Mounties put out a public call for information about the girl’s whereabouts after she left her home 10 days earlier and hadn’t been seen since. She was believed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clark to seek court ruling on sanctions
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark will go to court to overturn sanctions placed upon her by council last week, she told a press conference on Wednesday, stating she will stick to her position that what council ruled a “breach of council conduct” was just her asking tough questions of administrators. Clark also told a crowd of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway bridge repairs begin today, minor traffic delays expected
By Medicine Hat News on March 28th, 2024
Bridge repair work to strengthen two bridges along the Trans-Canada Highway that cross over Box Springs Road begins today. Officials at Volker Stevin say they will be using part of the shoulder on both directions of the road to conduct repairs on the steel grinders under the bridge, leaving a full lane for traffic to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tensions were mounting between mayor and city manager
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A letter from Linnsie Clark’s lawyer to investigators of a breach of conduct complaint argues the Medicine Hat mayor is correct that process wasn’t followed at city hall in a corporate reorganization last summer. Therefore, it concludes, Clark did not defame city manager Ann Mitchell during an Aug. 21 meeting that became the centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Live music, arts to be featured at upcoming spring market
By Medicine Hat News on March 28th, 2024
There is a buzz at Medalta as it gets set to host the ‘Bees & Blossoms’ two-day spring market April 5 and 6. Organizers say they are excited to present a spring market following big success of the ‘Heritage Christmas Market’ in November. The spring market will feature more than 40 unique artisan stalls as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biologist turns tough-to-hear science into easy-to-read stories
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 28th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The annual meeting of the Grasslands Naturalists Society on Tuesday also featured the reveal of a new collection of stories from one of Alberta’s foremost biologists. Lorne Fitch, a noted authority on Alberta watersheds, has been working in biology for 50 years and is a retired provincial fish and wildlife biologist. He is one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Memorial on Saturday for ‘lifeblood’ of Hat music scene, Bill Wahl
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 28th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com In honour of his work and all of the lives he had touched throughout his career, a memorial concert will be held for Bill Wahl on Saturday at the Cypress Centre. The band director at Crescent Heights High School for more than 30 years and the founding director of the Medicine Hat Concert Band, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS highlights mass marketing and phone scams to end fraud prevention month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 27th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service finishes fraud prevention week in Canada highlighting mass marketing and phone scams. MHPS says mass marketing and phone scams are one of the most common frauds, with the fraudster wanting to obtain personal information or be provided money from victims in any method. Whether is it by phone or by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP, AUPE raise concerns about new continuing care regulation
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 27th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to the provincial continuing-care regulations have sparked concern, as the revised document makes no mention of a minimum number of hours of nursing care. Previous regulations required a 1.9 hours of nursing and personal care per day in a continuing care home, a portion of which had to be provided by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Halifax street food restaurant bring east coast flavour to the Hat
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 27th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com In downtown Halifax locals refer to the corner of Blowers Street and Grafton Street as ‘Pizza Corner,’ a well-known intersection serving authentic East Coast street food including pizza, garlic fingers and donairs. Now those East Coast foods, flavours and culture can be found in Medicine Hat as Blowers & Grafton Halifax Street Food & ... Read More »
1 responseProvince awards contract to study feasibility of Eyremore Dam and Reservoir near Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on March 27th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A feasibility study to build a long-proposed on-stream reservoir near Brooks equal to the Bassano Dam has been awarded. The 2023 provincial budget set aside $5 million to study the potential to create the “Eyremore Dam and Reservoir,” located about 43 kilometres downstream on the Bow River south of the Bassano. Agriculture and Irrigation ... Read More »
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