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City continues work to update unsightly property bylaw
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews City councillors will hear a plan to update the unsightly property bylaw today in a committee meeting. Last fall council directed staff and the city solicitor’s office to examine ways to strengthen enforcement power for bylaw officers dealing with complaints about dilapidated buildings. Potential changes will be outlined to the regular meeting of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special council meeting called for today over code of conduct
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A special meeting of city council has been called for today at noon to discuss one item related to the council code of conduct policy. The meeting, announced at 7 p.m on Wednesday night, comes after council members met for hours this week in closed session without Mayor Linnsie Clark present, the News has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to close outdoor rinks starting today
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2024
Outdoor rinks around the city will soon be shut down. The City of Medicine Hat has announced they will begin the process of shutting down the outdoor rinks starting today due to changes in the weather. As soon as today, residents will see the removal of the rinks from around the city. Application forms for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First major solar play OK’d since pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 21st, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One week after new rules for proposed wind and solar facilities were outlined by the provincial government and regulators, a major proposal just south of Medicine Hat has been approved. The Aura Peace Butte Solar Farm would encompass 820 acres of privately owned land near the Black and White Trail, about 13 kilometres southeast ... Read More »
1 responseRoads crews ready for more snowfall
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 21st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com City crews were to begin plowing roads at 4 a.m. this morning in anticipation of more snow fall throughout the region today. According to Environment Canada the southern portion of the province is expected to receive between 10 and 30 cm of snow by Friday morning. The city says it has brought in additional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ralston students to take flight on Super T field trip
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 21st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Ralston School’s Grade 5 students will be taking flight next week as part of their aerodynamics unit, with a field trip to Super T Aviation. Teacher Lisa Dixon, who organized the school trip, said she feels fortunate for recent changes to the curriculum, which allows her students to be learning about aerodynamics and, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Industries workers turn down unionization with 60 per cent against
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Workers at CF Industries fertilizer plant have voted against joining a union, the News has learned. Unifor, Local No. 4050, had applied to represent 106 operations workers at the facility in northwest Medicine Hat in February. Union officials said Wednesday that turnout to certify the union as bargaining agent was nearly 100 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose Public Schools announces new equine program
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 21st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Starting in September, Eagle Butte High School students will be hitting the arena with a new Prairie Rose Possibility in an upcoming equine program. The program is a partnership with Coyote Creek Riding Arena, which is a mere four kilometres from the school, and will be taught by Cory Schiebelbein and Cassandra Leung. Schiebelbein ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arrest made in Redcliff Legion theft
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 21st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com An arrest has been made in regards to the misappropriation of funds at the Redcliff Legion. At this time, the person in question cannot be identified, but they have been charged with theft over $5,000, said branch president Barry Cole, and will appear in Medicine Hat Court on April 17. The legion had lost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic principal receives award in education excellence
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 21st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic school division is honouring the principal of St. Michael’s School as its recipient for the 2024 Excellence in Catholic Education Award. Shannon English has been teaching for 34 years, spending the last 10 years of her career as an educator in administration roles including school counsellor, vice-principal of St. Mary’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Police warn of potential security scam in Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Mounties are warning the public of a potential scam after two separate men arrived at rural properties near Brooks claiming to work for security alarm companies, but were unable to produce credentials. The RCMP says that on March 15 a man in his mid-40s told a Duchess resident that the home’s system needed to ... Read More »
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