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Medicine Hat opioid deaths continue on record-setting pace
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Opioid deaths continued to rise in Medicine Hat after a record-setting start to the year, according to the latest figures released by the province’s statistical drug surveillance system. Six deaths attributed to opioid use were reported in the city in May, the latest month available in the data, bringing the total for 2023 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In-person Terry Fox Run makes comeback in the Hat
By FERNANDO MORENO Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 18th, 2023
mhnews@medicinehatnews.com This fall will usher in a new season of hope as the annual Terry Fox Run returns to Medicine Hat. After a four-year semi-hiatus, the run will be held at Medicine Hat College on Sept. 17. Terry Fox’s older brother, Fred Fox, is expected to make a visit the week prior to the run. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City taking no position on province’s renewables pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 18th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The province’s only municipally operated power company will not take a position on a six-month halt on new green energy projects, despite a call from the Alberta New Democrats for cities to petition on behalf of rate payers. Premier Danielle Smith’s government instituted the moratorium on new wind and solar approvals until late February ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biz Briefs: Oilfield supply company to open location in Redcliff
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An oilfield supply company that services northern Alberta and the Bakken region is expanding to southeast Alberta. Swift Oilfield Supply will convert a shop on Industrial Drive in Redcliff, according to recently approved permits presented to the town’s municipal planning commission. The company is centred in Edmonton with 14 other locations, mostly in northern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province still aiming for Hwy 3 section twin by 2025
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 18th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant It is becoming less likely that major work to twin a section of Highway 3 will begin this year, but the province is hoping to keep its 2025 completion date in place. Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen told the News on Thursday the department is accepting bids for the 46-kilometre portion that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa Claus is rolling to town for the 37th annual Toy Run
By FERNANDO MORENO Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 18th, 2023
mhnews@medicinehatnews.com Tires will roll on Sept. 9 for the 37th annual Santa Claus Fund Toy Run. The parade of motorcycles will be led by the big man himself, accompanied of course by Mrs. Claus. “We have a lot of things happening,” says Heather McCaig, promotion director of the Toy Run and a teacher a Crescent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several projects in southern Alberta were approved before renewables pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Nine major projects near Medicine Hat are already approved it the greater Medicine Hat region and could move to construction this year or next. They represent 2 gigawatts of potential power production, cumulatively, with construction budgets totalling an estimated $3 billion combined. Another four formal applications for solar projects are now paused until at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter surrounded by family as he celebrates his 100th birthday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 17th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews John Thorburn says the secret to a long happy life is “hard work – but when you tell people that they say ‘oh, no!'” The Medicine Hat resident was celebrated on Wednesday – the day before his 100th birthday today, Aug. 17 – by friends, relatives and neighbours at the Southview Grand condo complex ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SE counties welcome renewables pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Counties in southeast Alberta are welcoming a six-month moratorium on new renewable energy facility approvals while the province evaluates placing restrictions on where they can be placed and regulations for their eventual cleanup. Such a move was called for by Cypress County council in July, shortly before Premier Danielle Smith announced it on Aug. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City planning department focused on finding more land suitable for multi-family housing
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city planning department says that it is prioritizing finding more land suitable for multi-family housing developments as a way to smoothly bolster activity in residential development. This week the News reported that figures show an historically slow year is developing for new detached home construction along with new duplex, row housing and apartment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City under grip of heatwave, but nothing Hatters haven’t seen before
By FERNANDO MORENO Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 16th, 2023
mhnews@medicinehatnews.com Southern Alberta has been under a heat warning since Monday and Medicine Hat has been no exception to this phase of climate. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, records were broken Monday in Pincher Creek and Taber, though nothing historical occurred in Medicine Hat. It was close though, as the city’s temperature of ... Read More »
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