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Ross Glen students receive recognition for virtual engineering
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 26th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Monday saw two students from Ross Glen School awarded for their work in a long-term project done in partnership with the City of Medicine Hat, using popular game Minecraft to pitch ideas for future building projects. The students, Rayna Trabish and Quinn Wolfer, are in Grade 4 and 5, respectively, and were recognized for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents have utilized 12 per cent of city’s water conservation subsidy budget
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Hatters have claimed nearly $18,000 in grants and refunds related to their water saving projects, city officials report. This spring, council approved providing up to $150,000 in incentives and refunds for water customers to reduce water use as a 10 per cent citywide goal set to conserve. Acting development and infrastructure director Jamie Garland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City budget proposals suggest operating expense freeze, among other measures
By Collin Gallant on June 26th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Early budget proposals would see departmental spending frozen at current year levels through 2026, budgeters said Tuesday at a special meeting of council. The requirement that managers absorb higher inflation “amounts to a cut” over two years, city finance officials said, but a slightly higher than expected tax increase would be needed even with ... Read More »
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By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Moose Lodge celebrated its sponsorship dinner on June 20, and distributed $30,000 to local community groups and endeavours. Lodge past president Don Collins said the annual supper at the lodge also acted as a launchpad for the 2025 fundraising at the lodge, now located at 901 Eighth St. S.W. The Order ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Woman and three kids sought in Ontario child abduction case may have stopped near Cypress Hills
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews RCMP believe a woman travelling with three children who are the subject of an Ontario RCMP child abduction case may have stayed near the Cypress Hills in Saskatchewan last week. A white 2018 Mercedes belonging to Astrid Schiller, 55, was found abandoned at Pine Cree Regional Park, between Eastend and Shaunavon on Friday, June ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mental health supports need bolstering, not division, says AUPE
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews With Mental Health month drawing to a close, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees looks to remind residents of the risks involved in the planned separation of mental health from primary and acute care. A release on Monday called the move a “mistake,” said AUPE. “June is mental health awareness month. Now is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researchers look to genetic code for grasslands biodiversity
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Researchers in Swift Current are seeking the key to how the diversity of the country’s native grasslands holds such economic and ecological value, and they may yet find it in the region’s DNA. The project itself, known as Grassland Genomics for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, or GG4GHG, really consists of roughly six to eight more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks RCMP locate young mother and daughter, missing since Sunday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 25th, 2024
Brooks RCMP says that a mother and young daughter believed missing have been located safe. On Monday, Mounties asked the public for assistance in locating the 22-year-old and her two-year-old daughter, who had not been heard from since the previous afternoon... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nenshi takes NDP leadership, looking to party’s future
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has taken the leadership of the Alberta NDP with an overwhelming 86 per cent of votes, though he notes the work has really just begun. Currently not having a seat in the legislature himself, Nenshi announced during a Monday press conference that MLA Christina Gray from Edmonton-Mill Woods will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looks to better explain capital spending
By Collin Gallant on June 25th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat has nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in the bank, but a better breakdown of how that money is earmarked could be coming soon. City council members will meet tonight in a new process to determine capital priorities in the 2025-2026 budget cycle, but last week, the audit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canyon Creek trail connection likely a long-term idea due to cost
By Collin Gallant on June 22nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Transportation officials are evaluating a request to extend a portion of a trail system to a remote subdivision in the city’s southwest, but say the project could be a lower priority when upgrades and expansions are scheduled later this year. Residents of the 22-home Canyon Creek subdivision have lobbied the transportation planner to be ... Read More »
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