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Irvine School hosting bottle drive for student battling cancer
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Irvine School will be hosting a two-day bottle drive next week to help alleviate some of the financial burdens for one of its students who is battling cancer. On Oct. 30-31 the school will be hosting the bottle drive and is asking residents to donate recyclable bottles and cans at the school or at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New study suggests radon exposure on the rise in Canadian homes
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com This year’s study of radon exposure in residential buildings has shown that radioactive radon exposure in Canada is rising and continues to be a critical public health concern. The study estimates that 10.3 million Canadians are living in houses with high radon, increasing their risk of developing lung cancer in the future, with roughly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reception tonight for ongoing exhibition of MHC art and design students
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College’s art and design program is pleased to get into the Halloween spirit as they present their seasonal exhibition, ‘Lock Your Doors.’ “It has become a tradition each October for VASS to host a Halloween exhibition of student artwork in the One-on-One Gallery,” says Jessica Plattner, program co-ordinator and instructor in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coats on Finlay back Saturday to help keep Hatters warm for winter
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Though the brunt of winter weather hasn’t hit the city just yet, the need for warm gear is just around the corner, and the annual Coats on Finlay event has just the thing. For the past seven years, residents Kym Porter and Helen Snortland have been organizing the free exchange. “The first year we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finalists unveiled for city’s Name the Fleet campaign
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Online voting has begun to choose names of each of the city’s 15 plows and sanders after the municipal works department chose its finalists in a warm-hearted initiative that is being adopted in a number of communities across the country. Residents can now vote on names that include “Taylor Drift,” “Sir Sand A Lot” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta government welcomes new digital safeguard for cryptocurrency investors
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The province issued its second certificate of registration to a company that offers digital asset custodial services to investors in Alberta that include cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Balance Trust Company was registered as an Alberta-based trust corporation on Oct. 17, only the second registered digital asset custodian after Tetra Trust, which was registered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Limited childcare spots left for Catholic schools’ November PD break
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The Catholic Board of Education still has a few spots available for its School Break Child Care program that is entering its third year to help support families over the break. The School Break Child Care program is offered from Nov. 12-15, following Remembrance Day, when schools are closed for four professional development days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP in Brooks looking into potential hate crime after complaint about antisemitic literature
By Medicine Hat News on October 23rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Brooks Mounties are investigating a potential hate crime after a complaint that antisemitic literature was left on driveways in the Fairview area of that city on the weekend. Witnesses told police they saw two individuals in dark clothing distribute the packets that included posters and “grains of rice” between 4 and 4:30 a.m. on ... Read More »
1 response‘Austerity budget’ will need millions in cuts to keep tax hike down
By Collin Gallant on October 23rd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Cost containment measures totalling $2 million in departmental budgets are already baked into a proposed tax increase of 5.6 per cent in each of the next two years, city staff told councillors who have called for lower increases in the 2025-26 city budget. Some further work, reduced capital plans, new revenue and pushing off ... Read More »
1 responseSt. Mary’s students recognized for creation of CFL-themed song
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 23rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Performing arts students from St. Mary’s School were recognized Monday for their work in writing, producing and starring in a CFL-themed song and video with two awards gifted to the school by founder of the History & Heroes Foundation and former Lieutenant Governor, Lois Mitchell. Every year, for the next five years, two students ... Read More »
1 responseThree ways donations support seniors in need of ready-made meals
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 23rd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com A short YouTube video recently posted on the ‘Unison for Generations 50+’ page highlights four ways residents can support the Veiner Centre’s Meals on Wheels program that delivers hot or frozen meals to individuals unable to make their own due to a variety of reasons. The video, which is just over one minute in ... Read More »
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