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Tensions run high at UCP town hall
By Brendan Miller on February 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Premier Smith faced backlash from local residents during a UCP town hall as she spoke about her new transgender policy and the Alberta Pension Plan. Smith joined Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright at the public library to hear from citizens before the legislative assembly reconvenes at the end of February. The session was moderated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Outrage’: Local advocacy groups baffled and furious with proposed trans policy
By Brendan Miller on February 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Two local advocacy groups are speaking out following Premier Danielle Smith’s introduction Wednesday of sweeping transgender policy. “It was outrage right across our board,” says Ellie, a board member with Prism Medicine Hat, describing the association’s reaction following Smith’s announcement. Prism Medicine Hat calls itself an experimental, non-hierarchical, community-led NGO created by passionate 2SLGBTQIA+ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local Cancarb workers to vote on joining Unifor
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One of Canada’s largest unions has applied to represent workers at the Cancarb production plant in Medicine Hat. Peter Donnelly, the company’s president, confirmed to the News on Friday that he received notice this week that Unifor Local No. 4050 had applied with the Alberta Labour Relations Board to certify the plant in Brier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local utility rates still about half the provincial average
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Local utility rates for February will remain at about half the provincial average – the system Medicine Hat power used to determine prices before late 2023. At that time, council approved a new interim rate-setting policy to address complaints over record-high prices in the summer and confusing contract options. The blanket rate for power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks brewery beer bottle burglary blanks RCMP
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews BROOKS Thieves made off with about $400 worth of empty beer bottles from a microbrewery in Brooks on Wednesday, RCMP officers in that city report. Officers attended the “Piston Broke Brewery” to discover the lock on an outside fenced storage area cut and a stockpile of bottles missing. There is no security footage or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Wright voices support for trans rules while local groups scramble to react
By Brendan Miller on February 2nd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com While local advocacy groups scramble to react to a video message posted Wednesday by Premier Danielle Smith on the platform X introducing the UCP’s new sweeping transgender policy, the area’s other MLA has voiced his support. Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright provided the News the following statement: “When I ran in the last election, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex plant in Louisiana to be fully operational this month
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Methanex expects its new plant in Louisiana to reach full operating capacity this month, the company announced with financial reports this week. Geismar 3, built at a cost of US$1.3 billion over three years, was green-lit in favour of a 2013 proposal to twin the company’s Medicine Hat plant. That came after several years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forced power shutdowns ‘very unlikely’ in the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 2nd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City administrators are clarifying who has ultimate control over operating the Medicine Hat power system following an emergency alert earlier this month and a flurry of questions from the public. Two weeks ago as Alberta shuddered in the midst of record-breaking cold, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) made a public appeal to turn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Presentation-style format breeds confidence at Heritage Fair
By Brendan Miller on February 2nd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Students at CAPE School are busy adding the final touches to Canadian history projects they will be presenting to a panel of community judges on Saturday. Each year CAPE School asks students in Grades 4-9 to participate in either a Science or Heritage fair as part of their curriculum rather than as an extracurricular ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS recruiting for constable positions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 2nd, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service is hiring for the position of police constable. Any applicants selected from this process will be sworn in as police cadets and commence 20 weeks of police recruit training at the MHPS starting in early 2025. The Police Officer Cadet Training Program is accredited by Lethbridge College and follows standards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steam train due to pass through the Hat again in late April
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A steam train that passed through the Hat in December will return in late April as it begins a continent-wide tour celebrating CP Railway’s major expansion to the U.S. and Mexico. The Empress 2816 engine was delivered to Calgary in late 2023 and will be the feature locomotive on the 11-stop “Final Spike” tour ... Read More »
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