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City hosting series of summer block parties at downtown’s Towne Square
By Medicine Hat News on May 14th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Starting in June, Towne Square will host a series of block parties weekly that will include free activities and games for all ages, vendors and, according to the city, will be “loosely centred around a new theme each week.” The weekly block parties will generally run from noon to 4 p.m. each Saturday. City ... Read More »
1 responseHomeschooling co-op presents Shakespeare in the park
By ANNA SMITH on May 14th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Learning Guild gathered parents, friends and fellow students at the Kin Coulee Band Shell for their portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The guild, a homeschooling co-op, gathers students for one and a half days a week, said teacher Catherine Scott, with one of the classes taught during that period being their Shakespeare ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local documentary finding global success; set to premiere at Hong Kong film festival
By Medicine Hat News on May 14th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A local documentary is beginning to receive worldwide recognition after it has been screened at 14 film festivals internationally and will appear at the Hong Kong Indie Film Festival later this month. Local filmmaker Luke Fandrich says his documentary, “Your Cinema Needs You,” has already been screened at film festivals in Germany, Sweden, Hungary, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional jobless rate up year over year but down from March
By Medicine Hat News on May 11th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The jobless rate in Medicine Hat region was up slightly for April but is well down from earlier this year. Figures presented Friday by Statistics Canada show the unemployment rate in the combined Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region sat at 5.9 per cent last month. That’s two-tenths of a point higher than the same period ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother’s Day activities in the Hat; last-minute flowers won’t be easy
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 11th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Several Mother’s Day events are planned around this weekend to celebrate the annual holiday honouring our beloved givers of life, including a dance and live musical performances – but if you are planning to offer a bouquet of flowers, hopefully you’ve already bought them. The News checked in with a handful of local florists ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat Public Library seeking donations for spring book sale
By ANNA SMITH on May 11th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public Library is looking for donations in preparation for the Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale. With the event itself less than a month away, the organization is looking for gently used items in order to supplement the sale, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ... Read More »
1 responseEconomic developers adopting sector-specific focus
By Collin Gallant on May 11th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Economic developers are preparing to rejuvenate a business retention and attraction strategy with sector-specific work. Aerospace, manufacturing and warehousing will be the initial focus areas when Medicine Hat Economic Development begins meetings with firms next month, it was announced Friday. That first phase will lay the ground work for developing a strategy to support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat man charged with child exploitation offences for allegedly luring 13-year-old girl in the U.S.
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 11th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Following a lengthy investigation between ALERT, the American Internet Child Exploitation unit and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a Medicine Hat man has been charged with several online child luring and child exploitation-related offences. Tyler Clark, 38, was arrested at his home on April 25 after the suspect allegedly coerced a 13-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest business vandal suspect
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 11th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday police arrested and charged 52-year-old Robert Leduc who has no fixed address with 12 offences in connection to a series of damage caused to a series of businesses and vehicles located along Carry Drive on Wednesday morning. Leduc has been charged with four counts of mischief over $5,000 and seven counts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monarch Theatre rolls out red carpet for skateboarders
By ANNA SMITH on May 11th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The red carpet was rolled out Thursday night for the premiere of the Medicine Hat Skateboarder Association’s documentary, Rolling for Hope. The team exited from a chartered bus to a gathered crowd, and made their way down the walkway to the Monarch Theatre for the first showing. It was important to make the kids ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Duplicate Bridge results for April 2024
By Medicine Hat News on May 10th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Tuesday April 2 North/South 1. John Weatherhead – Rita Langford 2. Lorena Kelly – Maggie Burrows East/West 1. Terry Noble – Brenda Kobley 2. Carol Farr – Betty Biffard Friday April 5 North/South 1. Lloyd Fowlie – Rita Langford 2. Dave Luyten – Darcy Kusler East/West 1. James Van Dam – Terry Noble 2. ... Read More »
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