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Health Canada offers safety tips for keeping the Christmas season merry
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 12th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com While Health Canada encourages residents to enjoy the holidays and make the most of this time with loved ones, officials also provided some tips to help make sure they keep safe as well. Many toys and decorations are powered by batteries, which, if swallowed by children, can have serious consequences. A swallowed button battery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Four people killed in Highway 3 collision on Tuesday
By Medicine Hat News on December 12th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Four people were killed in a crash on Highway 3 east of Grassy Lake on Tuesday morning, the RCMP detachment in Taber reported on Wednesday. The three-vehicle collision occurred between Range Road Nos. 143 and 144, about 23 kilometres east of Taber. A male and female in their 80s, travelling in a Dodge pickup ... Read More »
1 responseProvince updating its Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit to help streamline process
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 12th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The government of Alberta is altering its Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit program to allow for registered partnerships to apply with a single application. With an aim of reducing some of the red tape involved in the process, the province will now allow for a single application when a registered partnership is investing at least ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPCA’s Animal Christmas Party marks final day of adoptions until holidays end
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 12th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com While a new furry friend is still not the ideal last-minute Christmas gift, for those who want to give an animal the gift of a new family this December, the SPCA is once again hosting its Animal Christmas Party. On the final day that adoptions are permitted, Dec 14, the Medicine Hat SPCA will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union wins challenge on Canada Post strike layoffs; local workers surprised two sides still so far apart
By BRENDAN MILLER on December 12th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Although no members of the local 776 CUPW were laid off by Canada Post for participating in strike action, more than 300 members across the union received pink slips at the end of November for participating in the national strike that began Nov. 15. On Wednesday the union reported it has successfully challenged the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of cuts made to final budget draft
By Medicine Hat News on December 12th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The huts are cut, as is funding to help finance larger electrical hook-ups for homes and some pro-redevelopment measures, on a new list of capital projects cut from the proposed 2025-26 city budget that council will debate and finalize next week. The comfort cabins at city campgrounds – described as “yurts” – were move ... Read More »
1 responseBiodiesel announcement expected for Wheatland County, chosen over originally proposed Cypress County
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews More may be known today about a plan to boost biodiesel production at a refinery in Wheatland County after a company chose it over developing a new facility near Dunmore. Cielo Waste Solutions said in June it would change corporate priorities from developing its own conversion process to turn railway ties into a fuel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy firm boasts capital accomplishments, including wells in southeast Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Hemisphere Energy says it has completed a $9.9-million capital plan in the third quarter that included eight new wells in the Buffalo-Atlee area of southeast Alberta. That new production boosted the junior exploration company’s daily output by 18 per cent, to 6,300 barrels per day weighted almost entirely to oil. Vancouver-based Hemisphere recorded income ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat Horseshoe Club results for 2024 season
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Horseshoe Club has wrapped up the 2024 season. The local horseshoe club held an awards night at Hat’s Restaurant on Nov. 14. Vern Koenig won the first division, with Doug Sherk finishing second and Larry Butts in third. Vivian Fry was the first place winner of the second division, with Terry Horkoff ... Read More »
1 responseHighway conditions improve since weekend snowfall, but RCMP remind motorists to drive to conditions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Local highways around Medicine Hat have been cleared following a heavy snowfall Sunday throughout the region that caused whiteout conditions along several highways in southern Alberta, however RCMP say conditions remain slick due to a layer of ice under fresh fallen snow. Brooks RCMP say they have responded to several collisions, both severe and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local MLA in Colorado this week aiming to boost partnerships in the U.S.
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 11th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright is taking part in a year-end tour alongside fellow representatives with the goal of cementing ties with partners in the U.S. Wright joined his U.S. counterparts at Council of State Governments West’s Western Legislative Academy in Colorado Springs on Monday, for a multi-day legislative leadership training program. “I am ... Read More »
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