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CP Holiday Train, with MacKenzie Porter on board, due in Hat at 3 p.m. today
By Medicine Hat News on December 19th, 2023
medicinehatnews.com@Medicine Hat News As Christmas nears, so does the annual tour of the CPKC Holiday Train to Medicine Hat. Today marks the final day of the continent-wide food bank fundraising tour put on by the railroad, which includes a 3 p.m. stop in Medicine Hat before it concludes the day in Gleichen. Hat-raised country star ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extremely damaging ATM theft leaves bank in Burstall closed indefinitely
By Medicine Hat News on December 19th, 2023
medicinehatnews.com@Medicine Hat News BURSTALL A bank that was repeatedly rammed by a front-end loader before thieves made off with an automatic cash machine was closed for business Monday. Cypress Credit Union has told customers that its branch in Burstall, Sask. is closed until further notice due to severe damage to the building “The building has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP plans in-person pension feedback tour
By Medicine Hat News on December 19th, 2023
medicinehatnews.com@Medicine Hat News The Opposition New Democrats will hold an in-person meeting in Medicine Hat in the new year to discuss the idea of a provincial pension plan, the party announced Monday. The party has opposed what it says is a plan by the government to pull out of the Canadian Pension Plan, and has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council cites possible privacy issues in proposed ‘sunshine list’
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 19th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat could provide more information on salaries at city hall, but how much won’t be known until the spring. Council on Monday debated a motion by Coun. Andy McGrogan that asked for the city to annually publish a list of salary and benefits by position, the number of positions, but not attached to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD puts focus on student voices with interactive session
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 19th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Blaire Henderson is in Grade 8 at Dr. Roy Wilson Learning Centre and was invited to take part in a student voice session recently held at the Medicine Hat Public School Division central office. “It’s been going well. I really like all the discussion we’ve been having about the different problems and things that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bank smashed in Burstall
By James Tubb on December 18th, 2023
Alberta Newspapers Cypress Credit Union has told its customers through social media that its branch in Burstall is closed until further notice due to severe damage to the building sustained on the weekend after it was rammed by a front-end loader that police believe was stolen from a yard nearby. According to the credit union: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday in Medicine Hat, Dec. 18
By James Tubb on December 17th, 2023
Medicine Hat News Brown Christmas likely for Medicine Hat Are you up at night worried about a brown Christmas? The extended forecast doesn’t look good for snow ahead of Dec. 25 in Medicine Hat. Enivronment Canada is calling for overnight lows just below freezing and generally sunny daytime conditions until the weekend. The outlook on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pamphlets on drug safety pulled quickly from Hat High wellness fair
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 16th, 2023
Medicine Hat High School quickly pulled pamphlets that caused concerns with parents at its annual wellness fair Wednesday. The two pamphlets were distributed by SafeLink Alberta on safer substance use practices published by CATIE, a leading source of free, publicly available and evidence-based information on sexually transmitted and blood borne infections in Canada. They contained ... Read More »
1 responseMSI grant program replacement heavily tied to provincial revenue
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 16th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The province’s major municipal infrastructure grant has been finalized as the Ministry of Municipal Affairs announced Friday allocations of the next two years under the Local Government Fiscal Framework. That replaces the Municipal Sustainability Initiative created by Premier Ed Stelmach in 2006 as a 10-year program, which more recent governments have promised to update. ... Read More »
1 responseDrone, K9 unit help nab suspects of business break-in
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local police used dogs and a drone to track two suspects of a business break-in on Thursday morning and recovered a substantial amount of stolen computer equipment. The Medicine Hat Police Service states in a release that officers were called to an early morning alarm at a business on the 1200 block of Kingsway ... Read More »
1 responseSouth Hill transit route going back to scheduled stops in new year
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat Transit is returning to a set-time evening and weekend service on a central route to the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, expanding additional service in Ross Glen area. Three years ago, the department moved to on-demand service on several routes during non-peak times as a cost-cutting measure during times on low ridership. This ... Read More »
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