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‘Canstruction’ event brings in tons of support for Root Cellar
By KENDALL KING on March 24th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Teams from four local organizations are promoting creativity, community and charity during the Root Cellar’s Canstruction event, taking place until Saturday. Started in 1992, Canstruction is an annual global initiative in which volunteer teams raise money to purchase canned and boxed food items for their local food bank. But gathering items to donate is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Correction: RCMP provided incorrect ages of Hatters killed in crash
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 23rd, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An article in the March 22 edition of the News included incorrect information provided to the News from the source. A release from the RCMP incorrectly stated the ages of two Medicine Hat residents who died as a result of a crash on Highway 3 on March 20. Police officials confirmed Wednesday that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters get chance to learn how clean water is produced
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 23rd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Grasslands Naturalists organized a tour of the Medicine Hat Water Treatment Plant for World Water Day on Wednesday. It was an inquisitive group and the tour, which was scheduled for 30 minutes, lasted nearly two hours. The group learned about the entire process, starting at when water comes into the plant from the South ... Read More »
1 responseLost funding means fewer MHPSD teachers
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 23rd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division had a short, in-person meeting Wednesday with its temporary and probationary contract teachers to inform them that fewer teachers will be employed in the 2023-24 school year, and not all of them would be able to secure a position within the division. “We thought it was necessary to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS warning residents about grandparent scam
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 23rd, 2023
The Medicine Hat Police Service has received reports of a recurring scam popping back up in the city. The “Emergency Scam,” sometimes called the “Grandparent Scam,” is a common phone scam and MHPS says a Medicine Hat resident was recently the victim of such. They are looking to remind the community to be aware of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saamis Tepee lighting up in blue to honour fallen Edmonton officers
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 23rd, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Saamis Tepee is being lit up in blue this week to honour two Edmonton Police constables until their funerals on Monday. Constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan were both shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call in that city on March 16. A regimental funeral and memorial service will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose getting design funding for Redcliff schools
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 23rd, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools has received design funding for Redcliff schools, a recent media release by the government of Alberta announced. Ryan Boser, chief financial officer for PRPS said, “We want to look at our current schools in Redcliff to make impactful changes that are going to improve the education experience for the kids ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic development groups getting more provincial cash
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 23rd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Regional economic development agencies will see provincial operation support grants doubled in 2023, following an interim one-time boost in grant funding last fall, according to a government release on Wednesday. Combined, the outlay will be about $250,000 to each of nine Rural Economic Development Agencies. How the additional funds might be employed in southeast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vacant Southlands lots could be rezoned for multi-family development
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 23rd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Eight vacant house lots that have lingered in the city-led Southlands community could be rezoned for larger multi-family projects, the municipal planning commission heard on Wednesday. That comes five years after the city’s land department suggested downgrading requirements to allow single-family homes to be built on subdivided lots in an effort to sell off ... Read More »
1 responseMobile mammography clinic to be stationed in Milk River in early April
By Medicine Hat News on March 22nd, 2023
Alberta Health Services’ mobile mammography service will be stationed in Milk River at the Prairie Rose Lodge on April 3 and 4. The service is part of the AHS Screen Test program, which aims to improve rural community access to breast cancer screening. The service is available to women aged 45-74 by appointment. Appointments can ... Read More »
1 responseTwo Hatters killed in head-on collision on Highway 3
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters have died in a head-on collision between a pick-up and a tractor trailer on Highway 3 near Seven Persons on Monday night, the Redcliff RCMP reported. The crash happened at 8 p.m. on March 20, when RCMP say the eastbound passenger vehicle crossed the centre line and was struck by the westbound ... Read More »
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