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CF Industries to purchase Louisiana ammonia facility for $1.68B

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews CF Industries will purchase an ammonia production facility in Louisiana for US$1.68 billion, it announced on Monday, along with initial plans to add carbon capture potential at the site near its other facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 880,000-ton per year “Waggaman” plant was built in 2016 by Incitec Pivot Ltd. and is ... Read More »

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Sexual assault course will be free for all health-care workers

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 21st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com A new online course is being offered by Northwestern Polytechnic in Grande Prairie. The course is open for enrolment and the first one will begin April 3. All rural health-care professionals who take the course will have the fees paid for by the Alberta government. MLA Tanya Fir, parliamentary secretary for Status of Women, ... Read More »

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Clubhouse Restaurant aims to raise $10,000 for MHWSS

By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2023

Staff at Paradise Valley’s Clubhouse Restaurant are hoping to raise $10,000 for the Medicine Hat Women;s Shelter Society during their May 13 charity dinner, held in recognition of Mother’s Day. The five-course dinner, comprised of hors d’oeuvres, appetizers, salad, a main course and dessert, costs $120 per person, $80 of which will go toward MHWSS. ... Read More »

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City flags at half-mast to recognize killed Edmonton police officers

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2023

Flags around the City of Medicine Hat were lowered Monday in recognition of the two Edmonton Police Service officers killed in the line of duty on Thursday. The two constables, 35-year-old Travis Jordan and 30-year-old Brett Ryan, were killed while responding to a family dispute call in west Edmonton. In a social media statement Monday, ... Read More »

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Catholic students get in the community for Faith Day

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 21st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education held Friday its division-wide Faith Day, which started with mass at St. Patrick’s Church. “That was really beautiful, to celebrate there on St. Patrick’s Feast Day,” said Heather Irvine, religious education co-ordinator. Following mass, the division recognized 43 long-service award winners. Part of the gospel reading was ... Read More »

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Registration open for Hidden Oasis 100 Ultramarathon in June

By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2023

The Hidden Oasis 100 Ultramarathon, an interprovincial 100-mile race spanning the Cypress Hills of Alberta and Saskatchewan, is returning for a second year June 10. Hosted by the Cypress Hill Adventure Running Society, the ultramarathon is open to solo runners ready to tackle the 100-mile course, or six-member relay teams of which each member would ... Read More »

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Voicelliano Trio takes home top honours at Rotary Festival Rose Bowl

By KENDALL KING on March 21st, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com A trio of Medicine Hat musicians were named winners of the 2023 Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival’s Rose Bowl on Sunday evening, during the STARS of the Festival award ceremony. Pianist Stirling Clark, vocalist Emma Lavigne and cellist Laec Lorentzen, who comprise the chamber group Voicelliano Trio, were bestowed the honour after adjudicators deemed ... Read More »

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City keeping tabs on century-old gas wells

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 21st, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Natural gas wells that were blown off 110 years ago to display the immense potential of the “Gas City” are still in production today, city gas department officials told city council on Monday, but others are now being closed and will be monitored long into the future. That was part of a presentation on ... Read More »

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Wright wins UCP nomination for Cypress-MH

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Justin Wright will carry the United Conservative banner in this spring’s general election as the party’s candidate in the riding of Cypress-Medicine Hat. The 38-year-old business owner won the nomination Thursday after voting by UCP members over nominee James Finkbeiner, riding association officials reported to the News. “Ultimately going for the nomination was about ... Read More »

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Ground breaks on Horsefly Spillway north of Taber

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Shovels ceremonially kicked off work on the Horsefly Spillway near Taber on Friday, the first major project of a regional flood mitigation partnership that includes the City of Medicine Hat, though not as an active funding partner yet. And that comes as the group, which includes the town and municipal district of Taber, as ... Read More »

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Cadets ready to serve as community officers

By KENDALL KING on March 18th, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com Police service members representing three organizations, city officials and community members gathered at Patterson Armoury on Friday afternoon to welcome 14 new police officers following their graduation from the Lethbridge College Police Cadet Program. Offered in partnership through the Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Manitoba First Nations police services, the 24-week program provides prospective officers ... Read More »

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