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Gift to the CFL: St. Mary’s students score big in football-themed song and video
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 16th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Several fine arts students from St. Mary’s School can be seen performing in a music video that was recently presented to officials with the Calgary Stampeders during an outdoor screening at McMahon Stadium. The catchy CFL theme song, which explains the unique rules of the Canadian Football League, was written and produced by fine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two men arrested within an hour in separate break-and-enters early Wednesday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Between 2 and 3 a.m. Wednesday police responded to two independent break and enter incidents that resulted in the arrests of two suspects. At 2 a.m. members of the Medicine Hat Police Patrol Section were conducting patrols in the 400 block of N. Railway Street SE and observed a male exiting a business. Due ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local Foodgrains project enjoys successful 25th harvest
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 16th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Thursday marked the 25th annual harvest for the local Canadian Foodgrains Bank harvest, and a successful one at that. A familiar sight to residents of Medicine Hat and region, the quarter section owned by the First Assembly of God church has been a growing project for the church-based organization for years. The wheat grown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Updates on city water usage, construction progress and escort bylaw
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Thursday members of the development and infrastructure committee received an update from city staff on the municipality’s water reduction plan as Hatters continue to exceed city targets. Currently the city is running at 14 per cent water usage reduction in August, four percentiles above the 10 per cent water reduction objective for the month. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City officially launches TNR program for feral cats
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2024
Medicine Hat’s first Trap-Neuter-Return program is now in effect. The city announced Thursday it has approved a joint proposal submitted by the Medicine Hat SPCA and Persian Dreams & Canine Themes Rescue Society. The program stems from the addition of subsection 38.1(1) to Bylaw 3935, the Responsible Animal Ownership Bylaw, at the Aug. 21, 2023 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More charges for local man accused of trying to kill cops
By Medicine Hat News on August 16th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Additional charges have been laid against a Medicine Hat man accused of attempted murder after a standoff with police this month. Cole Anthony Scory, 30, was charged with four counts of attempted murder with a firearm on Aug. 2 after police responded to an apartment building on the Southwest Hill. They allege a gunshot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council urged to ‘opt out’ of recycling service control
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 16th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Members of the development and infrastructure committee voted in favour of a motion for council to opt out of controlling municipal recycling services aimed at increasing cash flow by $1.4 million. Council is required to make a decision before Oct. 31 to inform the province that the city will take advantage of a new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Burrowing owl makes it home from milestone first winter migration
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 15th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Wilder Institute holds hope for the future of endangered burrowing owls after the successful return of one individual to the prairies. “For the first time since the program began in 2016, a head-started burrowing owl has migrated to Mexico, overwintered and returned to nest in Alberta,” said Graham Dixon-MacCallum, conservation research population ecologist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pilot road rehabilitation project begins next week in NE Crescent Heights
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 15th, 2024
The City of Medicine Hat will be conducting a road rehabilitation project in the neighbourhood of NE Crescent Heights beginning Aug. 20. The pilot project will utilize a method of pavement preservation called micro-surfacing, which the city says is designed to seal, protect and prolong the life of existing asphalt. The city says micro-surfacing is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Division Avenue construction on schedule for October
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 15th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Ongoing construction on Division Avenue S. continues on course for a completed and revitalized roadway this autumn. The project is extensive, says planning engineer John Ashton with the City of Medicine Hat. “The project is a full facelift of the Division Avenue S. corridor. Right now, the existing Division Avenue is a very wide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Meteor shower tour brings the cosmos to the public
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 15th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Under the relatively clear skies of Tuesday night, space enthusiasts gathered at the Eagle Butte Observatory to watch August’s yearly meteor shower. Observatory owner Rod DeVries put on a program for the attending crowd, explaining the origins of meteors and what would be observed during the shower, known as the Perseid Meteor Shower, in ... Read More »
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