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Province investing additional $6.7 million to provide student mental health programs throughout school year
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 15th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The UCP announced this week it will be extending its Mental Health in Schools pilot program by increasing investment to support each school division across the province to ensure the program will continue throughout the 2024-25 school year. Funding is focused on improving the delivery of mental health supports and services as well as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent ‘grandparent’ scam on the rise in Redcliff and Bow Island
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 15th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com RCMP say they have received several recent reports of the attempted grandparent scam calls being received by residents in Redcliff and Bow Island. During the scam call, the suspect claims to be a ‘lawyer’ for their loved ones who have recently been hurt or incarcerated and require money for bail. Police say the suspect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta remains at stage 4 of 5 for drought watch
By Medicine Hat News on August 15th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Drought status has been lowered in much of Alberta after the entire province was considered at very high risk of water supply shortage since a year ago, but Medicine Hat and much of the deep southern portions are unchanged. The Milk River and Oldman system, including the South Saskatchewan River, remained at “Stage 4” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rail tracks coming out at bottom of Dunmore Hill
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 15th, 2024
The bridge at the bottom of Dunmore Road Hill will be under construction and the railway tracks will be removed starting Saturday. The project is part of the city continuing the ongoing bridge maintenance program to maintain the service life and reliability of the structure. This project, located at the south side of the intersection ... 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 »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe soldier’s story to be featured on BBC war history series
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 15th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Prior to enlisting in the Great War in 1916, Mike Mountain Horse served as a scout with the North-West Mounted Police in Lethbridge and came from a family of warriors of the First Nations Blood Tribe. At that time most Canadian soldiers were English-speaking of British descent, however according to the Hill 70 Memorial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medalta revisiting storied legacy with upcoming cookie jar exhibition
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 14th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com During Medalta’s earlier years as a bustling factory, it was once renowned for its cookie jars; a legacy that is being revisited with the latest artistic installation. Artist Elaine Zimmer “revisits, reviews, redirects and condenses the classical urn form of the Medalta cookie jar,” in the upcoming collection, Collection Recollection: A Cookie Jar Exhibition. ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat man faces multiple charges following large drug bust in Piikani Nation
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 14th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Police seized a substantial amount of fentanyl, weapons and other narcotics following a traffic stop conducted by Piikani Nation RCMP last Friday, leading to the arrest of five individuals, including a Medicine Hat man. RCMP say four occupants were in vehicles at the time of a traffic stop as they left a residence in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee seek clarification on legality of new code of conduct policy
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 14th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The conversation around a possible framework needed to address disruptive behaviour at call hall and toward city staff and members of council continued Tuesday between members of the administrative and legislative review committee and city staff. The committee accepted the draft of a new code of conduct policy back in February that aims to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!S. Boundary trail closing until early September for underground power line work
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 14th, 2024
The pedestrian trail along S. Boundary Road will temporarily close starting today between Southridge Drive and Vista Drive for underground power line replacement. During the work, crews will be replacing the existing S. Boundary feeder cables along this section of S. Boundary Road. The feeder cable supports the residential, commercial and industrial customers in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barbs traded during sometimes heated judicial review of Mayor Clark sanctions
By Collin Gallant on August 14th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council is “biased” against Mayor Linnsie Clark, and the city manager is a “liar,” according to the lawyer for Clark, who is asking a judge to review and eliminate sanctions placed on her this spring. Grant Stapon told a King’s Bench hearing Tuesday hat his client felt “threatened” following an Aug. 21, 2023 ... Read More »
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