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Crop Report: Rains delay seeding but no one is complaining
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Rain has delayed seeding across Alberta, but farm producers are welcoming the precipitation and ranchers are watching pasture conditions improve, according to the latest Alberta crop report. Little runoff from the dry winter stunted pasture and hay land earlier this spring, but rain over the past three weeks moved ratings to 30 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flashing Canines Agility hosts regional championships
By ANNA SMITH on May 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s own Flashing Canines Agility Club is thrilled to be hosting this year’s Alberta and Northwest Territories Regional Championships for the Agility Association of Canada. Competitors and their four-legged friends began gathering at the Redcliff ball diamonds on Friday for the first series of competitions, testing both the swiftness of the dogs as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two self-storage businesses given OK to expand operations
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Two self-storage operations in central Medicine Hat will be allowed to expand, despite concerns about proximity to Historic Clay District and that the type of business provides the least bang for the buck in terms of assessment value. The two separate applications involve two different companies, both operating for a decade or more but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP remove impaired drivers from the road over long weekend
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2024
Over the Victoria Day weekend, RCMP concentrated efforts on removing drug and alcohol impaired drivers from the road in recognition of Impaired Driving Enforcement Day on Saturday. In total, Alberta RCMP removed a total of 173 impaired drivers from the roads, 42 of which occurred during National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day across 36 organized check-stops ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washrooms at Southridge Community Park will close for construction
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 25th, 2024
The Southridge Community Park washroom will be closed for construction. The washroom facilities will be closed for approximately two weeks, the city says, as construction (weather permitting) gets underway on the east-wing wall of the facility. Fencing is around the site as a safety measure to indicate the construction zone. Intermittent, short-term closures of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Briefs: Man faces drug-related charge after hotel-room bust
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat police have arrested a man they say had $10,000 worth of drugs in a south-end motel room on Wednesday night. The MHPS criminal investigation section reports officers received a tip that the man was in possession of a large amount of narcotics. Police say that during a search of the hotel room ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another successful year for Adopt-a-Pond program
By ANNA SMITH on May 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Grassland Naturalists Society is thrilled with the success of this year’s Adopt a Pond initiative. All the ponds in the city have been adopted, says co-ordinator Martha Munz Gue, and most pathways and creek or riverside spaces have, as well. The program initially began in 2021 when a recently-retired nurse phoned looking to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Closing city hall’s main doors meant to be temporary
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Closing the main doors at city hall is a temporary measure to accommodate construction and keep visitors from away from staff-only areas while walls and doors are opened up, city building managers clarified Thursday. Work to relocate the main floor security desk occurred earlier this year and since late 2023, the second-floor planning department ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sugar beet plant in Taber aims to reduce water use
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews New recovery and conservation equipment could save 35 million litres of “fresh” water each year at the Lantic Sugar beet plant in Taber. The company cites the figure in its annual “sustainability” report for 2023, published this week, and describes work done last year to capture condensation, recycle cooling water, minimize fresh water used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City Campground pump track to temporary close for construction
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The pump track at Gas City Campground has been closed to allow crews to construct a shade structure. The pump track will be closed to the public starting May 27 for approximately two weeks until the middle of June. During this time the pump track site will be inaccessible, however adjacent traffic lanes will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Couple biking across the country to promote vitamin D awareness
By ANNA SMITH on May 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Senior couple Kanji and Susie Nakatsu are biking across the country in order to help spread awareness for an issue that plagues a majority of Canadians. Kanji Nakatsu is a retired pharmacology professor, who remarked that while he taught about the health issue he’s campaigning for, vitamin D deficiency, he hadn’t had an opportunity ... Read More »
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