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County councillor won’t seek UCP nomination after all
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The contest to determine a United Conservative Party candidate in Cypress-Medicine Hat has begun, but the number of potential candidates continues to fall. A notice on the UCP website states the nomination period to fill the vacancy opened Jan. 26 and will close Feb. 9. It opened one day after MLA Drew Barnes, now ... Read More »
1 responseHat and Lethbridge concert bands coming together for long awaited Hands Across the Three
By Medicine Hat News on February 1st, 2023
The Medicine Hat Concert Band Society and Lethbridge Community Band Society are coming together again to continue their Hands Across the Three concert series, nearly six year after its first instalment. In March, 2017, MHCBS’s Allegro band travelled Highway 3 to Lethbridge to join LCBS’s Gold Band in the series’ first concert. It was intended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local golfer sees his stolen clubs for sale online
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 1st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Being present when a Medicine Hat golfer tried to buy back his own stolen clubs earned a Cypress County man a one-year probationary sentence in Provincial Court on Tuesday. Court heard the owner noticed his clubs and bag, valued at $1,000, were missing last fall and then saw them for sale on an internet ... Read More »
1 responseSocial change research at MHC honing in on 1979
By Medicine Hat News on February 1st, 2023
Medicine Hat College was awarded, for the first time, a grant from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada. Dr. Jana Smith Elford is the lead investigator on the project and is working in collaboration with Dr. Michelle Meagher, chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at the University of Alberta. Elford’s dissertation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gleichen RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing teen
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2023
Mounties in Gleichen are searching for a missing teenager and are hoping to get assistance from the public. Heaven Turningrobe, a resident of the Siksika First Nation – about 90 km east of Calgary – was last seen at a resident on Siksika on the afternoon of Jan. 20. She is described as 5-foot-4, 120 ... Read More »
1 responseLast day for Christmas tree recycling
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 31st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Procrastinators have but one more day to drop off their Christmas tree off at one of three city depots. The final day for the annual program that accepts and composts trees is Jan. 31, after which trees can be dropped off free of charge at the composting facility at the city landfill. Trees should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rural staffing a major health-care issue, minister says
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 31st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Two themes emerged from a virtual roundtable with Alberta’s Health Minister Jason Copping on Monday – efforts to attract more health-care professionals, particularly in rural areas, and providing training facilities in rural areas so locals trained there can remain there to work. “We as a government have made a commitment that we are going ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS seizes almost $600,000 worth of fentanyl in traffic stop
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 31st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local police say they seized nearly three kilograms of fentanyl worth almost $600,000 during a traffic stop early Saturday morning, along with other drugs and three firearms. A Medicine Hat Police Service press release called the drug haul the largest ever recorded in the city for fentanyl. A 52-year-old Edmonton man is in custody. ... Read More »
1 responseWell known local surgeon, columnist Dr. Bharwani dies
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2023
Dr. Noorali Bharwani, who penned a medical column in the News for 25 years, has died. Bharwani, who was 77, suffered a heart attack on Jan. 27. A general surgeon and active member of Medicine Hat’s medical community for more than 35 years, Bharwani began writing his bi-weekly column “What’s Up Doc?” for the News ... Read More »
1 responseNDP health critic takes aim at UCP decision to contract out surgeries
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 31st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Health Minister Jason Copping announced last week a contract with Canadian Surgery Solutions to provide 3,000 orthopedic surgeries, which he claimed will free up spaces in hospitals and reduce wait times. Opposition NDP health critic David Shepherd, on the other hand, doesn’t believe contracting more surgeries into private facilities is the right step forward. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Animal Food Bank, Pet Valu team up to raise money for cat food
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2023
The Animal Food Bank is running a Valentine’s Day fundraiser in conjunction with Pet Valu stores. Cat food is in short supply and they hope to raise $2,000 with a paper heart campaign to buy a pallet of cat food for felines in need. From Feb. 1-14, go into either Pet Valu store in Medicine ... Read More »
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