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Canada Day requests could lead to multiple fireworks shows
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 17th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant July 1 will be a special day in 2024, with a special process for groups seeking city grants to stage Canada Day festivities and – potentially – two separate fireworks displays. The situation arises after council approved a recommended list of festival and event grants in December, but agreed with administrators to consider more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evidence gathered by RCMP connect crime scene and Belyea’s home: court hears
By medicinehatnews on January 16th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Evidence was linked between Deborah Belyea’s Suffield home and a crime scene in Piapot, Sask. where her husband Alfred’s body was discovered, as two RCMP forensic identification officers took to the stand during the fifth day of her second-degree murder trial. RCMP Corp. Jacques Neri told the court he obtained a search warrant for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emergency alert, city deals idle Hat’s bitcoin mines
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Two bitcoin mines in Medicine Hat curtailed operations during Alberta grid alerts last weekend that called for reduced use to avoid rolling brownouts in the province during a record-setting cold snap. Two operations – Hut 8 and the lesser known, much smaller, Modern Mining – told the News they reduced operations as power production ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose and MHC announce trades program for high school students
By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 16th, 2024
Rural high school students will be exploring new hands-on opportunities in the trades thanks to a new partnership between Medicine Hat College and Prairie Rose Public Schools. An announcement in the trades wing of the college was made Monday in regards to the creation of the South Alberta School of Trades, which will begin this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight police recruits begin training in Medicine Hat this week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 16th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service has eight recruits starting training this week in partnership with the Blood Tribe Service and Lethbridge College. The eight recruits will participate in the 24-week program, with this being the fifth time since 2016 the college’s police training program has been hosted by the MHPS. “The MHPS is excited to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD lining up career options for students at pathways forum
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 16th, 2024
reporter@medicinehatnews.com More than 40 community members braved the cold Thursday evening to attend a Career Pathways Forum held at the divisional office of the Medicine Hat Public School Division. “There is definitely a changed emphasis provincially around career pathways for students,” said Corey Sadlemyer, associate superintendent of learning. “We talked about the Advanced Education Mandate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters navigate record-breaking cold ahead of predicted milder week
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The Hat weathered record cold over the weekend as temperatures sunk past previous marks set 19 years ago. Three daily records were officially set while Monday – the start of a warming trend – started off colder than the same day in 2005 when a cold snap was one for the history books. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday in Medicine Hat, Jan. 15
By James Tubb on January 14th, 2024
Medicine Hat News Power The city’s power plant likely set an all-time production record on Saturday night in response to a province-wide alert that the power system was strained. The city produced 284 megawatts of power at 5 p.m. on Saturday just as the Alberta Electric System Operator called on Albertans to conserve as much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business as usual for city crews despite frigid temperatures
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 13th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The plunge to polar-like conditions in Medicine Hat this week may be unusually late in the winter, but isn’t presenting any unusual challenges for city transportation crews. Just the second substantial snowfall of the winter arrived in Medicine Hat this week along with an extremely cold air mass. That set in motion street sanding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Public School Division hosting open house expos for potential students and their families
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 13th, 2024
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Public School Division is holding two open house expos later this month on consecutive days. The first will be at Crescent Heights High School where all public schools in the north part of Medicine Hat will be represented. The following day, Medicine Hat High School will be holding the second expo with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proud history of MHPS on display as police celebrate 125th anniversary
By Brendan Miller on January 13th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Several current and retired members of the Medicine Hat Police Service were honoured Thursday evening as the service celebrated its 125th anniversary with a regimental parade at the Cypress Centre. Members of the service were joined by city councillors, local politicians and members of the police commission, as well as the general public. The ... Read More »
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