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Trio of Holiday donation drives will support local seniors
By KENDALL KING on November 17th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A group of Medicine Hat establishments is coming together to spread Holiday cheer to seniors through concerted donation drives. AgeCare Valleyview, London Drugs and Veiner Centre are joining forces to provide local seniors who are low-income and/or live alone with gifts, stocking stuffers and greeting cards this Holiday Season, through respective donation drives: A ... Read More »
1 responseIrvine 4-H Beef holds annual weigh-in at Medicine Hat Feeding Company
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 17th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Irvine 4-H Beef Club were able to take part in a weigh-in of their animals this week. Leader Mandy Hyland explained, “Each November the kids come in and weigh their steers, heifers and companions. We are checking tag numbers, CCIA tags and brands.” Some kids pick a second animal as a companion as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Support low-income pet owners at AFB giving trees
By KENDALL KING on November 16th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s Animal Food Bank is hoping to alleviate local low-income pet owners of Holiday stress with its tree tag donation drive – beginning today and continuing through to Dec. 24 – hosted in partnership with local Pet Valu stores. Founded in 2019, but only officially launching in Medicine Hat this September, AFB is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leader, Sask. to get new fibre-optic connections
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Leader, Sask. is among new list of communities scheduled to be provided with new rural fibre-optic connections in the next two years, according to a release from SaskTel on Tuesday. The Crown corporation will add $100 million to complete the fifth phase of the infiNET service delivery expansion, involving 34 locations announced this week, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to begin talks regarding updated public smoking bylaw
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Consultations on updating the city’s public smoking bylaw are moving to final stages, and a final draft to add vaping and review restricted spaces could move to council soon, a city committee heard Monday. Reviewing the nine-year-old bylaw has been on the public service division’s radar since 2019 when health advocates petitioned city council ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Food security groups face inflation issues, too
By KENDALL KING on November 16th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local food security non-profit organizations are working to maintain services while managing the impacts of inflation and increased cost of living. “Inflation and rising costs of goods and services are definitely having an impact on everyone, whether we’re feeling it personally or feeling it as an organization,” Mustard Seed of Medicine Hat managing director ... Read More »
2 responsesPrairie Gleaners expansion will help boost production
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 16th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Gleaners takes donated off-grade surplus vegetables, lentils and beans from growers in the area and processes them to create dehydrated mixes that are distributed to those in need around the world. Past president Ed Codding spoke to members of the Horticulture Society on Monday evening. The Prairie Gleaners started in 2006 and, at ... Read More »
1 responseGas station in Redcliff robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight
By Medicine Hat News on November 16th, 2022
Redcliff RCMP are seeking information about an armed robbery of a local gas station on Tuesday early afternoon. At approximately 12:12 p.m., officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station on the 1600 block of Broadway Avenue. Witnesses say a lone male entered the gas station with a firearm and ... Read More »
1 responseCity council begins new budget process today
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Interest rates are a hot topic in the community and within the city’s incoming budget documents, but the nature and time span of city borrowing could shield it from some of the pain of rising rates, say administrators. Councillors will begin a new budget process this year with a meeting of the Committee of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff native will vie for UCP’s Cypress-MH nomination
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One hat is in the ring to become the United Conservative Party candidate in Cypress-Medicine Hat: Redcliff native and Western Standard business manager James Finkbeiner has announced he wants the job. Finkbeiner told the News on Tuesday his focus is completing a move back to the area begun in the summer, and aiding Premier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH College has full slate of events planned for Metis Week
By KENDALL KING on November 15th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com@kkingmhn Medicine Hat College is inviting Hatters to explore and celebrate Metis culture during the school’s inaugural Metis Week with a variety of events open to the public. Celebrated annually in Alberta, Metis Week is a week dedicated to recognizing and honouring the history and culture of the Metis people – a distinct people born ... Read More »
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