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Hat Fire encourages checking smoke alarms for prevention week
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 5th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Fire Prevention week runs Oct. 6-12 and the focus this year shines a light on a common household fixture that many take for granted in smoke detectors and how to best use them. The theme is a good one, said Kelli Ireland, fire and life safety educator, since the smoke alarms are the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Around town this weekend
By Medicine Hat News on October 5th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The final Farmer’s Market of 2024 will take place Saturday at the Medicine Hat Stampede grounds from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., while the grounds will also be busy with the annual Antique and Gun Show at the Cypress Centre. The weekend collectables show begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, while closing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale shows off new school and rec centre
By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers on October 5th, 2024
Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Prairie Winds Secondary School in Coaldale on Friday threw wide its doors for its official grand opening. Students, teachers, dignitaries, and guests packed the bleachers and seating area in the gleaming new gymnasium that will get plenty of high-intensity use in the years to come. The school is on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Neighbourhood association launches with community walks
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 5th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Neighbourhood Association of Medicine Hat and Area is inviting residents out to get to know their community during their official launch event. The Ignite Your Community neighbourhood walk, will be hosted in several spots throughout the city, said Shantel Ottenbreit, Community Resource Worker with the City of Medicine Hat. These walks are in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No injuries, weapons during brief high school lockdown
By Medicine Hat News on October 5th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A brief lockdown at Crescent Heights High School was resolved by a school police resource without a physical altercation, school board officials told the News on Friday. The north-end high school entered a “hold and secure” protocol shortly after 9 a.m. after administrators were told that a “student had made a significant threat against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bylaw could allow industrial power producers to sell back into grid
By Collin Gallant on October 5th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Proposed changes to the city’s Electric Bylaw open the door for it to buy more power from franchise customers who produce their own electricity, and allow largest projects to become “net-producers.” That mirrors incoming rules on the Alberta power grid that could would ease regulatory requirements for large companies to build “own-use” power supply ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurry before the snow: City road construction nears finish line as fall weather arrives
By Medicine Hat News on October 4th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews As the leaves change, road work crews are preparing to wrap up a long list of projects ahead of the end of the construction season this fall. Last month, crews opened the intersection on Second Avenue and Eighth Street on the Southeast Hill, featuring a new traffic circle meant to keep down speeds recorded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana’s unemployment rate remains below benchmark for 38th straight month
By Medicine Hat News on October 4th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Montana’s unemployment rate remained below key benchmark for a 38th consecutive month in August, when the jobless rate was reported at 3.2 per cent, according to that state’s Department of Labor and Industry. The unemployment rate hasn’t risen above 3.4 per cent since mid-2020, a stretch longer than the 15-consecutive months recorded in 2006 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!100-megawatt solar array project approved in Southeast Alberta
By Collin Gallant on October 4th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Another major solar power project has been approved in Southeast Alberta. Alderson Solar, located northwest of the Hamlet of Suffield, was first discussed in 2016 by German renewables firm, “hep,” but was only put before regulators in late 2022. Last April, the Alberta Utilities Commission rendered a decision report and on Thursday, issued its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County briefs: council looks for update on Highway 3 twinning
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 4th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County held the first of their bi-monthly council meetings on Oct. 1 as they start to tackle what matters most to ratepayers for the fall. Council made a motion to reach out to Alberta Transportation, in hopes of receiving an update in regards to the Highway 3 Twinning route following feedback from the ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP locate 60 grams of fentanyl in stolen vehicle arrest
By Medicine Hat News on October 4th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Bassano say they arrested a man and woman in a stolen vehicle on Tuesday and a subsequent search turned up 60 grams of fentanyl. An RCMP release states that officers located the vehicle reported stolen from Calgary on Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of the Esso truck stop ... Read More »
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