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Natural gas rates on the rise
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 3rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Natural gas rates in Medicine Hat will rise in November while power prices fall for customers with default commodity pricing, according to rates published Tuesday. Local customers will pay $5.51 per gigajoule of gas used during the month, up 40 cents from October. Power will be charged at 17.34-cents per kilowatt hour this month, ... Read More »
1 responseInterpretive Centre hosting snow geese migration tour Saturday
By Medicine Hat News on November 3rd, 2022
The Medicine Hat Interpretive Centre is inviting the community to bear witness to the annual fall snow geese migration on Saturday. The Snow Geese Migration Extravaganza will feature a guided trip with hopes to spot Canada and white-fronted geese, as well as tundra swans, coots and maybe even loons. Anyone interested in joining the caravan ... Read More »
1 responseWell abandonment a major issue lying ahead for region’s next MLA
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 3rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Alberta’s counties face major upheaval in their tax base over the next decade. Well abandonment, unpaid property taxes and linear assessment battles have been headline news for several years. So too has the general state of the oil patch, now on a pricing roller coaster after a decade in doldrums. Alberta could be entering ... Read More »
1 responseAll candidates chime in at ATA forum in Brooks
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 3rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The 400-seat theatre at Griffin Park School in Brooks was over half-full and others tuned in by livestream for the ATA hosted candidate forum on education Tuesday night. All five candidates were present and seated in alphabetical order by surname, which is the order in which most of the questions were answered. Bob Blayone ... Read More »
1 responsePlenty of changes at Dunmore Equestrian Centre
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 3rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The UFA Rural Communities of Foundation pledged to give $500,000 over five years to rural communities to help build sustainability. Dunmore Equestrian Centre was one of the recipients this year. “These projects are important and valuable to people who live in these communities,” said Mary MacArthur, RCF Coordinator. Dunmore Equestrian is using the money ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family Violence Awareness Month begins
By KENDALL KING on November 2nd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society has an array of activities and events planned throughout November in recognition of Family Violence Prevention Month. “This month just gives us a great opportunity to really focus on bringing awareness to the issue of family violence,” MHWSS executive director Natasha Carvalho told the News. “And make sure that ... Read More »
1 responseDay homes thankful to hear Smith won’t opt out of child care plan
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 2nd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com There was a huge sigh of relief when Danielle Smith posted on Facebook she would not be terminating the Alberta-Canada Early Learning and Child Care agreement, which provides $10-a-day childcare to eligible families. “The affordability grant has been a huge blessing for many families that have been able to access it,” said Karmin Emerson, ... Read More »
1 responseBridging the COVID divide: Byelection candidates discuss pandemic restrictions, health-care system’s response
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 2nd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com COVID-19 has caused a great divide in Alberta, how would you and your party address the issue of COVID in a way that progresses us towards a conclusion? This question was posed to Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection candidates Premier Danielle Smith, NDP candidate Gwendoline Dirk and Leader of the Alberta Party Barry Morishita, all of ... Read More »
1 responseLocal library tech publishes second colouring book
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 2nd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Library technician Leanne Stock with Medicine Hat Public Library is a very talented woman. She and the library collaborated on a colouring book last year, and that project led to a second colouring book – this one in collaboration with Tourism Medicine Hat. Tourism didn’t want to do the same thing as the library ... Read More »
1 responseVeiner Centre take over elder abuse case management for city
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2022
Medicine Hat’s Veiner Centre has taken over operation of the city’s Elder Abuse Case Management program as of Aug. 1. Previously operated by Medicine Hat Family Services from January 2021 until September 2022, the program aims to identify elder abuse through assessment and provide advocacy or referral support for local seniors at risk of of ... Read More »
1 responseHulgaard needs new lawyer as December trial looms
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man accused of continuing to spread hatred against Jewish people while on probation has lost his lawyer just as preliminary proceedings were set to begin. But a December trial date remains in place while he seeks out new representation. Loki Holger Hulgaard was serving out a sentence that included house arrest ... Read More »
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