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SEAWA needs volunteers for native grasses awareness at Connaught Pond on Saturday
By Medicine Hat News on September 23rd, 2022
SEAWA has been working at Connaught Pond for the past five years using non-chemical weed control and restoring the riparian environment. SEAWA will be there in the morning from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday and is looking for volunteers to join the effort. The goal for the morning is weeding out introduced crested wheat grass from patches ... Read More »
7 responsesLawyers to protest legal aid rules
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Defence lawyers in southern Alberta will join a protest against legal aid funding levels by refusing all new clients in that system starting Monday. Attorneys plan to gather at courthouse steps this morning to highlight what they say is inaction on the part of the government to address their concerns. However, that will not ... Read More »
11 responsesCatholic international student program growth continues
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The international student program within the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education started three years ago with five students and has continued to grow, welcoming 73 students from 11 countries for the 2022-23 academic year. Students range from Grades 7-12, with 67 alone attending Monsignor McCoy High School. Wanda Simmons, international education supervisor, says, ... Read More »
2 responsesPride in the Park: Cultural Invasion goes Saturday
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Pride in the Park: Cultural Invasion will be taking place this Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Kaleigh McArthur of the Pride Association of Southeast Alberta, says, “We are excited for it. We have a pretty solid team, so it came together quite nicely.” Cultural performances start in the ... Read More »
1 responseSask. raising lowest minimum wage in Canada to $13/hr
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Minimum wage in Saskatchewan will rise to $13 per hour on Oct. 1 as a step toward $15 minimum wage, it was announced Wednesday by the province, which previously indexed the rate to inflation. It’s among a number of provinces set to adjust the figure at the end of this month, though Alberta’s rate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City may pilot right-turn-only at bottom of Dunmore Hill
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city will study changes this fall to get traffic moving at a busy central intersection. Long lineups in the right-hand lane of northbound Dunmore Road at the Spencer Street intersection of are known to stretch up the hill, said transportation officials at the infrastructure committee meeting on Sept. 15. That is the likely ... Read More »
1 responseAurora plant sale collapses
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The sale of the Aurora Sun greenhouse in Medicine Hat has collapsed, the cannabis company announced in its year-end financial statements. Aurora Cannabis spent $250-million on the 1.6 million-square-foot greenhouse and processing facility in the Box Springs Business Park, but halted construction in 2020 when demand for legalized cannabis failed to meet expectations. That ... Read More »
7 responsesMiywasin hosting demonstration powwow on Saturday
By KENDALL KING on September 22nd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Miywasin Friendship Centre is celebrating Alberta Culture Days with a demonstration powwow held Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the Saamis Tepee. “This is a celebration of culture,” Miywasin cultural co-ordinator Davie James told the News. “It’s an opportunity for the community to (become familiar) with powwow culture. I know it can be intimidating for ... Read More »
7 responsesSaskPower names two sites for proposed modular nuclear reactor development
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 22nd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews SaskPower has identified two potential sites for small-scale, modular nuclear reactor development, including one on Lake Diefenbaker. Elbow and Estevan will be the focus of feasibility studies toward hosting modular reactors which the province has stated could be built after a final decision in made in 2029. It, along with Alberta and New Brunswick ... Read More »
1 responseSupport available for Medicine Hat students who are at risk or on their own
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 22nd, 2022
There have always been those students who are living independently for one reason or another and those who are at risk. School counsellor Leah Steiner believes that in the 15 years in her current position, the relevant percentages of those students hasn’t changed. “Are they homeless and have nowhere to go?” asked Steiner. “That is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Act hearing begins for officer cleared of sexual assault
By Medicine Hat News on September 21st, 2022
Medicine Hat Police Service officials and legal representatives convened Tuesday for the first Police Act hearing regarding suspended Const. Chance Franklin. Franklin – a 12-year veteran of MHPS – was charged in October 2020 following accusations he sexually assaulted a waitress while off-duty. Franklin has long maintained the incident a practical joke gone wrong, claiming ... Read More »
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