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Stampede garage sale set for April 22
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Out with the old and in with the new; Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’s annual Indoor Garage Sale allows for both spring cleaning and bargain shopping. Taking place Apr. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Cypress Centre Pavilion, the sale will feature more than 100 tables with goods ranging from furniture to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Front-door COVID screening no longer enforced at AHS sites
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Effective Monday, front-door COVID-19 screening is longer being enforced at Alberta Health Services sites across the province. AHS announced it would be ending its front-door screening program last week, citing a decline in the number of respiratory illnesses as the motivation. The move comes just over a week after the province announced it would be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council tweaks parking rules in updated land-use bylaw
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 4th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city will relax some parking requirements for new residential and multi-family housing projects, but depending on the project, and in some cases, leaving the size of the stalls up to commercial developers. Annual updates to the land-use bylaw were passed Monday, and bring the city’s major development rules up to date with building ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana Hayride Show returns with old-time favourites
By KENDALL KING on April 4th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Elvis is in the building. And so are Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shania Twain and more with the return of the Louisiana Hayride Show on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Medicine Hat College theatre. Touring Western Canada since its creation in 2010, the Louisiana Hayride Show is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elections Alberta looking to hire staff for May’s provincial vote
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Elections Alberta is looking to hire more than 20,000 individuals across the province to assist in the May election. “This year we are preparing to offer in-person voting at over 300 advance voting, 600 mobile voting and 1,200 Election Day voting locations, and making sure we have enough staff is crucial to our goal of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD board approves pair of student trips to United States
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Public School Division’s board of trustees approved this week a pair of upcoming U.S. trips. The first was on behalf of Cameron Rittinger and Medicine Hat High School students (MHHS baseball team) for a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. from April 10-16. Superintendent Mark Davidson addressed the board and said, “In the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tourism MH ready to roll out new Sunshine Trolley
By KENDALL KING on April 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Tourism Medicine Hat is giving locals and visitors more opportunities to see the city in style this summer with rollout of a second Sunshine Trolley. “We got the original trolley around five years ago,” tourism project co-ordinator Mo Cranker told the News. “The positive reception and community welcome the old trolley (was given) got ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As prices fall, some to now pay back provincial utility deferrals
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility prices are set to plunge in April, though added power charges for some customers will help pay off a provincial rate cap put in place over the winter. The spectre of record high power prices in the winter led the provincial government to establish a deferral program last fall. That resulted in 25 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unusually, there are no fire restrictions coming with April for Cypress County
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 1st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Seasonal fire restrictions, typically enacted April 1 in Cypress County, will be delayed as cooler weather has kept snow and ice on fields in southeast Alberta. The county announced Thursday that burn permits will be issued until further notice. Across the region, fire restrictions announced last October remain in place in the County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With residencies going unfilled, questions arise on international doc restrictions
By KENDALL KING on April 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Following news that Alberta has 42 vacant post-graduate residency positions so far this year, questions have been raised over restrictions to international medical graduates, or IMGs, seeking residency positions. Data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service released last week shows Alberta has the highest number of vacant residency positions after the first round of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River Heights Grade 3s delve into news with Happy Heights Herald
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Michelle Warmink, teacher at River Heights Elementary School, and her teaching partner Karen Barnes Olechowski started the Happy Heights Herald with their Grade 3 students back in September. The two teachers wanted students to be excited about what was happening in the school and have a way of connecting them with the community and ... Read More »
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