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Local Adopt a Pond or Path initiative opens for the season today, World Water Day
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 22nd, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Today is World Water Day, and in honour of the occasion, Medicine Hat environmentalists are starting up their yearly initiative to keep the city’s green spaces a little brighter. Year five of the Adopt a Pond or Path Initiative starts today, and as such, residents are encouraged to spend the day outside with friends ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre events: Easter craft night planned to celebrate spring’s arrival
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com To celebrate spring and the arrival of Easter next month, the Unison at Veiner Centre is hosting an hour-long themed-craft night on April 3. Participants will create an Easter carrot hanging sign that can be hung up or used as a shelf sitter. The event is designed for both seasoned and new crafters and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Registration dates announced for public summer school classes
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division has announced registration dates for science, math, english and social studies classes available this summer. Summer classes provide students an opportunity to participate in the core subject courses that have small class sizes and dedicated teachers who are able to provide more individual attention. Summer classes are also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weekend rally outside Smith’s office will have NDP guest this week
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 22nd, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com What has become weekly protests outside the Brooks-Medicine Hat Constituency Office are continuing this Saturday, and have now attracted out-of-town guests. Composed of various groups of concerned civilians, residents have gathered outside Premier and MLA Danielle Smith’s local office each Saturday for a number of weeks to protest various aspects of her time in ... Read More »
4 responsesLocal college students make deep-rooted connections with Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Recently seven Medicine Hat College students spent a week with part of Costa Rica’s largest Indigenous community during a study-abroad trip to the country’s Talamanca Mountain Range. In the jungle the seven students immersed themselves in the daily traditional life of the BriBri people and discovered how they preserve and maintain their traditional way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Education survey deadline extended for Catholic students, teachers and parents
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com An annual survey that gathers information about students’ and parents’ school experience and used to help trustees and staff improvise the education system has had its deadline extended to March 28. The Alberta Education Assurance survey is open to students, teachers and parents of students in Grade 4, 7 and 10 across the province. ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP investigate B&Es; first responders battle two fires in Bassano
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com This week Brooks RCMP responded to two separate break-and-enter calls and are actively seeking suspects in both matters. Officers responded to the first call on Monday, shortly after 2:30 p.m., after receiving a report of a suspicious male inside the Crosstown Trucking yard who was captured on surveillance footage. Police say the male suspect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three people sent to hospital following collision in Brooks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com First responders in Brooks attended a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon that sent three people to hospital for precautionary evaluations. Brooks RCMP say they responded to the collision at the intersection of Cassils Road and Fourth Street W shortly after 2:45 p.m. alongside Brooks Fire and EMS. According to officers a southbound van attempted to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local educational support workers likely to seek similar wage packages to striking workers say union
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 22nd, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com More than 6,000 educational support workers across the province have voted in favour of higher wage settlements in nine collective agreements reached this week, however more than 250 workers with CUPE local 829 have yet to reach a deal with the Medicine Hat Public School Division. Last week members with CUPE local 829 voted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province says new partnership will improve cancer care in Alberta
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 22nd, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The province has announced a partnership with private company Siemens Healthineers and the Alberta Cancer Foundation, aiming to improve cancer care in Alberta. “Albertans living with cancer deserve access to the latest medical technology to receive the most effective treatments possible,” said the province. To further this end, the province is investing $800 million ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional Happenings: Former two-term southern Alberta MLA Broyce Jacobs passes away at age 84
By Medicine Hat News on March 22nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Former Taber-area MLA Broyce Jacobs has died, the Alberta legislature was informed Wednesday. Jacobs served two terms as the MLA in the provincial riding of Cardston-Taber-Warner, having won elections in 2001 and 2008. Speaker Nathan Cooper told the legislature that Jacobs passed away on March 14 at the age of 84. Jacobs was also ... Read More »
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