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Stepping and striding for a good cause
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Special to the News on July 28th, 2022
On Sept. 10-11 at nine locations across Alberta, the 10th annual Step N’ Stride for the Parkinson Association of Alberta (PAA) is taking place. In Medicine Hat, the event will be happening on Sunday, September 11 starting at 1 p.m. at Kin Coulee Park. All the events across Alberta will be built the same way. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Honouring those who were lost: City looking into COVID projects
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 28th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat should apply for three major grants to pursue projects to commemorate the COVID-19 pandemic and also plant a tree, according to a recommendation from council’s Community Vibrancy Board. That advisory board reported to the public services committee in the spring that they were evaluating the impact of the pandemic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas plants plan for power
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A new power plant at the Empress natural gas straddle plant owned by Pembina Pipelines will join the Alberta grid supply mix on Wednesday, regulators have announced. The 47-megawatt natural gas co-generation plant was announced in 2019, then delayed but then re-approved as energy prices fluctuated wildly in 2020. Ground was broken on the ... Read More »
1 responseAccess to tepee limited
By Medicine Hat News on July 27th, 2022
Access to the Saamis Tepee will be restricted today – likely continuing into Thursday – as the city conducts its annual inspection and carries out required structural maintenance. Work is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. this morning, which will result in the closure of the area directly below and around the teepee. Signs will ... Read More »
1 responseDebate descends on the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 27th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Candidates to lead the province may take off the gloves during a party leadership forum tonight in Medicine Hat, but several are also planning to kick up their heels and campaign during Stampede Week in the Gas City. The seven candidates will answer questions and debate on stage for two hours at the HALO ... Read More »
1 responseStampede vendors gear up for return of big crowds
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Roy Gale’s two-year layoff is over as the 102-year-old member of the Lion’s Club reported for duty on Tuesday to chop onions required to keep the Lions’ Kitchen in good supply this Medicine Hat Stampede. Members of the service club were busy at the distinctive yellow and purple booth at the heart of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parade set to take off from Second Street on Thursday at 9 a.m.
By Medicine Hat News on July 27th, 2022
Here’s what you need to know about road closures, parking access and transit options, as the annual Stampede Parade returns to Medicine Hat on Thursday. The parade departs from Second Street SE, near the police station, at 9 a.m., turning onto Altawana Drive, then continuing to First Street SE, Fifth Avenue SE, Second Street SE, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training for the worst
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 27th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com For the past three weeks, CFB Suffield has been host to more than 380 military personnel from 13 different NATO countries, participating in live-agent chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear precise response training. Formerly known as Exercise Precise Response, the training aims to enhance existing understandings of and responses to CBRN warfare and through multi-national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wadman takes home Juror’s Choice Award at Stampede Visual Arts show
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Special to the News on July 27th, 2022
Recently retired art teacher, Chuck Wadman, was the winner of the Adult Juror’s Choice Award at Visual Arts 2022. Quonset had two ribbons beside it, first place for digitally enhanced or manipulated photography and the second as the Juror’s Choice Award. On its own section of wall in the lobby just outside the Sierra Room, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senior’s scooter stolen
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local police are asking for tips to recover a red mobility scooter that was stolen from a home in Riverside late last week. The 2022 model “GIO” brand scooter went missing from the an address on the 100 Block of Third Street NE, on Friday. There is some minor damage on the rear left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two fatal collisions in southern Alberta on Friday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews RCMP reported two fatal collisions in southern Alberta on Friday, including one on Highway 3 southwest of Lethbridge and another near Strathmore. RCMP say a 62-year-old man was killed and his passenger seriously injured when a semi-truck rear-ended his pickup and another vehicle at an intersection east of Brocket on the Piikani Nation. The ... Read More »
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