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Garden Tour showcases diversity of options
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 20th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat and District Horticulture Society hosted its annual Garden Tour this past Sunday. The tour shows the diversity of gardening options within the city and surrounding area. Each garden offered something different and provided enthusiasts with opportunities to discuss and compare. Two very large, park-like gardens book-ended the tour. The first was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County looks at mapping ag productivity
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 20th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cypress County could create a map of agricultural productivity within its boundaries as a way to evaluate and challenge the location of renewable energy projects in the future. Rural municipalities, including Cypress County, have increasingly argued they should have a greater say when large renewable energy fields are proposed, especially solar fields, that many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McGrogan voices concern over curling club plan
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 19th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One city councillor is questioning why the city has purchased the Medicine Hat Curling Club without a set plan of what to do with it, while others suggest that will be determined later this summer. Council agreed on Monday to a club proposal to acquire the building – which sits on city land – ... Read More »
1 responseMHC announces Dr. Morgan Blair as new dean for School of Business and Continuing Studies
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 19th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Dr. Morgan Blair has been serving at interim dean to Medicine Hat College’s School of Business and Continuing Studies since this past February and is now moving into the role permanently. Having worked at MHC for the past 14 years, Blair says she enjoys working in complex, challenging environments. She found the interim dean ... Read More »
1 responseTNR program back up for debate by city council next month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 19th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A “trap-neuter-release” program to control the feral cat population in Medicine Hat will be back up for debate by Medicine Hat city council next month. A bylaw that would change the city’s responsible pet ownership bylaw was introduced Monday for first reading ahead of debate and further voting at council’s next meeting, scheduled for ... Read More »
1 responseSharing a love of culture and dance
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 19th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Dallas Arcand was introduced to hoop dancing when he was about 14 years old when he attended an Indigenous based school in Edmonton. Now, the professional hoop dancer is sharing his gift with people across the country at events like the Heritage Gather Festival in Dunmore over the weekend “It was an accidental discovery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO air ambulance secures funding from city through 2024
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 19th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City hall will meet a HALO donation request of a half million dollars per year until the end of 2024, but could also gain some say in the rescue helicopter service’s operating budget and priorities, it was decided by council on Monday. The non-profit group had requested ongoing annual support of $500,000 over five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manyberries woman who fraudulently collected benefits ordered to repay money
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Manyberries woman who did not disclose a change in her financial situation for several years while receiving thousands of dollars in government benefits, has been fined and ordered to repay the money to which she was not entitled. Stephanie Ann Rouzes, 39, pleaded guilty July 13 in Lethbridge court of justice to one ... Read More »
1 responseDeer feeding ban could settle debate
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 18th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A ban on feeding deer could eventually reduce not only the population of deer in the city, but also confrontations between both humans and deer as well as neighbours who disagree about feeding them, city council heard on Monday. A first reading of the urban wildlife management bylaw was presented Monday along with a ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Medicine Hat police station detention guard charged with accessing police records without authorization
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A former detention guard at the Medicine Hat police station has been charged with accessing police records without authorization. A statement from Medicine Hat Police Service says the former member of the commissionaires used a computer to search for records on about 100 individuals in 2022 and 2023 without a valid work-related reason. The ... Read More »
1 responseNew truck stop could be coming to Suffield
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A new truck stop, restaurant, and convenience store may be coming to Suffield, according to recent decisions by the Cypress County municipal planning commission. That body approved late last month a proposal to build an Esso branded fuelling station and cardlock about three kilometres west of the hamlet, accessible from the Old Trans-Canada service ... Read More »
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