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Tourism officials optimistic about summer visits
By KENDALL KING on June 17th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local tourism industry officials are optimistic Medicine Hat will welcome a sizable number of visitors throughout the summer months, whether they be tourists, seasonal workers or individuals travelling for other purposes. Like many city around the world, Medicine Hat experienced a decline in visitors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With visitors contributing money to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workshop at Saamis Tepee teaches art, importance of smudging
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Brenda Mercer was at the Saamis Tepee on Thursday evening holding a smudge kit workshop. A group of seven people, with a couple from Ontario, joined the workshop to learn about the land, Indigenous medicine and how to create a smudge kit. Mercer brought sage, sweetgrass, raw tobacco and cedar. Sweetgrass is often used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses arrive for weekend convention
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Members of three local churches are happy to play host this month and show off Medicine Hat to almost 9,000 out-of-town guests. Sessions were underway Friday at Co-op Place to begin the first of two weekend conventions of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, marking the end of a three-year postponement for the event originally scheduled for ... Read More »
1 responseWater supply of no concern despite lower than normal river flow
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Water supply to Medicine Hat households is not threatened even though the river is low, temperatures are hot and voluntary restrictions are being called for in communities upstream, city utility officials said Friday. This week, the City of Brooks called on residents to voluntarily pull back on watering lawns to meet a goal of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter wins Faculty of Arts and Science gold medal at U of L
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com At the recent convocation for the University of Lethbridge, Amy Cran, born and raised in Medicine Hat, received the Faculty of Arts and Science gold medal. Cran was a French immersion student who attended Connaught and Crescent Heights before heading to Lethbridge for university. She chose Lethbridge to have the experience of going away ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several honoured at MHPSD’s appreciation dinner
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 16th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division held its annual appreciation dinner on June 8. “We have a really cool group of humans here who serve as part of the student senate at Medicine Hat High School. They sit representatives at every public meeting of the board to provide feedback to the board on matters ... Read More »
1 responseMH Interpretive Program spreading the importance of pollinators
By Medicine Hat News on June 16th, 2023
The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is encouraging Hatters to bee creative while learning about Alberta’s native pollinators, during its June 23 Buzzed for Buttons drop-in education session. Being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Police Point Park, Buzzed for Buttons is the first of several sessions included in MHIP’s new Pop-Up Pollinator series, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local unemployment steady with April but up over 2022
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The regional jobless rate was steady in May from the previous month, but up from the same month last year, according to new analysis released by the provincial Ministry of Jobs. The Alberta rate of 5.7 per cent was also largely unchanged as both the number of employed and unemployed increased, as did the ... Read More »
1 responseMassive private conservation project announced with McIntyre Ranch near Lethbridge
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 16th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com On June 15, The Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada held a virtual media conference to announce the largest private conservation project ever undertaken on the Canadian prairies. A host of conservation leaders and government officials joined the webinar to make the announcement, which is happening due to a landmark agreement between ... Read More »
1 responseCity eyes emergency access route for Saamis neighbourhood
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 16th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant An emergency access route for residents of the southwest community of Saamis is being proposed to alleviate fears of being cut off from the one-way-one-way-out area. The issue has lingered for more than a decade in the community – accessible only via the intersection of Sierra Boulevard at Southridge Drive. But it could be ... Read More »
1 responseBook series delves into all things gardening on the prairies
By KENDALL KING on June 16th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Calgary authors Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose are helping gardeners across the prairies succeed in growing food, flowers and everything in between with their joint guide book series. Titled ‘Guides for the Prairie Gardener,’ the eight-book series provides gardeners of all experience levels easy-to-follow advice about growing practices most effective in prairie regions, as ... Read More »
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