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UCP hopeful says southeast Alberta needs a new voice
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 2nd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Southeast Alberta needs a change in attitude away from the concept it is the “forgotten corner,” but new representation is needed, according to Justin Wright, who is seeking the United Conservative Party nomination in Cypress-Medicine Hat. That party process is underway and concludes Feb. 9 toward determining a candidate in the May election. Wright, ... Read More »
1 responseLocal golfer sees his stolen clubs for sale online
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 1st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Being present when a Medicine Hat golfer tried to buy back his own stolen clubs earned a Cypress County man a one-year probationary sentence in Provincial Court on Tuesday. Court heard the owner noticed his clubs and bag, valued at $1,000, were missing last fall and then saw them for sale on an internet ... Read More »
1 responseBack in person again, Tongue on the Post welcomes record crowds
By KENDALL KING on February 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com The first in-person Tongue on the Post Folk Musical Festival since the pandemic was a rousing success, say organizers and artists. “It was an amazing festival,” Medicine Hat Folk Music Club executive director Rob Pape told the News. “We scaled it back somewhat this year just to make sure it was manageable both from ... Read More »
1 responseMHPSD hosts community service fair
By Medicine Hat News on February 1st, 2023
A community service fair took place at the central office of the Medicine Hat Public School Division on Friday afternoon. “We have 20 community services spread between three rooms. The purpose of this community services fair was to bridge education and community supports,” said Greg Ferris, coordinator of diverse learning services with the division. It ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec-based firm buys Alberta lamb production company near Lethbridge
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Quebec-based agri-food company has acquired a struggling Alberta lamb production company promising it will bolster the brands. Preval AG announced Monday it will become owner and operator of the North American Lamb Company, including Canada Gold breeding and feeder facility in Iron Springs, northeast of Lethbridge, and a processor in Innisfail. The former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County councillor won’t seek UCP nomination after all
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The contest to determine a United Conservative Party candidate in Cypress-Medicine Hat has begun, but the number of potential candidates continues to fall. A notice on the UCP website states the nomination period to fill the vacancy opened Jan. 26 and will close Feb. 9. It opened one day after MLA Drew Barnes, now ... Read More »
1 responseHat and Lethbridge concert bands coming together for long awaited Hands Across the Three
By Medicine Hat News on February 1st, 2023
The Medicine Hat Concert Band Society and Lethbridge Community Band Society are coming together again to continue their Hands Across the Three concert series, nearly six year after its first instalment. In March, 2017, MHCBS’s Allegro band travelled Highway 3 to Lethbridge to join LCBS’s Gold Band in the series’ first concert. It was intended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Social change research at MHC honing in on 1979
By Medicine Hat News on February 1st, 2023
Medicine Hat College was awarded, for the first time, a grant from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada. Dr. Jana Smith Elford is the lead investigator on the project and is working in collaboration with Dr. Michelle Meagher, chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at the University of Alberta. Elford’s dissertation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gleichen RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing teen
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2023
Mounties in Gleichen are searching for a missing teenager and are hoping to get assistance from the public. Heaven Turningrobe, a resident of the Siksika First Nation – about 90 km east of Calgary – was last seen at a resident on Siksika on the afternoon of Jan. 20. She is described as 5-foot-4, 120 ... Read More »
1 responseLast day for Christmas tree recycling
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 31st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Procrastinators have but one more day to drop off their Christmas tree off at one of three city depots. The final day for the annual program that accepts and composts trees is Jan. 31, after which trees can be dropped off free of charge at the composting facility at the city landfill. Trees should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rural staffing a major health-care issue, minister says
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 31st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Two themes emerged from a virtual roundtable with Alberta’s Health Minister Jason Copping on Monday – efforts to attract more health-care professionals, particularly in rural areas, and providing training facilities in rural areas so locals trained there can remain there to work. “We as a government have made a commitment that we are going ... Read More »
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