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No decision, but debate on mayor’s legal bills revs up
By Collin Gallant on June 17th, 2025
@@CollinGallant A heated and at times emotional debate on whether Mayor Linnsie Clark should be reimbursed for $76,000 in legal bills incurred while challenging council sanctions was taken up Monday, but postponed before a final decision until late July. The issue has hung over council since last August, but was only formally put on the ... Read More »
1 responseMore than 200 bikers join ride for local kid
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 17th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Over the weekend, more than 220 bikers from across the province gathered at the Irvine Hotel with their engines roaring, ready to raise funds for Myah Litowsky, who is battling multiple rare autoimmune diseases, during the fifth annual Ridin’ For Kids Foundation charity motorcycle ride, which raises significant funding to help one in southern ... Read More »
1 responseIrrigation failure that killed water levels in Milk River nearly fully repaired, one year later
By Collin Gallant on June 17th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Final construction is underway to repair a massive irrigation failure in Montana and should be complete later this month, one year after the breakdown severely limited water levels on the Milk River in southern Alberta. That could restore flow through the town of Milk River by the start of July. “It means we’ll get ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex purchase of Texas production approved by U.S. regulators
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Methanex says U.S. regulators have approved its purchase of a competitor’s methanol and ammonia production plants in Texas. The Vancouver-based global company headquartered in Vancouver and with a major facility in Medicine Hat announced the plan to purchase OCI in September 2024 for US$2.05 billion. On Friday, Methanex stated that the review period under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Desjardins given honorary degree, shares insights on leadership and the power of community with MHC’s graduating Class of 2025
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 14th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins shared his journey and experience as a hockey coach during an inspirational address to more than 500 Medicine Hat College graduates Friday afternoon during a convocation ceremony held at Co-op Place. Desjardins was presented with this year’s honorary applied degree for his contributions in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former MLAs agree: Medicine Hat and Brooks should split up
By Collin Gallant on June 14th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Three former city MLAs agree: Medicine Hat and Brooks should be in different provincial ridings. But a commission now contemplating changes to Alberta’s electoral districts told a public meeting Friday in the Hat that returning to pre-2019 boundaries isn’t a simple exercise. The Alberta Election Boundaries Commission is currently touring the province to hear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Majority of Albertans to pay if they want a COVID vaccine now
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com In what the Government of Alberta is labelling a “new approach” to COVID-19 vaccinations, most Albertans will be paying out of pocket if they’d like a dose. The federal government earlier this year moved purchasing responsibilities of COVID vaccinations to the provinces, an early sign that changes might be coming since this provincial government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspect in custody already believed to be behind multiple thefts
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Police say they have recovered two stolen vehicles and laid charges against a suspect in a string of recent thefts. On Friday, the Medicine Hat Police Service stated that Jayden Skinner, of Medicine Hat, faces multiple charges of theft and property crime after officers investigated a break-and-enter on Cottonwood Way on June 10. Skinner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inaugural ‘Valour on the Green’ golf tourney held to support vets
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 14th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Dozens of Canadian Forces Veterans from across the province and beyond gathered on the links of Redcliff Riverview Golf Club on Friday afternoon to participate in the first “Valour on the Green” gold tournament that supports the Veterans Association Food Bank and the Field of Crosses Memorial Project. All golfers participating in the tournament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber wants members to direct its stance on MCC
By Collin Gallant on June 13th, 2025
@@CollinGallant The Chamber of Commerce is asking members if the business lobby group should express a stance on a potential reorganization of the city’s power business under an arm’s length corporation. The Chamber of Commerce of Southeast Alberta held an open house for business owners with energy division officials Monday, and on Thursday circulated a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD hopeful for teachers resolution ahead of possible strike
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 13th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Tracey Hensel, superintendent for the Medicine Hat Public School Division, says staff are closely monitoring developments as a possible teachers strike looms in the fall if an agreement between the Alberta Teachers Association and the government’s Teachers’ Employers Bargaining Association is not hashed out over the summer. “We value the important role teachers play ... Read More »
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