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Local politicians debate budget’s effect on Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The provincial budget’s effect on Medicine Hat is being debated by opposition party candidates and MLAs for the region, including Premier Danielle Smith. The document, tabled Feb. 28, shows a second straight surplus for the province is expected in 2023-24 – $2.4 billion on higher revenue expected from the energy sector, decreasing debt, no ... Read More »
1 responseMHC’s Club 404 hosting Eclipse Film Festival on Saturday
By Medicine Hat News on March 17th, 2023
Hatters are invited to a celebration of film and animation with the Eclipse Film Festival, being held Saturday at 7 p.m. in Medicine Hat Public Library’s theatre. The event, which will feature a variety of shorts films and animations from around the world, is part of an ongoing film festival series put on by Club ... Read More »
1 responseShandro: Bail not appropriate for every person accused of a crime
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 17th, 2023
At a media roundtable on March 15, Tyler Shandro, Justice Minister and Attorney General of Alberta, discussed bail reforms. “(We’ve) been advocating, for over a year, for bail reform,” Shandro said at the roundtable. “That became more of an issue last October when there was a conference of justice ministers and public safety ministers in ... Read More »
1 responseRedcliff RCMP investigating TCH crash injuring one
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 17th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Redcliff are investigating after a car flipped on the Trans-Canada Highway near Bowell, then was struck by an oncoming vehicle Thursday morning. One person was taken to hospital via ground ambulance after the crash at 4:40 a.m. near Range Road 80, west of Redcliff. Cypress County fire crews also attended the scene ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roy Wilson Grade 9s host Young Entrepreneur Program Market
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com March 15 was a busy night at Medicine Hat High School. Grade 9 students from Dr. Roy Wilson Learning Centre held their Young Entrepreneur Program Market in the main hall with community members coming out in large numbers to see what was on sale. Lead teacher Michael McOuat explained the market ran from 2015 ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta Transportation plan includes widening Hwy 41S
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New plans to potentially widen Highway 41 south to Elkwater will be examined in the 2023-24 Alberta Transportation work plan, released by this month, but resurfacing the Trans-Canada Bridge in Medicine appears to be another year away. Engineering work will also begin on twinning Highway 3 from Medicine Hat to Seven Persons, a high-profile ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trying to catch a leprechaun
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 17th, 2023
The Grade 1S class at Mother Teresa School built leprechaun traps at home as a family project and brought them in Wednesday to catch some of the little green folk. “All kinds of fun things happened last night. They left them notes, the classroom was demolished. It was pretty exciting,” said teacher Melissa Scory. Students ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wrights Jewellers celebrates 125-year milestone
By KENDALL KING on March 17th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com A Wrights Jewellers ring box, dated 1898, gives meaning to just how long the family-owned business has existed in Medicine Hat. Inside the small black box, its leather frayed from time, is a cream-coloured lining which reads ‘A. M. Wright,’ and below ‘Medicine Hat, N. W. T.,’ standing for Northwest Territories. At the time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary Music Festival results Tues., Wed.
By Medicine Hat News on March 17th, 2023
STRINGS/ORCHESTRA/CHAMBER Community Orchestra-Grade 2 – Medicine Hat Junior Orchestra Adult Strings-Cello/Bass-Concert – Amanda Muryn Chamber Group-18yrs &under – Stirling Clark, Emma Lavigne and Laec Lorentzen Violin/Viola-Own Choice-16yrs & under – Sally Tse String & Keyboard Sonata Violin/Viola-Partial-16yrs & under – Stirling Clark String & Keyboard Sonata-Cello-Partial-16yrs & under – Danycka Holizki String & Keyboard Sonata-Violin/Viola-Partial-18yrs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Board approves expansion of McCoy sports academy
By medicinehatnews on March 16th, 2023
SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter reporter@medicinehatnews.com At the regularly scheduled meeting for the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education, trustee David Leahy made a motion regarding sports academy programming at Monsignor McCoy High School. The motion asks senior administration to provide a report making recommendations to the trustees by Sept. 30. The motion also ... Read More »
1 responseMHPS to accelerate its body cam plan
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 16th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A push by the province to have body-worn cameras on all municipal police officers in Alberta “as swiftly as possible” will accelerate a plan in Medicine Hat to use the technology. Currently, the Medicine Hat Police Service has 26 of the cameras, used to record interactions between officers and the public during investigations and ... Read More »
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