April 16th, 2024

Local News

Campground reservations open this week in Saskatchewan parks through staggered format

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Campers bound for Saskatchewan provincial parks can begin booking sites this week in a staggered format for nightly campsite reservations as parks become available. Saskatchewan Landing, near Lake Diefenbaker, is in the first grouping for spot reservations that open today, along with several others throughout Saskatchewan. The Cypress Hills centre block and interprovincial park ... Read More »

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City urges litter pickup for week-long Earth Day cleanup

By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2022

The City of Medicine Hat is calling on residents to grab a garbage bag and pick up some litter for Earth Day on Friday. The parks and recreation department has highlighted specific areas of the city for cleanup and is asking anyone joining the initiative to fill out an online form showing which zone they’ll ... Read More »

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TCH Bridge deck replacement could be tendered this fall

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Replacing the Trans-Canada Bridge deck in Medicine Hat may go to tender this fall, about two-and-a-half years after the work was announced as a COVID stimulus measure, Alberta Transportation told the News. The span containing eastbound lanes had been tentatively scheduled for resurfacing since the westbound bridge was completely replaced about eight years ago. ... Read More »

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Prairie Gleaners send nearly 2M cups of soup to help Ukraine

By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2022

The Prairie Gleaners have been busy making a difference in Ukraine. The local charitable organization has donated 37 pallets consisting of 19,704 bags of its dehydrated vegetable soup mix to NGO partners since December, all of which will end up in Ukraine, according to a Thursday press release. Ten pallets, consisting of 5,240 bags total, ... Read More »

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Make the Towne Square great, officials urge

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In a show of solidarity, city elected officials and administrators are jointly asking the community to help make the Towne Square a success. Mayor Linnsie Clark – who made the project an election and recent budget issue – the head of Invest Medicine Hat and administrators now in charge of the lot across from ... Read More »

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Federal budget gets an F from MP Motz

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The new federal budget is getting a failing grade from Medicine Hat-Cardston Warner MP Glen Motz. The federal budget was introduced April 7, comprising a Liberal plan to address home prices and inflation, plus manage the recovering economy and boost military support in the face of new global conflicts. Back in the Hat this ... Read More »

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A third major wind project proposed for Cypress County

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Another major wind farm proposal would see turbines erected from the edge of Dunmore to the sites of two more going up between the Cypress County hamlet and the Cypress Hills. The Buffalo Trail wind farm proposal would see at total of 65 turbine towers erected in two phases, each capable of producing about ... Read More »

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City gets $630K to offset transit woes

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 14th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat will receive $630,000 from the province and Ottawa to help make up for a steep decline in transit ridership and revenue during the pandemic. The money, part of nearly $160 million being spent in Alberta, includes $10 million designated to mid- to small-sized communities. “We’re really, really grateful for the funding,” said ... Read More »

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City could add ‘remote work’ to land-use bylaw

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One of the buzzwords of 2020 could soon have a legal definition in City of Medicine Hat land-use legislation, Wednesday’s meeting of the municipal planning commission heard. Administrators plan to introduce a “remote work” category to the land-use bylaw, mainly in order to define it as something different than a typical home-based business and ... Read More »

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Dental office donates to YMCA to support men’s health

By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2022

Sun City Dental has stepped up with a $75,000 donation to the YMCA of Medicine Hat for renovations in the Downtown YMCA’s Men’s Health Plus Club change room. The donation will allow for improvements including new hot tub mechanical, plumbing and electrical upgrades, new flooring, updated fixtures and countertops, according to a YMCA media release. ... Read More »

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