February 13th, 2025

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Hut 8 launches lawsuit in North Bay

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 2nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Hut 8 Cryptocurrency has launched a lawsuit to enforce a power deal key to its expansion in North Bay, Ont. The Bitcoin miner company that has major operations in Medicine Hat announced in late 2021 that a moth-balled natural gas power station in North Bay would be refired to power a new data-processing centre. ... Read More »

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Alexandra Sports Institute shaping athletic minds

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 2nd, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Sports Institute program at Alexandra Middle School is for all students from Grade 7 through 9. Its intention is to build better athletes and provide students with a foundation to pursue a specific sport or activity. “All students can be athletes,” said vice principal Ray Neary. “It’s not a specialized program for students ... Read More »

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ATA roundtables aiming to identify key issues in education

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 2nd, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com Last week on Jan. 26, the Alberta Teachers’ Association held an in-person roundtable discussion in Medicine Hat. The evening was part of a series of roundtables the ATA has held across the province, both in-person and virtual, and president Jason Schilling says the talks won’t stop there. An in-person and virtual roundtable with the ... Read More »

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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 »

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Local 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 »

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Back 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 »

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MHPSD 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 »

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Quebec-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 »

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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 »

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Hat 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 »

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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 »

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