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Ag Discovery Centre seeking more ways to showcase agriculture with southeast Alberta students
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 15th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools is looking at past successes and future opportunities with its Ag Pro Program, which continues to prepare students for a career in the agricultural sector. Local farmer and founder of the Agricultural Discovery Centre, Nichole Neubauer, led a presentation reviewing the previous year of the program, which is hosted out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buy or sell; local students invest thousands in stock market simulation
By BRENDAN MILLER on January 15th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Some students have felt the slump of the stock market while others have seen their investments spike into profit as they participate in a virtual market simulation with a starting portfolio of $100,000. Over the past 10 weeks Grade 8 students participating in Crescent Heights High School’s Foundations program have been watching the market ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty to charges over incident with tenants but dispute certain police claims
By Medicine Hat News on January 15th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man has admitted to holding a butane torch during an altercation with his tenants last month, but his lawyer says several points in a police account will be contested at sentencing in March. Aiden Matthew Duchscherer, 39, pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning at Alberta Court of Justice in Medicine Hat to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body cameras and crime stats: Redcliff RCMP presents quarterly update to county council
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 15th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Redcliff RCMP on Tuesday provided an Enhanced Officer Report to Cypress County council, the latter’s first regular meeting of 2025. The local detachment provided an update on the implementation of body-worn cameras – a subject of interest in the region for an extended period of time. Staff Sgt. Michael Courty said it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Now-rare marijuana trafficking bust made by RCMP near Swift Current
By Medicine Hat News on January 15th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews SWIFT CURRENT Mounties in southwest Saskatchewan seized 1,550 pounds of illegal marijuana found in a cargo van they believe was headed for Quebec on Jan. 9, authorities in that province reported Tuesday. The van was stopped on the Trans-Canada near Swift Current, and investigators found the cannabis in more than 50 moving boxes. John ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Compassion wearing thin among residents near Mustard Seed
By Collin Gallant on January 15th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Residents near a homeless outreach shelter on Allowance Avenue agree that a longer-term solution for homelessness and specific problems is needed, but still may oppose a temporary expansion to provide overnight facilities for cold-weather shelter. That’s even as the province has promoted its plans to permanently conglomerate shelter services in the Hat at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province warns of collisions in intersections as it prepares to remove many cameras this spring
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Tuesday the province released a statement reminding drivers to slow down and proceed carefully through intersections as statistics show one in four collisions on Alberta roads occurs at an intersection, “resulting in far too many injuries and deaths, as well as millions of dollars in damages each year.” However, despite the safety message, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five new police cadets begin training in Medicine Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Four Medicine Hat Police Service cadets, joined by a lone cadet representing the Blood Tribe Police Service, began their 24-week training program Monday, the first new police training program between the MHPS and Medicine Hat College. The five cadets will undergo intense training over the next six months while completing the competency-based curriculum that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WildRose Windfarm was first to endure province’s new renewables process, but construction now well underway
By Collin Gallant on January 14th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Construction is well underway on the first wind power project to undergo an interim “viewscape” analysis laid out by the provincial government, but the developer has applied to relocate two towers that were nixed in the original approval. WildRose Windfarm was initially put before the Alberta Utilities Commission 12 years ago, but in 2021, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat growing? U-Haul study lends some insight as the city ranks No. 7 in Canada in company’s own growth study
By Collin Gallant on January 14th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat was a top-10 destination for Canadians renting one-way moving trailers in 2024, according to U-Haul, which released Monday its top Canadian Growth Markets for last year. The unofficial list is released each year, denoting areas that were a destination for more U-Haul clients than those who left the same places. The ratio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City accepting official applications of proposals for Towne Square seacan uses
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 14th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat has opened the application window for proposals to repurpose one or more of the eight seacans previously located downtown at Towne Square. The seacans were initially approved for removal in a council meeting in November, and the City has since been seeking ideas for what should be done with ... Read More »
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