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Lunch-hour information session Friday centres on city’s utility business future
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Hatters with questions about a potential incorporation of the city’s utility businesses can ask them in person this Friday at a noon-hour event, or take in an online Q&A session next week. A 2024 third-party report suggests that focused, apolitical management under a corporate board could improve financial performance and the unit better navigate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC education student recognized by Alberta Teachers Association
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 5th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Hailey Hoffart has been chosen as the recipient of the Alberta Teachers Association Gold Medal Award for the Bachelor of Education program for demonstrating the highest overall general proficiency in her degree program. The news was released by Medicine Hat College on Tuesday. The annual awards recognize 13 graduating bachelor of education students from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters urge safety after lithium-ion batteries cause of two fires last month
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 5th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Fires and explosions caused by lithium-ion batteries that can be found in smart devices, scooters, electric cars, electronic vapes, power tools and scooters are becoming more frequent calls local firefighters are responding to after reporting two fires caused by unsafe battery use and storage in May. Last month Medicine Hat Fire and Emergency Services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of high school students ace diploma exams
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 5th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Two Medicine Hat High School students have scored a perfect 100 per cent on their Math 30 diploma exams this year. “We are incredibly proud of Medicine Hat School students Fatema Riaz and Brandon Lee,” reads a release from the Medicine Hat Public School Division. The division says both Riaz and Lee are heading ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!You’ve heard of coats on the bridge, now meet shoes on the trail
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 5th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The same minds that are determined to make sure everyone in the city is warm during the winter are hoping to keep everyone walking comfortably with their newest initiative. Helen Snortland and Kym Porter, organizers of the annual “Coats on Finlay” winter clothing exchange, are taking on a new event with the same concept, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City will operate pound services while finding new animal welfare group
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The city is prepared to take over operations of pound services as it explores the interest in another group taking over the services. The contract with current provider APARC will end June 8, at which time, the city says, municipal staff will take over operation of the city-owned facility located near Gershaw Drive. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A gun seized in a Calgary bust last month had been stolen from Redcliff
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 5th, 2025
Two handguns previously stolen from Redcliff and Pincher Creek were part of an ALERT Calgary bust on May 22. The provincial crime team seized those two hand guns, an additional hand gun, an estimated $320,000 worth of cocaine and methamphetamine, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and $51,000 cash at an apartment in the southeast Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Skateboard Association hosts garbage cleanup in downtown core
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2025
The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association hit the town Monday evening, eager to continue to make tangible change for the community with a garbage cleanup. For members, the evening began with a meal from Medicine Hat Pizza, before they took to the downtown area, collecting trash and doing their part to keep the heart of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City puts rest of its gas wells up for sale
By Collin Gallant on June 5th, 2025
@@CollinGallant The Gas City has put its remaining well inventory up for bids, hoping to determine whether to sell off its last 600 wells or begin a large scale abandonment that could see the historic municipal energy company exit the oilpatch entirely. A bid package appeared on industry websites this week comprising the entire portfolio, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The British are here, the British are here!
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The first of 530 members of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment stepped off the bus at Camp Crowfoot on June 12, 1972 after a 29-hour flight from Germany to the new British Army Training Unit Suffield. The BATUS Commander remarked on the size and suitability of the base 30 miles northwest of Medicine Hat. ... Read More »
1 responseLocal education support workers ratify new four-year agreement
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 5th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Roughly 350 support workers for schools in Medicine Hat have agreed to a new four-year collective agreement from 2024-28, with the support of approximately 90 per cent of voting members. CUPE says Local 829 members voted on the new four-year collective agreement on May 13 and avoided strike action, following more than 4,000 educational ... Read More »
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