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Reopen now, rebuild later: rec facilities report
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A report into recreation facilities will suggest reopening a closed arena and swim centre while drawing up plans to replace them after the next five years. Monday’s meeting of the public service committee heard an update on a facilities report which was a central election issue this fall. Administrators say the report on buildings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasgo has high hopes as Catholic board chair
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com In the month since assuming the role of chair for Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education’s board of trustees, Kathy Glasgo has learned a lot. Glasgo was nominated and sworn in as chair at MHCBE’s Oct. 26 board meeting, succeeding former board chair and current trustee Dick Mastel. Glasgo, who served as a division ... Read More »
1 response30th year brings in biggest SCF auction haul yet
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com The Santa Claus Fund Charity Auction, hosted by Lorraine Schmaltz and auctioneer Darren Lutz, had its “best year yet,” raising $75,795 Thursday night at Dayz Off Pub, and surpassing a 30-year collective goal of $1 million. Complete with a balloon drop at the final bid, Schmaltz said, “Towards the end of the night the ... Read More »
2 responsesRegional Briefs: Property taxes owed to MD of Taber total $5.2 million, $2 million new
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Outstanding property tax bills in the Municipal District of Taber totalled $5.2 million at the payment deadline in mid-November, officials told Southern Alberta Newspapers. Of that, about $2 million represents new amounts in default from non-residential properties, and $1 million from residential and farm properties. The remainder is carried over from previous years. Councillors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County joins CFSEA’s Rural Community Fund network
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County has joined the Community Foundation of South Eastern Alberta’s Rural Community Fund network as of Thursday. “We are delighted to partner with the Cypress County,” Niki Gray, acting executive director of CFSEA, said in a Wednesday release. “Our goal is to increase philanthropy in all our communities by growing local community funds, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Student fundraiser kicks off for Mission Mexico
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 11th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education’s Mission Mexico fundraising campaign kicked off this week. The annual event was first started in 2000 by Medicine Hat resident Father Fred Monk and has been carried out by Catholics of Southern Alberta since. “(Monk) had the idea that if everybody brought in a loonie, we could raise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Years-old human rights case still going involving convicted killer
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 11th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Medicine Hat man convicted of first-degree murder and extortion made a human rights complaint weeks before the crimes took place four years ago, new court documents state. Robert Siesta Hoefman, 59, petitioned the Alberta Human Rights Commission in September 2017 alleging discrimination led to his dismissal as a construction superintendent a year earlier. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP searching for suspects in break-in at Acadia Valley post office
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties are seeking information on suspects from a break-in at the Acadia Valley post office, the Oyen detachment announced Friday. Mounties say a man and woman driving a 2017-19 grey Ford Escape were involved in two break-ins, including a business, on Dec. 5 in the village located 160 kilometres northwest of Medicine Hat. Another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City keeping partnership with PEP
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 10th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat is re-engaging with a regional economic development group, while another regional tourism effort has gone out of business. The Palliser Economic Partnership (also known as PEP) aims to promote business opportunities in the southeast and promote co-operation between member municipalities, while the Canadian Badlands Tourism Association did much the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supply chain complicating Holiday retail
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 10th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com While retailers across Alberta ease into the Christmas rush, many stores geared toward children are working to stock desirable toys and gifts. The Pudwell family, which owns Bumbleboo Inc., a local business specializing in baby, toddler and children’s products, as well as those for expecting parents, is hoping to meet the demand, despite rising ... Read More »
3 responsesEsplanade, public library, Police Point team up for downtown StoryWalk
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 10th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com The downtown StoryWalk is back for a second year, this time with a Christmas book that can be read and sung. The Esplanade, in collaboration with the Medicine Hat Public Library and Police Point Park, is bringing the StoryWalk to downtown Medicine Hat with the children’s book, “A Porcupine in a Pine Tree: A ... Read More »
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