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Rotary Ignite’s second annual seniors Christmas Convoy set for Monday
By medicinehatnews on December 15th, 2021
The local Rotary Ignite club will put on its second annual Christmas Convoy for seniors on Monday. The convoy will depart Kin Coulee at 6:15 p.m. and make its way around to all the seniors’ homes in the city to spread Christmas cheer. In a media release on Tuesday, club president Teresa Schile said after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wilson eager for full term as public schools board chair
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Catherine Wilson is serving as chair of the Medicine Hat Public School Board for a second term, and says she is making the role “her own.” Acclaimed to chair after serving for the last year of the previous term, Wilson is happy to have the position again. “I really wanted it,” she told the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police search for missing woman
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are asking the public for help in locating Josephine Vivian, last seen on Dec. 14 at approximately 2 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel near the Trans-Canada highway. Vivian is a 37-year-old Indigenous women of no fixed address with dark hair, listed as 5-foot-3 and approximately 130 pounds. She was last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat doctor among three suing AHS over vaccination policy
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com A Medicine Hat physician, along with three others practising in the province, are suing Alberta Health Services over its mandatory vaccination policy, which went into effect Monday. Dr. Gert Grobler, who works at a local medical clinic, joins in asking the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to exempt him and the three other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot-air balloon festival part of city ‘vibrancy’ plans
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Vibrancy levels in Medicine Hat may be going up, up and away in 2022 with a hot-air balloon festival. Recipients of the City of Medicine Hat’s community vibrancy grants, outlined on Monday, say a gathering of hot air balloons in the Gas City will be one of the largest awards in the community-focused grants. ... Read More »
2 responsesWomen’s shelter usage up across Alberta
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters released its 2021 data on Monday. “Although many aspects of the pandemic have become normalized, the added resources needed to operate a shelter haven’t lessened,” the release read. Within the release it was reported nearly 67,000 Albertans accessed shelter services between April of 2020 and March of 2021. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual Christmas Bird Count goes Sunday in Medicine Hat
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat and area’s annual Christmas Bird Count will be taking place Sunday. “The Christmas Bird Count is a wildlife survey that has been going on for what will be the 122nd year. In Medicine Hat this will be our 40th Christmas Bird Count,” Mary Drut, park interpreter at Medicine Hat Interpretative Program, told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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