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Wind capacity about to outweigh coal in Alberta
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 10th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new wind farm near Seven Persons will push the total power capacity from renewable sources in Alberta past the province’s remaining coal plants in early 2022 – a fact utility sector observers called an important milestone. Work on the Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm is nearing completion south of Rattlesnake Reservoir, southwest of Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beaver exhibit now on display at Nature Centre
By Medicine Hat News on December 10th, 2021
The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program’s beaver exhibit is on display at the Nature Centre through Dec. 21, and on Dec. 18 local children are invited to take part in an interactive Bust Little Beavers program. “This program will explore the fascinating features and activities of the beaver, and will include an adventure into the park ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waste water sampling for COVID to continue
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A largely unheralded effort to detect levels of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat will continue in a more formal relationship between the city’s sewage plant, the province and two universities. Since the spring of 2020, samples of the city’s waste water have been collected and analyzed for levels of the virus. That raw data doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Car explosion reportedly claims one life
By JAMES TUBB on December 9th, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat police and fire responded to a vehicle explosion in the Walmart parking lot Wednesday afternoon, believed to have claimed the life of one person. At around 2:20 p.m., police and fire were dispatched to a vehicle explosion and arrived to a fully involved fire in a car parked at the end of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Towne Square plans finalized
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A final look at the city plan to build a food truck alley and market stalls on the 603 First Street lot across from city hall have been approved by the city’s planning commission. Work on the “Towne Square” got underway last summer with repaving the parking lot and installing some landscaping aspects and ... Read More »
1 responseDunmore’s Festival of Lights begins Saturday
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on December 9th, 2021
Dunmore is getting into the festive mood with its third annual Festival of Lights running Dec. 11-21. Della Burkitt started the Festival of Lights in 2019 and describes the event as, “one word – community.” “What I remember is growing up and we used to go walk in Kin Coulee and they had all the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local artist creating ornaments and smiles out of duck eggs
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com A local nurse is making the Holiday Season sparkle with her homemade duck egg ornaments. Valerie Folk began creating the ornaments in 2018 as a pastime. “I enjoy making them. I find it very relaxing,” Folk told the News. “First I just started making them for myself and then one of the girls from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother Teresa searching for time capsule contributors
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com The hunt continues for contributors to a millennium time capsule unearthed at Mother Teresa School earlier this year. Jacquie Clarkson, an education assistant at Mother Teresa School, has been working to track down students and families who added to the capsule since its rediscovery. So far, she’s found approximately 110 of the 144 individuals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tickets on sale for Kinsmen’s Big Bag of Cash, Bonus 50/50
By Medicine Hat News on December 9th, 2021
Tickets for the Kinsmen of Medicine Hat’s Big Bag of Cash and Bonus 50/50 draws are now available. This year’s prizes are $100,000 for the cash draw and a minimum of $20,000 for the 50/50. Proceeds will be going to Kinsmen, an organization which works to upkeep community facilities and sponsor community programs. For the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff RCMP hosting ‘Stuff the Cruiser’ event for Root Cellar
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on December 9th, 2021
The Redcliff RCMP is getting involved in the community this Holiday Season with the inaugural “Stuff the Cruiser” event on Dec. 17. “Stuff the Cruiser” will see a parked police cruiser in front of Redcliff Family Foods from 1-6 p.m. – where the community can drop off food donations that will then be placed in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City mulls what to do with Monarch Theatre
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A 110th birthday party for the Monarch Theatre later this month could be in the planning stages while longer-term decisions on what to do with the historic Second Street theatre are fleshed out. The issue of the city-owned building – closed since late June – came to council Monday with administrators saying work on ... Read More »
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