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Stampede parade to follow new route with Third Street construction
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2024
Stampede fans will have to set their chairs out on a new route for the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. The 2024 Stampede Parade route has been updated for the parade on July 25, with a new path needed as construction continues on Third Street. The parade will start at the Medicine Hat Police station ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body of paddle boarder recovered from Saskatchewan Lake
By Medicine Hat News on July 9th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The RCMP in Outlook, Sask, say that the body of a paddle boarder who didn’t return after falling into Lake Dienfenbaker was recovered in the late afternoon on Sunday, July 7. Authorities say that the adult man was reported missing at about 12:45 p.m. that day. The Elbow (Sask.) fire department ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Councillors to consider several additions to proposed 2025-26 budget
By Collin Gallant on July 9th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council members will have a chance today to dig into a list of capital and operating additions in the proposed 2025-26 Medicine Hat city budget. That could include reconsideration of projects left off a list presented late last month, though administrators outlined in late June that any additions to the list would have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of crashes on the Trans-Canada over weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2024
Medicine Hat Emergency Services responded to two collisions on the Trans-Canada Highway this weekend. Saturday morning at 12:30, MHPS, Medicine Hat Fire and EMS responded to a motor vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway between College Avenue and 13 Avenue SE. Police say the single vehicle involved had been traveling east bound when the driver ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council blow-up brewed for months
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 9th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A dispute between Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark and city manager Ann Mitchell began six months before the two squared off at an August 2023 council meeting, court documents show. A report into the incident, for which Clark was found by council to have breached council’s code of conduct, states the mayor first grew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday in Medicine Hat, July 8
By James Tubb on July 7th, 2024
Budget Meetings City councillors will meet Tuesday in the second of two special budget meetings to go through capital priorities for the 2025-26 budget. An overview of potential and recommended projects, were discussed on June 25 committee of the whole meeting. and council members will gather on July 9 to request more information on specific ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Road work begins Monday in North Flats; traffic detours planned until September
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 6th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Beginning Monday a two-block section of Woodman Avenue will be closed for road rehabilitation work that will be completed in two separate stages until September. Crews will begin work on the first stage of work that stretches from the intersection of Dominion Street up to the intersection of Queen Street. The work includes an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Creativity and artwork-themed block party returns Saturday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 6th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Continuing a series of outdoor block parties at Towne Square, the city is hosting its fourth consecutive free weekly event themed around artists and creative minds. Celebrating Art & Creativity will be the theme for Saturday’s block party that provides the community free activities, games and entertainment as the city continues its work to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unredacted complaint report obtained by the News
By Collin Gallant on July 6th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The unredacted version of a report into a city council code of conduct complaint paints a dysfunctional working relationship among council members and reveals now-public details of the issues as well as some obvious or unimportant points that were blacked out. That includes the names of two council members named in the complaint – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rainy conditions causing Cypress County gravel roads to soften; crews working “diligently” to respond to calls for service
By BRENDAN MILLER on July 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The recent heavy rainfall Cypress County has experienced has taken a toll on its more than 2,400 kilometres of gravel roads, as residents report poor conditions and large potholes. County officials say the frequency of rainfall has resulted in the gravel surface to become “soft” as the crushed rocks get absorbed into the surface ... Read More »
1 responseProvincial unemployment rising but local region remains steady
By Medicine Hat News on July 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The jobless rate in the region remained about level in June at 5.3 per cent, while the provincial rate rose, according to figures from Statistics Canada released Friday. The local rate for the combined Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region fell by one-tenth of a percentage point compared to the same time last year, and is ... Read More »
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