November 15th, 2024

Local News

City to list former pound on market

By Medicine Hat News on September 10th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews The former home of pound services in the city could be up for sale soon. In 2016 the city acquired a former veterinary clinic on South Railway Street to house then-new contract provider APARC for $394,000 in a foreclosure sale. Since then, however, the need for ventilation work and other upgrades led to the ... Read More »

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HALO to seek city funding during budget deliberations

By Collin Gallant on September 10th, 2024

@@CollinGallant HALO officials presented their 2023 financial report to a city committee Monday, but will likely also make their case for continued grant funding from the municipality during budget discussions later this fall. The helicopter air rescue society was left off a list of proposed program spending during early stage 2025-26 city budget talks, revealed ... Read More »

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Methanex purchases Texas-based methanol business

By Collin Gallant on September 10th, 2024

@@CollinGallant Methanex is set to get bigger and also strike out into ammonia production with the purchase of a rival’s Texas-based methanol business, it announced Monday. A deal to buy OCI Global’s international methanol business in an agreement valued at US$2.05 billion, including assumed debt would expand production by one-fifth with the Vancouver-based methanol producer ... Read More »

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Potato plant seeks approval to build windmills on site

By Medicine Hat News on September 10th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews McCain has an agreement to partner with a renewable power developer to provide wind and solar power directly to an expansion of its potato plant near Coaldale. Applications filed with the Alberta Utilities Commission on Monday state that Elemental Energy plans to co-locate and operate a small solar array as well as windmills at ... Read More »

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Miyashiro gets NDP nod in Lethbridge West

By Alexandra Noad SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative on September 10th, 2024

Alexandra Noad SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Rob Miyashiro has been selected by NDP party members in Lethbridge West to take on the yet to be announced UCP party candidate in a byelection. The riding was vacated when NDP MLA Shannon Phillips stepped down July 1 a year into her third term. Voter turnout ... Read More »

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Dr. Roy Wilson LC puts first decade in the books

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 10th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com On Friday, Dr. Roy Wilson Learning Centre students and staff gathered in the gymnasium to not only welcome a new school year, but the start of a new decade with the school’s 10th birthday. The event was both a beginning of the school year assembly, congratulating students for settling in for their first week ... Read More »

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SEAFAN hosts barbeque to raise awareness for FASD

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 10th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Monday marked International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day, highlighting the importance of avoiding alcohol during pregnancy. “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong disability affecting the brain and body of people who were exposed to alcohol in the womb,” said minister of seniors, community and social services Jason Nixon. “It has a profound ... Read More »

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Police seek woman in ongoing investigation

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 10th, 2024

news@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service has released a handout photo of a woman they are looking for who may possess information pertinent to an ongoing investigation. Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the female in the provided photo. Anyone with information that could assist police are asked to contact ... Read More »

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Regimental Museum to open this month

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 10th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The South Alberta Light Horse Regimental Museum announced they will be open to the public for the season, starting Sept. 18. They will be open every Wednesday afternoon from 1-4 p.m., through until Dec. 11. Volunteer docents will be available to answer questions and provide pertinent information. “From Medicine Hat’s earliest history as a ... Read More »

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Methanex buys rival plants in Texas

By Collin Gallant on September 9th, 2024

The Canadian Press Methanex Corp. has signed a deal to buy OCI Global’s international methanol business in an agreement valued at US$2.05 billion, including assumed debt. The deal includes OCI’s interest in two methanol facilities in Beaumont, Texas, one of which also produces ammonia. It also includes a low-carbon methanol production and marketing business and an ... Read More »

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MH Interpretive Centre’s upcoming display honours local creatures with a tough reputation

By Medicine Hat News on September 7th, 2024

The Medicine Hat Interpretive Centre is looking to shine a light on the charm of less traditionally charismatic members of the natural world, with its Creepy Critters & Plucky Plants Display. “Not everyone feels warmly toward animals that might be seen as creepy or unusual,” says park interpreter Rhys Mah Poy. “My goal is to ... Read More »

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