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Getting to Know Your Leaders: Hider brings years of volunteer work to council

By JAMES TUBB on November 13th, 2021

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Cassi Hider has long helped those within Medicine Hat but she wanted to play a bigger role. That’s why she ran for council this fall and is glad to be one of the six newly elected city councillors. “I turned 50 in May and I wanted to play a bigger part in our community ... Read More »

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Santa Claus Fund kicks off another season of giving

By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 13th, 2021

lthomson@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund, Scotiabank and Canadian Tire have launched another season of Christmas fundraising in the community. Jodi and Robert Harvey, who own Medicine Hat Canadian Tire, kicked off fundraising by donating $5,000 to the Santa Claus Fund through Scotiabank, one third the total amount of $15,000 that Scotiabank will ... Read More »

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Women’s Shelter collecting donations for Christmas Hamper Program

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 13th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society’s annual Christmas Hamper Program began Friday and will be running through Dec. 17. Organizers are asking for donations of new toys and gifts for all ages, as well as gift cards, which will then be distributed to families in need throughout the community. “It’s about making sure that those ... Read More »

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MHC first to offer service dog management program

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 13th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College announced last week it will be offering a Service Dog and Canine Studies Management diploma program, beginning in fall 2022. The two-year program will be the first of its kind to be offered by a post-secondary institution in Canada. “The goal is to create fully-trained service dogs, as well as fully ... Read More »

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Hut 8 Cryptocurrency reports another round of record-breaking revenue

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 11th, 2021

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Hut 8 Cryptocurrency is reporting it earned record revenue in the latest financial quarter and further upgrades are well underway at its Medicine Hat data processing centre. The company that processes Bitcoin transactions to earn a fee paid in the cryptocurrency says it earned C$50.3 million in the three-month period ending Sept. 30. “We ... Read More »

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Pet Walk recognizes effect of family violence on animals

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 11th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s seventh annual Pet Walk will be taking place Saturday in Kin Coulee Park. The event is hosted by Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society and the Medicine Hat SPCA in recognition of Family Violence Prevention Month. “This annual event highlights the impact family violence has on pets,” MHWSS stated in an Oct. 27 ... Read More »

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Push to see completion of irrigation project in Acadia

By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 11th, 2021

lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Growing crops in the southeast region of Alberta can be a struggle, but an ongoing study and resulting project could turn the tide for farmers. In 2004, the MD of Acadia commissioned a study, supported by the provincial and federal governments, to examine large-scale farmland irrigation. Farmland irrigation would bring many benefits to the ... Read More »

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Crews battle blaze for hours near Redcliff

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 11th, 2021

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Fire crews spent hours battling a blaze at a storage and laydown yard next to a tank farm, north of Redcliff on Thursday morning. The dark column of smoke sent up was clearly visibly during Remembrance Day services in downtown Medicine Hat at 11 a.m. RCMP and Cypress County attended the site, located on ... Read More »

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Hatters together for Remembrance again

By COLLIN GALLANT on November 11th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Held by a warm sun, Hatters observed Remembrance Day together in a large gathering for the first time in two years on Thursday. Troops and veterans paraded along First Street to the Cenotaph in downtown Medicine Hat ahead of the 11 o’clock hour. They were joined by close to 1,000 Hatters for the laying ... Read More »

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Workers at Cargill beef processing plant give four-week strike notice

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 11th, 2021

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Workers at one of Alberta’s largest beef packing plants will go on strike early next month, according to the union representing 2,100 workers at Cargill’s High River processing facility. The United Food and Commercial Workers, local No. 401, says it delivered strike notice at a bargaining session on Wednesday, stating its members will walk ... Read More »

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