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Mobile mammography clinic to be stationed in Milk River in early April

By Medicine Hat News on March 22nd, 2023

Alberta Health Services’ mobile mammography service will be stationed in Milk River at the Prairie Rose Lodge on April 3 and 4. The service is part of the AHS Screen Test program, which aims to improve rural community access to breast cancer screening. The service is available to women aged 45-74 by appointment. Appointments can ... Read More »

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NDP candidates bemoan lack of physicians

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com NDP candidates for both Medicine Hat’s electoral ridings joined forces Tuesday to speak on the lack of family physicians in the city, and share their party’s plans to address such. Cypress-Medicine Hat candidate Cathy Hogg and Brooks-Medicine Hat candidate Gwendoline Dirk assert that limited local access to family physicians, and other medical providers, is ... Read More »

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MH Chess Club’s spring tourney fills up fast

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Chess Club is hosting its 31st annual Spring Chess Tournament, with the junior section taking place March 25 and the adult section April 1 and 2. The tournament provides chess players of all ages an opportunity to learn and practise their skills in a fun and supportive environment. Prizes will be ... Read More »

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Two Hatters killed in head-on collision on Highway 3

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters have died in a head-on collision between a pick-up and a tractor trailer on Highway 3 near Seven Persons on Monday night, the Redcliff RCMP reported. The crash happened at 8 p.m. on March 20, when RCMP say the eastbound passenger vehicle crossed the centre line and was struck by the westbound ... Read More »

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Pilot program helps students deal with climate anxiety

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 22nd, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com A new program piloted in two public schools is aimed to help students deal with climate anxiety. John Whidden, educator with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, explained that climate anxiety is a phenomenon identified by many global studies, including one in Alberta. Whidden has gone into River Heights School and Dr. Ken Sauer ... Read More »

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Rotary Festival continues making ‘strong comeback’

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival organizers say the festival was a resounding success in its 68th year. The annual amateur music festival, which ran from March 5-19, featured performances by roughly 1,000 talented young Albertans. “It was wonderful to welcome everyone back to festival,” director Delynne Lorentzen told the News following the STARS of ... Read More »

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Invest MH will report to CAO in new revamp

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 22nd, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant More than a year after a proposal to create “Invest 2.0” to handle municipal economic development was shelved, the city is planning to rejuvenate the office. City manager Ann Mitchell said Monday she will retain the “Invest Medicine Hat” model as a direct function of City Hall, not a contracted-out service, and that managers ... Read More »

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Jehovah’s Witnesses to finally have their Hat conference

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 22nd, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A population roughly equivalent to the size of Redcliff will come to Medicine Hat on separate weekends to take part in a Western Canadian conference of Jehovah’s Witnesses this June. “Exercise Patience” – a program of religious instruction, presentations and testimonials – will fill the Co-op Place over two weekends, church officials announced Tuesday. ... Read More »

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City flags at half-mast to recognize killed Edmonton police officers

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2023

Flags around the City of Medicine Hat were lowered Monday in recognition of the two Edmonton Police Service officers killed in the line of duty on Thursday. The two constables, 35-year-old Travis Jordan and 30-year-old Brett Ryan, were killed while responding to a family dispute call in west Edmonton. In a social media statement Monday, ... Read More »

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Catholic students get in the community for Faith Day

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 21st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education held Friday its division-wide Faith Day, which started with mass at St. Patrick’s Church. “That was really beautiful, to celebrate there on St. Patrick’s Feast Day,” said Heather Irvine, religious education co-ordinator. Following mass, the division recognized 43 long-service award winners. Part of the gospel reading was ... Read More »

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Alberta moves to force oilpatch to pay owed taxes above ‘threshold’ total

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 21st, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The provincial government says it will make being up to date on local property taxes a condition when new permits are issued by the Alberta Energy Regulator – an effort to clear up years-old unpaid tax bills and long-standing complaints from rural government leaders. They have called for help since commodity price crashes in ... Read More »

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