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Get up close and personal with snakes at Police Point Park
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Want to learn more about snakes and the different species that live in and around Medicine Hat? The Interpretive Centre at Police Point Park is holding two talks on snakes. Both talks will be the same, but are holding two in order to accommodate as many people as possible. Tamara Miller, Park Interpreter, said, ... Read More »
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By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The South East Alberta Watershed Alliance held a three-hour riparian site tour near Seven Persons at the Yeast Site on Saturday. There were about a dozen people on the tour, including three summer students, who were heading into their last week on the job. Former owner of the land, Dave Yeast – who joined ... Read More »
2 responsesSaamis Solar project would be scaled to produce maximum of 325 megawatts
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 17th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A company planning to build a massive solar array on barren land in Crescent Heights is targeting late 2023 for a completion date, according to the private company proposing the renewable energy facility. DP Energy announced Tuesday that construction has begun at the Deerfoot and Barlow Solar fields on former fertilizer plant sites inside ... Read More »
2 responsesEmpress elects three new councillors
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 17th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Newly elected councillors in Empress, Alta. will be sworn in to office on Thursday. The village was left without local elected representatives this spring following a three resignations from the three-person council as well as the chief administrator. An election held Aug. 8 in the centre located in Special Area No. 2 saw 79 ... Read More »
1 responseStampede raffles to be drawn Sept. 1
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The draw for all six community raffles that were on the grounds at the Medicine Hat Stampede & Exhibition show will be held on Sept. 1. An exact time for the draw has not been coordinated but will be released shortly. General manager Ron Edwards explained that delays in getting the licences from AGLC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Luxury Hill home in limbo once again
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 17th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A proposal to build a luxury home near the edge of the Southeast Hill has failed to get approval at city council, leaving the uniquely addressed residence in limbo once again. A council vote on Monday resulted in an 4-4 tie, and therefore denied a permit on the “direct control” property that faces 11th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waste bins for storm-damaged material to be kept in place another week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Waste collection bins for storm-damaged material will be left in place for another week alongside Highway 523 in Cypress County following last month’s damaging tornado in the area west of Medicine Hat. They will remain in place until Aug. 22, the county announced on Monday. Last week, Cypress County’s planning department announced it will ... Read More »
1 responseEnerplus sells majority interest in Glauc C oilfield to Journey Energy
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Enerplus has sold its majority interest in the Glauc C oilfield on Medicine Hat’s northeast edge for $140 million to a Calgary based junior oilfield producer with plans to grow. Journey Energy states in a company release announcing the sale in late July that the oil-weighted acquisition of the field and another from Enerplus ... Read More »
1 responseHat man charged with numerous firearms violations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man has been charged after police allege he pointed a loaded hand gun at a car near a playground in southwest Medicine Hat. A release from the Medicine Hat Police Service states the 27-year-old and another man were questioned after a report that one had pulled a pistol from his waistband ... Read More »
1 responseWorking on a hot tin roof
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 16th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has a fact sheet on working in hot temperatures, whether indoors or out. There are no regulations concerning a maximum work temperature as it depends on many other factors, such as humidity, air movement, exposure to sun and demands of the job. However, OHS recommends taking ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil re-examining project costs
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A oft-debated, but never-changed development subsidy program at city hall may not be needed once a general review of “off site” levies is completed this fall, a city hall consultant told council on Monday night. That might be possible as new costs and timing of road, sewer and water projects are folded into the ... Read More »
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