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Gwendoline Dirk officially nominated by NDP for Brooks-MH
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 25th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Alberta New Democrats have one local candidate in place ahead of the 2023 election and could have another soon, party officials tell the News. Gwendolin Dirk was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the Brooks-Medicine Hat riding on Thursday night at an event that drew 80 local supporters to hear MLA Shannon Phillips ... Read More »
1 responseFourth wettest June in 20 years, with days to spare
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 25th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews June is the wettest month in Medicine Hat, but this year hasn’t produced a record rainfall, though there is still time. Before Friday’s drizzling, the total rainfall in Medicine Hat for the month measured 94 millimetres, or just under four inches, through 23 days. That’s just above average (88 mm) and makes this the ... Read More »
1 responseSpiked gopher population causing major concern for farmers
By Samantha Johnson Special to the News on June 25th, 2022
Producers are talking about gophers this year as they have become a huge problem. Nichole Neubauer of Neubauer Farms said, “I wouldn’t be shocked if the numbers stayed fairly consistent but when we have no rain and the vegetation is limited, the impact of the gophers becomes so much more obvious.” Neubauer went flying with ... Read More »
1 responseBrooks man charged with second-degree murder in woman’s death
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 25th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Brooks man has been charged with homicide after a woman in that city was found dead by RCMP officers. Mounties with the Brooks detachment were called to an apartment shortly before noon on Wednesday after a response that a female was unresponsive. They found that 30-year-old Tamara Debbis Soosay, of Brooks, was dead. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagle Butte getting new vice principals
By Medicine Hat News on June 25th, 2022
Eagle Butte High School is welcoming two new vice-principals beginning in September. Greg Elgie, current vice-principal at Parkside Junior High School, has been with the division for the past 12 years. Lyall Foran is new to the division, having previously taught at Medicine Hat High School and coached baseball for various programs throughout the region... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northside trail will close for 3 weeks for lookout repairs
By Medicine Hat News on June 25th, 2022
A portion of McCutcheon Trail will be closed beginning June 27 for about three weeks, as city crews work to repair the McCutcheon Hill lookout. The closure will stretch between Altawana Drive and McCutcheon Drive. Signs will be posted... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: One more time for those in the back… clotheslines are legal
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 25th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Here’s a trick when you have to deliver bad news: Blame your boss. It really only works if there’s no reasonable chance it will ever get back to the boss, however. Which is sort of what happened this week in city council when Coun. Shila Sharps told administrators she’d received a complaint that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local highland dancers off to Scotland
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 25th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A group of seven Medicine Hat dancers are preparing for their upcoming trip to Scotland, where they will compete in several highland games, and vie for a chance to take part in the World Highland Dancing Championship. “We were supposed to go in 2020 but COVID said different,” McConnell School of Highland Dance director, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Permits up over last year thanks to housing, commercial
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Multiple-unit housing and new commercial projects pushed building permits in Medicine Hat higher last month. Figures from the city’s planning and development services department showed new single-family home permits remained even with eight in May compared to the same month one year earlier. That is two fewer for the first five months of the ... Read More »
1 responseTeenager gets probation for dropping pellet gun from pocket in liquor store
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A 19-year-old Hat man has been given one year probation after what appeared to be a gun fell out of his waistband at a city liquor store last year. The matter was heard Thursday morning in Medicine Hat provincial court where a jointly recommended sentence from defence and Crown attorneys was accepted. The man ... Read More »
1 responseEdmonton buying renewable energy from south
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Edmonton will contract renewable power from a wind farm planned to be built near Seven Persons and a solar field near Taber starting next year. Capstone Infrastructure acquired the 15-year-old proposal to build the Wild Rose II wind farm southwest of Medicine Hat last fall and announced this spring it planned ... Read More »
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