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Retiree social club seeks chapter in Medicine Hat
By JAMES TUBB on June 9th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat seniors have an opportunity to help bring a new social club to the city. The Canadian PROBUS retiree social club is looking to establish a new chapter in Medicine Hat to join eight others in Alberta. Dennis Pommen, PROBUS’s Alberta director, said the potential club in Medicine Hat isn’t looking to compete ... Read More »
1 responseSeniors’ Week in full swing at Veiner Centre
By KEDNALL KING, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER on June 8th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Veiner Centre staff are excited to celebrate community members aged 50 plus throughout Seniors’ Week, which runs from June 6-12. Beginning in 1986, Seniors’ Week aims to recognize seniors and their contributions to communities across Alberta. “In a community which has approximately 12,000 seniors, it becomes really important we are focusing that a larger ... Read More »
1 responseProcess for city manager underway
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat is now hiring a city manager, but nothing more was revealed Tuesday about the vacancy that opened up. Merete Heggelund was thanked by council before Monday night’s meeting for coming out of retirement to become interim city manager earlier this year. On the same day, a job posting for ... Read More »
1 responseCop accused of assault will have trial continued on Sept. 1
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A police officer accused of assaulting a teenager after his house was the target of a game of ding-dong ditch will have another day in court. Barry Myles Steiger was charged with one count of assault in June 2021 after police were called to investigated an incident on April 17 that year. At the ... Read More »
1 responseEmpress residents will elect new village council on Aug. 8 after resignations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Byelection day in Empress, Alta. will be Aug. 8 to choose an entirely new village council. The population centre in Special Areas No. 2 was left without political leadership as well as a chief administrator after resignations from the three-person village council in early May. A meeting of residents with the provincially appointed administrator ... Read More »
1 responseCypress County declares state of agricultural disaster again
By Medicine Hat News on June 8th, 2022
Cypress County has declared a state of agricultural disaster. The county made the announcement in a Tuesday release, noting that despite the recent rain, years of drought conditions have taken a toll on local farmers and their crops. “We’ve had a bunch of rain in the last few days, but some (areas) haven’t had any,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial power rebates will be applied automatically
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Provincial power rebates will be automatically applied to City of Medicine Hat bills this summer with no action required by ratepayers, according to city officials who warn against scam phone calls circulating in Alberta this week. In March the province announced $150 in relief for power customers facing high rates and record-high bills this ... Read More »
1 responseHeggelund, Van Enk step down from city admin roles
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 7th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Two senior officials are exiting city hall only months after they were hired to take over vacant positions. Merete Heggelund, a former city manager who came out of retirement to replace Bob Nicolay as the city’s top administrator, is stepping away due to have more free time in retirement, according to a statement read ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bikes and Boards event a rousing success
By JAMES TUBB on June 7th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Saturday’s Boards and Bikes community event was better than Cindy Organ ever expected. The front of house manager at Whisky District was the organizer behind the event hosted in the parking lot of Badlands Training Centre on Saturday afternoon. The event, in conjunction with Cyclepath and Boarding House, was geared toward giving people the ... Read More »
1 responseCrucial rain arrives as seeding wraps up in southern Alberta
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 7th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Seeding was completed before heavy rains rolled through southern Alberta over the weekend, according to the Alberta Crop report released late last week. That report, which includes conditions up to May 31, stated 86 per cent of cropland in southern Alberta was rated fair to poor for moisture content. Seeding had been completed ahead ... Read More »
1 responseRecalling a chance to mingle with royalty
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 7th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hatter is recalling the afternoon she was invited to tea at Buckingham Palace as celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign on the throne took place over the weekend. The Queen’s annual garden party typically includes an array of guests from the diplomatic world, the arts, civil society and everyday citizens of ... Read More »
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