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Several events in Medicine Hat to finish off the summer
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Summer in the city is extending into September with warm weather and a number of events on the calendar. A list of special events for those looking to get out and about: – Art in Motion will feature a number of events from Towne Square to the Esplanade along First Street downtown, including the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of modulars moved to John Paul II School
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 15th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education had its first meeting of the current school year on Tuesday, with superintendent Dwayne Zarichny asking for housekeeping approval to move two modulars from St. Michael’s School to Ecole St. John Paul II School. The modulars have already been moved and are in place at the cost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small crowd engages with council at town hall
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 15th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A small crowd of about 50 people attended a town hall Wednesday at Medicine Hat Public Library to engage with local elected officials. Chief librarian Ken Feser moderated the event, with Mayor Linnsie Clark and six councillors sitting on the panel. Feser asked the audience to be civil and respectful during the event, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional jobless rate ticks up in August
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 15th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local unemployment rose in August, according to new figures released by the Alberta government on Wednesday. The jobless rate last month sat at 6.2 per cent in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region. That’s up from 5.9 per cent the previous month and well above the August 2022 rate of 3.6 per cent. Unemployment rose in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Hatter Ron Sakamoto nominated for CMA award
By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers on September 15th, 2023
Ron Sakamoto and Australian promoter Rob Potts spent six years together on the board of the Country Music Association. In those years, they developed a friendship that lasted until Potts’ death in a motorcycle crash on the west coast of Tasmania in 2017. Potts, who ran a company called Entertainment Edge, was one of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP energy critic slams Smith’s renewables pause
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 15th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Critics are pointing out the potential impact of halting new green energy projects within the riding of Premier Danielle Smith, but the government is calling the analysis partisan. United Conservative officials are also pointing to polls that suggest the pause until early 2024 on giving the regulatory OK for wind and solar projects is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede board removes president over internal dispute, legal fight could follow
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 15th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A dispute on the Medicine Hat Stampede board has led to the removal of the group’s president, and could lead to a legal challenge, the News has learned. Darlene Keeler became president of the Exhibition & Stampede company in early 2023, and was lauded as the first female to ever hold the position during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hut 8 shareholders overwhelmingly approve merger with U.S. Bitcoin
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 14th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Shareholders in Hut 8 Cryptocurrency have approved a merger with U.S. Data Mining Group (U.S. Bitcoin) as a special vote announced Tuesday. The all-stock merger was announced last winter with companies stating the resulting firm would create on the largest publicly traded entities in the cryptocurrency sector. The new company would be called “Hut ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff, Dunmore inclusion in power payout bucks old trend
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 14th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters will begin seeing relief credits applied to power bills in late September, but so too will residents of Redcliff and Cypress County who live within the city’s power franchise area. That goes against the historical view at city hall – endorsed by successive councils over decades – that profits from Medicine Hat’s publicly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP education critic hosting roundtable discussion tonight at MHPL
By Medicine Hat News on September 14th, 2023
Rakhi Pancholi, the new Official Opposition critic for education, will be at Medicine Hat Public Library this evening for a roundtable on education. Pancholi is the NDP MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud. As a lawyer, she practised in education, labour and employment and privacy law with the Alberta School Boards Association. She was also the senior legislative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!75-year-old Hatter killed in Sask. highway collision
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 14th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man has died in eastern Saskatchewan after the SUV he was driving collided with a semi-truck about halfway between Saskatoon and Rosetown. The crash occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, sending the lone passenger in the vehicle to hospital with serious injuries. The unnamed driver, described by Saskatchewan RCMP as ... Read More »
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