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Story of the Year: Strife at city hall dominates 2024
By medicinehatnews on January 2nd, 2025
@CollinGallant Sanctions, reversals, reports, a court-hearing, meetings with the province and simmering subtext during city council meetings – the tension at city hall is the top story of 2024. An audit of the city’s council procedures and potentially other underlaying issues of the rankled relationship is now underway as Medicine Hat heads into an election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks residents concerned with proposed solar power plant
By Medicine Hat News on January 2nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews One hundred Brooks residents have registered to oppose the construction of a solar power plant on the west side of that city, though regulators have already dismissed one-third of applications for full standing as they don’t live close enough to the proposed site. The Salt Flats Solar project would see renewables developer Pace Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four new railway logistics parks opened in Washington
By Medicine Hat News on January 2nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The major railroad operator in Montana has opened up four more pre-certified logistics parks in 2024, including sites in Spokane and the Port of Everett, Wash. BNSF Railway promotes the industrial parks as economic development efforts along its nationwide Class 1 rail network. It works with local developers to align servicing and access standards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elated parents welcome Medicine Hat’s New Year’s baby
By Medicine Hat News on January 2nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The first baby born in Medicine Hat in the New Year arrived about 90 minutes after the turn of the calendar to 2025. Mattias Luke Giesbrecht was born at 1:29 a.m. at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Wednesday morning, making him the unofficial New Year’s Baby for the region. He is the fourth child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council conflict took top spot, but it wasn’t the only big news story in 2024
By Collin Gallant on January 2nd, 2025
@@CollinGallant Court documents, debate and even formal decisions of city council to censure Mayor Linnsie Clark point to a fractious working relationship between the city’s chief elected official, other councillors and top administrators in 2024. It’s the Medicine Hat News story of the year, and comes one year after a widespread protest against high power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police seek aid identifying shoplifting suspect
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 31st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Police Service is seeking help from the public in regards to a series of local shoplifting incidents. On Dec 28, between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m, a male suspect and a believed accomplice visited local businesses and shoplifted several valuable pieces of merchandise. MHPS is seeking assistance in identifying one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Busy Christmas Eve for Brooks Mounties
By Medicine Hat News on December 31st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man spent Christmas in jail in Brooks after he was charged with assault with a weapon and resisting arrest in Tilley on Dec. 24. The RCMP state that the unnamed male left a house where he allegedly made threats against another party but was apprehended in a field nearby at about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber will welcome province in New Year
By Collin Gallant on December 31st, 2024
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat will welcome business leaders from across the province in 2025 as the local chamber of commerce hosts the Alberta Chamber’s policy conference in May. That is a special event to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Medicine Hat Board of Trade, which was the predecessor of the business group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pearson remembered as social advocate
By Collin Gallant on December 31st, 2024
@@CollinGallant Les Pearson, a two-term city alderman who often advocated for public service portfolio of local government during the 2010s, has died. Pearson, 78, passed away on Boxing Day. He was also the founding principal of Eagle Butte High School and the city’s first ever inclusion coordinator to improve city services for those with mobility ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who else stole headlines in 2024? A look at other newsmakers in the region
By Medicine Hat News on December 31st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Filmmaker Luke Fandrich won acclaim and awards for his documentary “Your Cinema Needs You” detailing the history of the Monarch Theatre in Medicine Hat and efforts by local Rotary Clubs to transform the historic theatre into a community hub. After local showings, the film from the local visual artist and filmmaker toured the international ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newsmaker of the Year: Untold history – Fandrich uncovers past of country’s oldest surviving movie theatre
By BRENDAN MILLER on December 31st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The story of Canada’s oldest surviving purpose-built movie theatre that opened its doors on Dec. 21, 1911, in a growing community located in southern Alberta, has been shared with the world through the lens of the 2024 Medicine Hat News Newsmaker of the Year. Luke Fandirch’s documentary Your Cinema Needs You shares the stories ... Read More »
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