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Council candidate from 2021 becomes first to register for municipal election
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The first candidate for city council elections is officially registered – 2021 council candidate and web-journalist Kelly Allard. Her name appears on the city’s 2025 election list of candidates, which until now has been blank since the official nomination period opened on Jan. 1. This year all municipal and school board voters in Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Property tax assessment notices now posted on database
By Medicine Hat News on March 7th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The city assessment department posted a searchable assessment database last week, but officially posted notices on Thursday. Those should begin arriving with Hat property owners ahead of tax rate adjustment by city council in May that will finalize tax bills. City council last December approved a 5.6 per cent municipal property tax increase as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ALERT says drug bust included man who served prison term for manslaughter
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Organized crime investigators in Medicine Hat allege that a man released from prison on a manslaughter conviction in 2022 soon began working in the drug trade between Calgary and Medicine Hat. Abdullah Mela, 28, was arrested in Brooks on Feb. 28 by RCMP officers, and investigators say they seized more than a kilogram on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!175+ vendors to showcase SE Alberta Home and Leisure show
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 6th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Southeast Alberta Home and Leisure Trade Show is right around the corner, and this year aims to be bigger and better than ever. Over 175 vendors signing up has resulted in a completely packed Cypress Centre, says events manager Brad Tajiri. “We have businesses from the city, from Cypress County, the Brooks-Newell region, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters battle two structure fires; responded to more than 200 calls for service in February
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 6th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Throughout the year’s shortest month, local firefighters report responding to two structure fires and 10 outside fires, as well as 28 motor vehicles accidents in the more than 200 calls for service they received in February. The Medicine Hat Fire and Emergency Services also responded to 36 medical calls, 59 fire alarm calls and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith takes hardest stance yet with U.S., introduces several tariff counter measures
By Collin Gallant on March 6th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Premier Danielle Smith issued her strongest message to date against U.S. tariffs during a press conference in Medicine Hat on Wednesday, saying the province holds a “trump card” with vast petroleum reserves, but would also welcome greater integration of the energy sector if the dispute is amicably settled. “They are unjustified and a clear ... Read More »
1 responseMHIP upcoming nature walk won’t stink as it covers the elusive skunk
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 6th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The latest nature walk from the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program invites those curious to get to know one of their more elusive neighbours, the skunk. “Quiet, intriguing and occasionally smelly,” as MHIP describes them, this walk will allow residents to learn more about these curious beats, who share traits with both cats and dogs. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tired of tariff talk? Here’s other top topics tackled at Tuesday’s UCP town hall
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 6th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com As trade war talks dominate headlines across the country, and politicians announce new retaliatory measures, many southern Albertans continue to struggle with the rising cost of living, and pressed Premier Danielle Smith to address their concerns with that, water allocations for coal mining, health-care spending and more during a recent town hall discussion in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!80-turbine wind farm plan near Oyen going to regulatory hearing
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A plan to erect more than 80 wind towers just north of the town of Oyen in two phases will move to a regulatory hearing this spring. The Alberta Utilities Commission states the entire project, located about 8 kilometres north of Oyen adjacent to Highways 9 and 41, would comprise 147 quarter-sections. Developer, RES, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One man in hospital after Tuesday night stabbing in Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP are investigating a stabbing that occurred Tuesday night, sending one man to hospital in Calgary with severe but non life-threatening injuries. Mounties responded to a call in the south industrial area of the city at about 7:22 p.m. on March 4 and found the man who had been stabbed in the chest. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New border security teams starting up with interdiction patrol units
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The province will spend $15 million to upgrade weigh stations near provincial boundaries, including the commercial inspection station at Dunmore, to house new “interdiction patrol” units of the Alberta Sheriffs. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis made the announcement on Wednesday in Medicine Hat, stating upgrades at Dunmore, Coutts and in the Crowsnest Pass, will ... Read More »
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