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Correction: Incorrect email address published in MHC C4i story

By Medicine Hat News on January 19th, 2023

In a story on Wednesday, “MHC launches C4i to support industry innovation,” the email for Chelsey Ehresman, manager of the Centre for Innovation at the college is incorrect. Her email address is cehresman@mhc.ab.ca for anyone wishing to connect with or learn more about C4i... Read More »

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Hat among those getting ‘Zeller’s experience’ at the Bay

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 19th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat is one of 25 initial locations in Canada where a relaunched Zeller’s outlet will occupy space within its parent brand, the Bay. That company announced Wednesday morning that the new online-focused effort will be coupled with a physical “in-store” experience at three locations in Alberta among about two dozen across the nation. ... Read More »

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City says it’s still planning Invest MH reset

By COLLIN GALLANT on January 19th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A reset for Invest Medicine Hat may not arrive until later this winter, but officials with the city’s economic development office say work is continuing. That will include an initial bridging of economic development stimulus grants that are typically set in two-year blocks, but expired with the last city budget at the end of ... Read More »

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Zeller’s shop planned for Hat

By Collin Gallant on January 18th, 2023

Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat is one of 25 initial locations in Canada where a relaunched Zeller’s outlet will occupy space within space of its parent brand, The Bay. That company announced Wednesday morning that the new online-focused effort will be coupled with a physical “in-store” experience at three locations in Alberta among about two ... Read More »

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CF signs Japan energy deal

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 18th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews CF Industries has an agreement to supply “clean ammonia” to one of Japan’s largest power companies, it announced Tuesday, to be used in one of the first-ever hydrogen-coal dual fuel power plants. That would require 500,000 tonnes per year of ammonia beginning in 2027, as Japanese utility giant JERA plans to open the world’s ... Read More »

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Historical Society to honour the late Allan Jensen at upcoming ‘show and tell’

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 18th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Historical Society will open its 2023 program of events with a “show and tell” evening at the Esplanade in honour of past president Allan Jensen on Jan. 26. Jensen, who died two years ago, was a longtime society volunteer who was especially fond of the event which asks members to bring ... Read More »

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Capital Power to sell to Shaw from solar facility near Enchant

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 18th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Capital Power has shored up power sales from its recently completed “Clydesdale Solar” facility near Enchant, Alta. with a power purchase agreement with Shaw Communications. Half the power at the 75-megawatt capacity solar field was locked in by Labatt Breweries in April 2021, spurring a name change from “Enchant Solar” to align with the ... Read More »

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Brooks RCMP seek suspect who stole car, injured driver in getaway

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 18th, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Brooks are looking for a man they say injured the owner of a car that was being stolen. A release from the Brooks detachment states at 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning a resident was warming up his vehicle and returned to find an unknown man in the car. The owner attempted to ... Read More »

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Arena land sale falls through

By COLLIN GALLANT on January 18th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall and a local developer are both stepping back from a three-year-old proposed deal to see the Medicine Hat Arena site turned into a higher-end residential tower, according to a release Tuesday morning. NewRock Developments and the city’s land office came to a tentative sales agreement in 2019 to swap the land in ... Read More »

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MHC launches C4i to support industry innovation

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 18th, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com In October last year, Medicine Hat College launched the Centre for Innovation (C4i). A resource for the business community, C4i connects industry with research expertise, new tools and technology and space they can utilize. Manager Chelsey Ehresman says, “Lots of our businesses are small and medium sized so it doesn’t financially make sense for ... Read More »

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Pecha Kucha returns Friday at the Esplanade with 10 local presenters

By Medicine Hat News on January 18th, 2023

Medicine Hat Public Library is hosting its next Pecha Kucha Night on Friday at the Esplanade, doors open 7:30 p.m. A Japanese word roughly translated to mean ‘chit-chat,’ Pecha Kucha is a public speaking event at which a handful of Medicine Hat and area community members deliver short presentations on a variety of topics. Each ... Read More »

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