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Saskatchewan’s budget includes highway upgrades in its southwest

By Medicine Hat News on April 8th, 2021

Three new sets of passing lanes between Kindersley and the Alberta boundary leading to Oyen are included in the new Saskatchewan Highways budget announced this week. The measures on Saskatchewan Highway 7 east of Alsask were highlighted on a list of projects in the $520-million annual capital plan from the Ministry of Highways. More localized ... Read More »

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Men face sex charges involving minors

By Medicine Hat News on April 8th, 2021

Four men in Medicine Hat have been charged with child luring and obtaining sex with minors in exchange for drugs, money and alcohol, local police announced Wednesday. They are also looking for more information from the public and potentially other victims to come forward. The Medicine Hat Police Service says officers began investigating a complaint ... Read More »

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Engineering technology students will develop MH College’s master plan

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 8th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Built Environment Engineering Technology students at Medicine Hat College are using their skills to develop a campus master plan. “A campus master plan creates a framework that takes the strategic direction of a post-secondary institution and formulates it into action, connecting the vision with building, transportation, landscape and effective utilization of the facility,” the ... Read More »

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Planning commission delays daytime shelter approval

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 8th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new daytime shelter for homeless people is on hold after Wednesday’s meeting of the municipal planning commission in Medicine Hat. Three dozen residents appeared in the gallery of council chambers for the meeting that concluded with a permit application for a new shelter at 435 N. Railway St., tabled until operators could present ... Read More »

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Police taking AHS’s cues on church service

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 7th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City police say Alberta Health Services will decide whether fines or charges should be levelled against a Medicine Hat church that says it held a full service on Easter Sunday in disregard of pandemic restrictions. Local officers were near the scene of the Heights Baptist Church over the weekend, observing but not interacting with ... Read More »

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Bob Wilkie of I Got Mind hosting webinars with MHC to discuss trauma, loss and grief

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 7th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Medicine Hat College, on behalf of the Brandon Niwa Legacy Fund, is partnering with I Got Mind to host two Zoom webinar sessions around the topics of trauma, loss and grief. The first session takes place Monday at 7 p.m. beginning with Bob Wilkie, president of IGM, sharing his personal experience of the 1986 ... Read More »

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Hat High will be the Hawks

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 7th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi After months of brainstorming and weeks of voting, Medicine Hat High School has a new name – the Hat High Hawks. Boris Grisonich made the announcement the school would be changing its nickname in September, saying “Mohawks” and “Kwahommies” would no longer be used. “After a few years of conversation with our staff and ... Read More »

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Enbridge brings solar facility in Forty Mile online

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 7th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Enbridge has brought a new solar power facility near Burdett online in just six month in order to cut the carbon footprint of the pipeline giant. Alberta Solar One, a 10-megawatt solar panel array that covers a half section of land in the county of Forty Mile, was operating on March 24, the company ... Read More »

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Medicine Hat public will not take part in curriculum pilot project

By Medicine Hat News on April 7th, 2021

Late afternoon on Tuesday, the Medicine Hat Public School Division posted a statement on its website announcing it will not be participating in the piloting of Alberta’s new K-6 curriculum this fall. “We do not support the curriculum as presented, as it would set back Alberta’s world-class education system in a manner damaging to the ... Read More »

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Streak ends with shootout loss to Calgary

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on April 7th, 2021

mccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers had a five-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Monday night at Co-op Place. After taking the first two games of a weekend set, the Tigers fell short of the sweep in the third round of the sudden-death skills competition. Calgary took hold ... Read More »

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