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Gas plants plan for power
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A new power plant at the Empress natural gas straddle plant owned by Pembina Pipelines will join the Alberta grid supply mix on Wednesday, regulators have announced. The 47-megawatt natural gas co-generation plant was announced in 2019, then delayed but then re-approved as energy prices fluctuated wildly in 2020. Ground was broken on the ... Read More »
1 responseAccess to tepee limited
By Medicine Hat News on July 27th, 2022
Access to the Saamis Tepee will be restricted today – likely continuing into Thursday – as the city conducts its annual inspection and carries out required structural maintenance. Work is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. this morning, which will result in the closure of the area directly below and around the teepee. Signs will ... Read More »
1 responseDebate descends on the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 27th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Candidates to lead the province may take off the gloves during a party leadership forum tonight in Medicine Hat, but several are also planning to kick up their heels and campaign during Stampede Week in the Gas City. The seven candidates will answer questions and debate on stage for two hours at the HALO ... Read More »
1 responseStampede vendors gear up for return of big crowds
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Roy Gale’s two-year layoff is over as the 102-year-old member of the Lion’s Club reported for duty on Tuesday to chop onions required to keep the Lions’ Kitchen in good supply this Medicine Hat Stampede. Members of the service club were busy at the distinctive yellow and purple booth at the heart of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parade set to take off from Second Street on Thursday at 9 a.m.
By Medicine Hat News on July 27th, 2022
Here’s what you need to know about road closures, parking access and transit options, as the annual Stampede Parade returns to Medicine Hat on Thursday. The parade departs from Second Street SE, near the police station, at 9 a.m., turning onto Altawana Drive, then continuing to First Street SE, Fifth Avenue SE, Second Street SE, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training for the worst
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 27th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com For the past three weeks, CFB Suffield has been host to more than 380 military personnel from 13 different NATO countries, participating in live-agent chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear precise response training. Formerly known as Exercise Precise Response, the training aims to enhance existing understandings of and responses to CBRN warfare and through multi-national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senior’s scooter stolen
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 27th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local police are asking for tips to recover a red mobility scooter that was stolen from a home in Riverside late last week. The 2022 model “GIO” brand scooter went missing from the an address on the 100 Block of Third Street NE, on Friday. There is some minor damage on the rear left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wadman takes home Juror’s Choice Award at Stampede Visual Arts show
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Special to the News on July 27th, 2022
Recently retired art teacher, Chuck Wadman, was the winner of the Adult Juror’s Choice Award at Visual Arts 2022. Quonset had two ribbons beside it, first place for digitally enhanced or manipulated photography and the second as the Juror’s Choice Award. On its own section of wall in the lobby just outside the Sierra Room, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local family denied access to extended child care
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 26th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A Medicine Hat family feels they’ve been left in the lurch following the local YMCA’s decision to end after-school and summer care for their 13-year-old disabled daughter, due to her age. Ryan and Kalle Kingsley first contacted the YMCA about extending care for their daughter, Madi, in September of 2021. Madi, who has Rett ... Read More »
1 responseStage set for Wednesday’s UCP leadership debate
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The stage is set for the first United Conservative Party leadership debate in Medicine Hat with seven candidates taking part at the HALO airport hanger on Wednesday. Former Calgary city councillor Jeff Davison will moderate the debate that is scheduled for two-hours beginning at 5 p.m. Three main themes, according to a party release, ... Read More »
1 responseTwo of a Kind bring family-friendly, danceable show to Stampede
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON, Special to the News on July 26th, 2022
Taking to the North Stage by Higdon Hall each day of the Stampede at 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. is the husband-and-wife duo Two of a Kind. The duo have been playing together for about 10 years and have a steady following in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. This is their first time ... Read More »
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