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RCMP seek suspect after dogs allegedly ran over intentionally near Bindloss
By Medicine Hat News on January 28th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Mounties in Oyen are looking for information about a vehicle they believe was intentionally used to run over two dogs near Bindloss. RCMP said Monday that a white sedan was travelling on Railway Avenue in the hamlet on Sunday at about 10 a.m. It was seen to accelerate and swerve off the road where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local casino owners want court to break deadlock
By Collin Gallant on January 28th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Local interests attempting to gain full control of the Copper Coulee Casino told a court hearing they are being blocked from exercising their rights to buy it outright during the court-ordered restructuring of another business partner. Medicine Hat businessman Albert Stark and Canalta Hotels group owner Cam Christianson each own 25 per cent of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!United Nurses holds morale-boosting rally ahead of bargaining
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 28th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Health-care workers and their families took to the downtown sidewalks on Saturday, an echo of the start of the famous 1988 UNA strike. The rally, headed by the United Nurses of Alberta as part of a province-wide date of action, had members braving the chill outside city hall as they carried signs to show ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD families invited to student social media presentation and Q&A
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 28th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Tonight parents and guardians who have children enrolled in the Medicine Hat Public School Division are invited to attend a one-hour presentation and answer period hosted by Madison Cameron, a youth specialist with the centre for trauma informed practice, to discuss the impacts of social media. “Not so Different After All” is presented by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lots on tap to mark 125 years of firefighting in the Hat
By Medicine Hat News on January 28th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Fire Service will mark its 125th anniversary this year with a charity gala, several open houses and hosting a regional “firefit” competition event this spring. City council’s public services committee heard Monday that a number of other initiatives are planned to highlight organized firefighting that began in Medicine Hat in 1900. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CHHS’s Shrek the Musical promises much more than a familiar story
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 28th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Crescent Heights High School is bringing to the stage a story many have seen before, but never quite like this, with their latest production: Shrek the Musical. Director Jennifer Davies explained that she had previously been in a production of the show in 2013, but wanted to wait to bring it back to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP: Dogs run over in Bindloss
By Collin Gallant on January 27th, 2025
Medicine Hat News Update: The RCMP now believes this incident was accidental in nature and they consider the case closed. Mounties in Oyen are looking for information about a vehicle that they believe was intentionally used to run over two dogs near Bindloss. RCMP said on Monday that a white sedan was travelling on Railway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Staff and student information from 2010 upwards accessed in large-scale cyber attack; free identity protection services offered
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 25th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Friday the Medicine Hat Public School Division received an update from PowerSchool, a third-party cloud platform, relaying direct impacts that apply to local schools following a data breach that affected hundreds of schools in Canada and the U.S. at the beginning of the month. On Jan. 9, both MHPSD and the Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Blue Cross puts out call for Indigenous scholarship applicants
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 25th, 2025
Indigenous students across the province are encouraged to apply for Alberta Blue Cross Scholarships, with the deadline to apply being Jan. 31. The Alberta Blue Cross offers nine scholarships of $1,500 to Indigenous students every year through their Indigenous scholarship program. The scholarships are awarded based on personal goals, financial need and community involvement. Previously ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Blue Cross challenges residents to winter walk
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 25th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Tens of thousands of Albertans will be heading outside to brave the chill on Feb. 5, as part of Winter Walk Day 2025. A shared initiative of the Government of Alberta, SHAPE Alberta, Fitness Alberta, TrailNet, In Motion, Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, Ever Active Schools, Alberta Blue Cross and Alberta Motor Association, Winter Walk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skateboard Association sets lofty goal in second year of period poverty drive
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 25th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association is looking to end period poverty in the city with a returning outreach campaign. This is the second year the association has done a drive to collect menstrual products for the Root Cellar Food and Wellness Hub, but Davie James said that this year, they’re planning a bit bigger. ... Read More »
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