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Stampede 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!Two 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 »
1 responseWorden investigation cost $17,860
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The cost of a third-party investigation that led to the resignation of Medicine Hat police chief Mike Worden has been revealed, but not much else. A response seen by the News to an official request for information through the provincial privacy commissioner shows that the Medicine Hat Police Commission paid $17,860 to a law ... Read More »
1 responseTwo fatal collisions in southern Alberta on Friday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 26th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews RCMP reported two fatal collisions in southern Alberta on Friday, including one on Highway 3 southwest of Lethbridge and another near Strathmore. RCMP say a 62-year-old man was killed and his passenger seriously injured when a semi-truck rear-ended his pickup and another vehicle at an intersection east of Brocket on the Piikani Nation. The ... Read More »
1 responsePlant ID walks slated for Saturday
By Medicine Hat News on July 26th, 2022
From ground cover plants to towering trees, Medicine Hat is home to a wide variety of vegetation. To help Hatters familiarize themselves with the city’s many plant species, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program, in partnership with the Society of Grasslands Naturalists, Land Stewardship Centre and the Alberta Invasive Species Council, is offering two guided plant ... Read More »
1 responseLocal 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 »
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