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South zone facing daily red alerts
By KENDALL KING , Local Journalism Iniative Reporter on September 23rd, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com As the province’s health-care system plunges deeper into a state of public health emergency, with ICUs overflowing and many hospital procedures being cancelled, emergency medical services are also being pushed to the brink. A spokesperson from the Health Sciences Association of Alberta has confirmed to the News Wednesday that EMS in the South zone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four-way race for mayor in Redcliff
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 23rd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews There is a four-way race for mayor in Redcliff, including incumbent candidate Dwight Kilpatrick and former mayor Ernie Reimer. Current council town member Shawna Gale and challenger Mark Payne are also running for the town’s top elected position after a list of candidates was released following nomination day Monday toward the Oct. 18 municipal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat reacts to loss of Turner
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 23rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Reactions continue to flow in after the death of city councillor Jim Turner on Tuesday following a medical emergency at his home. Friends and colleagues posted messages of grief and remembrance for the local businessman who helped create the brown bag lunch program for school kids and ran the Medicine Hat and District Food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aurora Cannabis delays release of year-end report
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 23rd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Aurora Cannabis has delayed the release of its year-end financial report, originally due on Tuesday, to the end of September. Local interest in the report is high as the company is soliciting offers to lease out or sell the partially complete Aurora Sun cannabis production facility in northwest Medicine Hat. That proposal, handled by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carnival for Big Brothers, Big Sisters slated for Saturday
By KENDALL KING on September 22nd, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com This Saturday Davis GMC Buick will be hosting a fall carnival in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Medicine Hat & District. The carnival will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 100 per cent of proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Attendees can join in carnival games and axe throwing, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TC Energy deal to breathe new life into paused wind project
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A deal with TC Energy will breathe new life into a paused wind project near Oyen as they agreed to purchase all the power produced from the Sharp Hills Wind Farm – production once earmarked for the provincial grid at record low green power prices. Spanish-based renewable utility developer EDPR won a supply contract ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glow Ride Friday
By KENDALL KING on September 22nd, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com This Friday, Bike Medicine Hat will be hosting a community Glow Ride through the downtown. Participants can decorate their bicycles and outfits with glow sticks, lights, or reflective materials. The ride will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Esplanade. Cyclists of all skill levels are welcome. Carter Gramlich, chair of the organization, told the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Municipal candidates forum planned for Thursday
By JAMES TUBB on September 22nd, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb If any Medicine Hat voters want to put a face to the name of their city council candidates, they can this Thursday. The Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede is putting on a mayoral and councillor forum Thursday at the Stampede Auditorium for the upcoming municipal elections. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the forum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motz secures 30,142 votes
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 22nd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The margin of victory for Conservative incumbent Glen Motz grew slightly overnight as all polling stations and advanced polls reported in the riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Motz secured 30,142 votes in the 44th General Election on Monday and was returned to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament. That total represents about 65.3 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Councillors hear lengthy presentations in second-last meeting of the term
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In the second-last meeting of the term, city councillors heard lengthy presentations Monday on the city’s new website as well as a run-through of 43 city projects paid for with federal and provincial grants. Council heard the changes to the site that debuted last week are part of a new “citizen facing digital strategy.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glen Motz wins third election in five years
By Scott Schmidt on September 21st, 2021
Glen Motz handily retained the riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner on Monday night, but said the overall result of the 44th General Election will be “a deep, deep disappointment,” for Canadians. Motz’s Conservatives failed to capitalize on a mid-campaign surge in the short, five-week campaign, and Canadian voters were likely to return a minority Liberal government ... Read More »
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