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Locals show strong at Provincial Music Festival
By Medicine Hat News on June 24th, 2022
Local performing artists continue to shine as they celebrate their successes at the 2022 Alberta Provincial Music Festival and prepare to represent Alberta at the upcoming Canada West Performing Arts Festival. Following performances at the Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival earlier this year, 27 local youth performing artists were nominated to compete in the provincial ... Read More »
1 responseEdmonton buying renewable energy from south
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Edmonton will contract renewable power from a wind farm planned to be built near Seven Persons and a solar field near Taber starting next year. Capstone Infrastructure acquired the 15-year-old proposal to build the Wild Rose II wind farm southwest of Medicine Hat last fall and announced this spring it planned ... Read More »
1 responseElder advocates want province to do more to protect seniors abuse
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society is urging provincial legislators to do more to protect seniors from abuse, an issue which affects approximately 9 per cent of Albertans over the age of 65. EAAS executive director Ruth Adria specifically called out MLAs who she says often refer elder abuse cases to the EAAS and ... Read More »
1 responseHomicide in Brooks
By medicinehatnews on June 24th, 2022
Woman was found dead in apartment June 22 ... Read More »
1 responseSpecial Olympics committee puts out fundraising call
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 23rd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Ahead of the 2026 Special Olympic Summer Games in Medicine Hat, the city’s chamber of commerce and game organizers have partnered to introduce a fundraising initiative targeted at local businesses. Announced Wednesday, the Corporate Friends of the Games initiative encourages chamber members to commit to annual donations which will help fund the games. Donations ... Read More »
1 responseOfficials tout alternative-sentencing program after first Drug Court graduate
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A man facing 10-14 years in prison on charges that he was part of a major drug ring to fuel his own habit has become the first graduate of Medicine Hat’s drug court – something a defence attorney says is an important milestone. Through the alternate sentencing system he will spend the next year ... Read More »
1 responseCFSEA dishes out $200K to non-profits for Founder’s Day Picnic
By Medicine Hat News on June 23rd, 2022
Donations totalling just under $200,000 were awarded to non-profit organizations across the region during the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta’s 30th annual Founder’s Day Picnic. The picnic, held June 8, was a chance to recognize and address crucial community needs – specifically mental health, economic revitalization and support for vulnerable populations – through CFSEA Community ... Read More »
1 responseN. Railway shelter decision delayed
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A decision on whether to allow an overnight homeless shelter on N. Railway Street has been postponed by the municipal planning commission, which told the applicant, the Mustard Seed, to consult with nearby business owners. At the same time the chair of the commission said Wednesday that the application to allow a two-year temporary ... Read More »
1 responseMilitary disposes of found ordnance
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 23rd, 2022
The Medicine Hat Police say an unexploded military ordnance found in the city on Tuesday has been disposed of. Medicine Hat officers were called to the area of 30th Street SW on Tuesday afternoon, just south of the airport, after a contractor working in the area unearthed the device. Police said via their social medias ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crowds a welcome sight again at teepee village for National Indigenous People’s Day
By James Tubb on June 22nd, 2022
KENDALL KING Local Journalism Initiative Reporter kking@medicinehatnews.com Southeast Albertans gathered at Saamis Employment and Training Association’s annual teepee village and powwow Tuesday, to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day. The annual event has been running for more than 15 years, however this year’s celebration is the first since the beginning of the pandemic. Event organizers and ... Read More »
3 responsesRedcliff Scholarship Committee hands out four worth $5K each
By James Tubb on June 22nd, 2022
Medicine Hat News The Redcliff Scholarship Committee for Advanced Education granted four Eagle Butte High School graduates with $5,000 scholarships, to help support them as they pursue post-secondary education. Eden McCarthy, Erica McCuaig, Breanne Neufeld and Amber Schneider were named the 2022 Redcliff Scholarship Award recipients Monday. All four graduates will be attending Medicine Hat ... Read More »
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