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Leaky gas well causing parking headaches
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 24th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Canadian Pacific Railway is tackling an abandoned gas well leaking methane near S. Railway Street, but nearby business owners are not particularly happy about losing parking, or how the project is being explained to them. In June, the News was first to report that the railway was disputing ownership of an abandoned well in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delayed Redcliff Days set to go this weekend
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on August 24th, 2021
Redcliff Days attendees will have several events to take in as they wander around the town’s streets and parks this weekend. Planning began earlier in 2021 and was postponed from its original Father’s Day weekend to the end of August due to the COVID-19 restrictions still being in place at the time. “Everyone was very ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP wonder if separate child luring investigations involve same suspect
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 24th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties are investigating whether there is a connection to a child luring investigation in Gleichen last month and another in central Alberta. Sketches of the suspect in each bear a resemblance to the other, the RCMP stated on Monday, and they are circulating them in hopes of learning more from the public. On July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BATUS to move equipment along local highways over next couple of weeks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 24th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Military vehicles and freight will be moving along highways near CFB Suffield this week and again early next month, a notice from the base states. Armoured vehicles sent in and out of the region will move south to rail siding at the Trans-Canada Highway, south of Ralston until Wednesday. The daylight hour operation will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former News publisher remembered as vibrant lover of community
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 20th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Mike Hertz, publisher of the Medicine Hat News for 22 years, died Thursday after battling through recurring bouts of cancer over the past 10 years. He was 71. Friends in the city recalled his love of baseball, community work and support for the Rotary Club. Colleagues said his pride in the community was matched ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: It just keeps coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 20th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This column has complained both sides that the final weeks of August are the doldrums of news, or conversely that it’s downright uncivil how much is going on. Well, as the old Chinese proverb goes, here we go again… or was it something about living in interesting times? There’s a new dimension to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family Fun and Flight ‘COVID-sized’ but still a go
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 20th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Organizers of the Family Fun and Flight airshow say a “COVID-sized” show this weekend will help keep the nose pointed up on the annual exhibition of aircraft at the Medicine Hat Regional Airport. The event gets underway Sunday, with local aircraft and specialty cars on display, food trucks and tours of the city available ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A little more about the life of former publisher Mike Hertz
By Medicine Hat News on August 20th, 2021
Mike Hertz graduated from high school in 1968 and has four years at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He spent 13 years in the hospitality industry managing hotels and restaurants across Saskatchewan for a hospitality management company based in Moose Jaw. Mike started his career in newspapers in 1987 as an advertising representative for ... Read More »
1 responseOfficials in Havre hope to land part of major water upgrade program
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 20th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Water officials in Havre, Mont. are seeking a share of the massive U.S. infrastructure stimulus bill to upgrade drinking water in Hill County. This week, the state Governor’s office released its ranking of submissions from local authorities for US$250 million allotted to Montana for local water projects. Upgrades to the Milk River levee, potentially ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unowned junk yard cleanup underway, Alberta Infrastructure confirms
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 20th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New work is planned to clean up a former junk yard in Medicine Hat that has no owner, the News has learned. Alberta Infrastructure plans to conduct another environmental survey this fall toward an eventual cleanup effort of the former Hat Salvage site at 1248 and 1272 S. Railway Street. Those lots have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mural reflects Alexandra Middle’s core values through Indigenous culture
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 20th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com As students return to the halls of Alexandra Middle School, they’ll be greeted by a new mural in the main foyer – a painting that pays homage to the Indigenous roots of Alberta and to the school’s three core values. Todd Samuelson, principal, was discussing the school’s three core values – respect, integrity and ... Read More »
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