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Around 10,000 Hatters attended Together Again festival downtown
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Upwards of 10,000 Hatters attended the Together Again weekend festival held downtown in mid-September, put on by the City of Medicine Hat and mostly paid for by a federal government grant. That estimate was given at Monday’s meeting of council’s public services committee along with an overview of the first summer season of the ... Read More »
5 responsesInterschool mountain bike club gaining traction in Medicine Hat
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com At the Medicine Hat Public School Division public board meeting on Tuesday, teachers Mike Fehr, and Brian Heidinger gave a presentation about the interschool mountain bike club. Fehr explained how the club got started and its growth. Last spring they had 48 students signed up with about 40 of them coming out each week. ... Read More »
5 responsesArena site could be re-zoned, no word on sale
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Arena may soon have land classification, but there is relatively little new information about a sale of the decommissioned rink in the North Flats for a housing development. On Wednesday, the city applied to the municipal planning commission to rezone the property, which was conditionally sold three years ago and tagged ... Read More »
11 responsesPolice investigating alleged altercation between YMCA staff member and child
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The YMCA of Medicine Hat says it has launched an internal investigation and also notified Medicine Hat police after an alleged altercation between a child and staff member on Tuesday. The incident occurred at the YMCA’s Crestwood before- and after-school facility. “We want to assure the community that we take incidents such as this ... Read More »
3 responsesTwo animals common to SE Alberta examined on Hinterland Who’s Who
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews New episodes of Hinterland Who’s Who examine two animals common to Southeast Alberta. The Canadian Wildlife Federation now produces the iconic vignettes which appeared on TV for decades and posts the videos and accompanying information to its website. The pronghorn and long-billed curlew, the largest shore bird in North America, are the featured in ... Read More »
3 responsesStolen Jeep crashes through garage, driver gets away from city police, K9s
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A stolen Jeep smashed into a front garage in Crescent Heights on Wednesday morning before the driver eluded police with tracking dogs in the search. Medicine Hat police say the crash occurred at 5:54 a.m. when a Jeep Grand Cherokee, later found to have been stolen in Brooks, hit the door and sidewall of ... Read More »
2 responsesHow The Hell Did I Get Here?: Exploring the road to healing
By DOMINIQUE HIRSCH Special to the News on September 29th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The road to healing a mental illness can be long, arduous and full of missteps along the way. ‘How the Hell Did I Get Here?’ published six months ago by local author, Shannon Mondor will take you through her journey of addiction and her eventual healing. Mondor held a book signing at the Cypress ... Read More »
1 responseLocal players hold their own at Medicine Hat Open chess tournament
By Medicine Hat Chess Club Special to the News on September 28th, 2022
The Medicine Hat Chess Club held its 25th Annual Medicine Hat Open chess tournament on Sept. 17-18 weekend. The club welcomed 22 players from various parts of Alberta. Of this number, 11 were new to our event. Five players from Medicine Hat participated, and performed well in our five-round, Swiss-style event. There was a three-way ... Read More »
4 responsesVeiner Centre members have opportunity for free one-on-one counselling
By KENDALL KING on September 28th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Family Services and the Veiner Centre are continuing a partnership which provides free short-term counselling for seniors, with the goal of supporting positive mental health and wellbeing for those 50-plus. Established in the early 2000s, the partnership brings a certified counsellor from MHFS to the Veiner Centre each month to meet with ... Read More »
4 responsesNotley criticizes UCP for ‘chasing doctors’ away in visit to Medicine Hat
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 28th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com NDP leader Rachel Notley spoke outside Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Tuesday about the state of health care in Alberta, touching on the dozens of rural hospitals that have partially closed, Albertans who don’t have access to a family doctor, and the lack of continuity of care. “We know that here there are currently no ... Read More »
14 responsesBrooks man dies in head-on collision
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 28th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Brooks man has died after a head-on collision between his car and a semi-truck on Monday night. RCMP officers say the accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. southwest of Brooks on Highway 36, near Highway 873. EMS pronounced the 46-year-old male driver of the car deceased. The driver of the transport truck was not ... Read More »
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