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Cypress County hosting Canadian Sheepdog Championships in August
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 31st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com A showcase of the natural talents of working breed dogs, the 2024 Canadian Sheepdog Championships will be racing across the fields of Cypress County later this month. The competition is part of the Canadian Border Collie Association, and will attract dogs and their handlers from across the country, as well as internationally, to showcase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province to lower cost barriers for younger people entering agriculture sector
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 31st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The province of Alberta is looking to further incentivize the new generation to pursue careers in agriculture with changes to the Next Generation Loan Program. Over the past 20 years, the number of young and middle-aged producers in agriculture has seen steep declines, while the number of farmers over 55 has increased, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community View Lions keeping busy in club’s 15th year
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 31st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Community View Lions Club is looking to bolster its 17-member group to keep up a busy schedule serving and connecting with the community, as the club has for the past 15 years. Originally chartered in 2009, the club was originally known as the Crescent Heights Lions Club, but has since updated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officers, suspect injured during weekend weapons call
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 30th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Several police officers were treated for injuries following a high-risk weapons complaint Saturday afternoon. In the early afternoon hours of July 27 police surrounded a four-plex on SW Hill responding to a weapons complaint in the building located in the 200 block of Eighth Street SW. According to an online post both police and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Vibrancy Grant application window opens
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 30th, 2024
The City of Medicine Hat is now accepting applications for its Community Vibrancy Grant. The application window opened Monday and runs to Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. The 2025 Community Vibrancy Grant application intake has two funding streams, community project and activities, and annual festivals and special events. The community project and activities stream has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sunshine, rodeo and parade attract large attendance according to Stampede officials
By BRENDAN MILLER on July 30th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Another edition of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is in the books and officials are reporting large crowds on the grounds Wednesday to Saturday after looking at early ticket sales and gate entry numbers. The midway opened Wednesday afternoon on a blistering hot afternoon to moderate crowds, however the grounds started filling up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2,000 km bike tour of Alberta’s cancer centres ends in Medicine Hat
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 30th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com After more than a month – and 2,000-plus kilometres – 80-year-old Art Brochu’s journey to every cancer centre in the province is at an end. The trip, which began in Fort McMurray in mid-June, concluded at the Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre on Monday morning. For Brochu, the feeling is bittersweet. “It is nice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SMRID will meet nine-inch water allocation but unlikely to move past it
By Medicine Hat News on July 30th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The St. Mary’s Irrigation District told members it expects to meet a recently increased allocation to irrigators in 2024, but likely won’t increase it any further as users across the province grapple with storage concerns. SMRID, the largest irrigation in Alberta, initially cut allocation in half for the growing season in the spring when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC to offer new program for front desk hospitality workers
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 30th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College, in collaboration with the Medicine Hat Accommodation Association and the province, is launching a new Front Desk Fundamentals program this fall. The eight-week program, designed by MHC’s Extended Learning department, looks to build on the skills of front desk employees in member hotels. “The Medicine Hat Accommodation Association is very excited ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lifelong locals realize lifelong dream as Stampede Royalty
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 30th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Competitors Charlie Christie and Charlatan Sandford emerged from the dirt of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Grandstand as the 2024 Stampede Queen and Princess, and are looking forward to taking on their year together. The crowning came as a complete shock, said Christie on Friday night, immediately after receiving the honour. “I’m so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court ruling, city budget, HR data due in months ahead
By Collin Gallant on July 27th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council enters its traditional summer hiatus in early August, but several key headline issues are coming to the fore when it returns next month. Last week, council shelved a final decision on new spending proposed for the 2025-26 budget, and since the spring has awaited analysis of financial disclosure sought by Mayor Linnsie ... Read More »
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