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Senior in custody on firearms offences after serious incident Sunday
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A 67-year old man is in police custody and charged with several firearms offences following a serious incident which occurred in the Northland area of Crescent Heights over the weekend. Medicine Hat police received reports of an armed individual involved in a domestic dispute Sunday at approximately 3 p.m. Police responded to a residence ... Read More »
1 responseOpen session workshop coming for Parks and Rec master plan
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Members of the city’s Public Services Committee received an update on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan during their Monday meeting. The master plan, which is an amalgamation of the 2010 Parks System Management Plan and the 2011 Recreation Master Plan, aims to determine how local environmental spaces and facilitates should most efficiently be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reservations opening soon for Gas City Campground, Echo Dale
By Medicine Hat News on January 11th, 2022
Reservations for Gas City Campground and Echo Dale Campground will open on Monday. Gas City Campground is set to open its gates on Friday, April 29, followed by Echo Dale on Friday, June 3. Adding to the camping experience this year will be two new comfort cabins available for reservation at Gas City Campground. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PPE slow to arrive for local schools as classes start
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Some local schools began receiving shipments of masks and COVID-19 rapid test kits on Monday, however others will have to make do without, school representatives say. As of Monday morning, no schools within Medicine Hat or surrounding area had received shipments, but by noon several had. As of Monday evening, Prairie Rose Public Schools ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat’s public schools anticipate class interruptions
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com An email sent from the Medicine Hat Public School Division to parents Sunday warns of possible class, grade and school closures as a result of teacher absences. Excerpts from the email read: “The latest wave of the pandemic may prove to be our most challenging yet. Because we no longer receive information from Alberta ... Read More »
4 responsesLocal unemployment spikes in December, but remains below 2020 levels
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Unemployment in Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region rose by a full percentage point in December, but remained well below last year’s levels, figures released Friday show. Alberta gained 11,000 jobs last month as the provincial rate fell to 7.3 per cent, down from 7.6 per cent as new positions were offset by more people looking for ... Read More »
5 responsesRaise a glass to charity: Medicine Hat Brewing Company giving back through Cheers! Program
By LAUREN THOMSON, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 8th, 2022
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Brewing Company recently announced a new program that will help bring awareness to and raise funds for local charities. The Medicine Hat Brewing Company Cheers! Program is an initiative launching this month. The program “is a new way of giving back to our community,” MHBC explained in an email to the News. ... Read More »
5 responsesMotz to host virtual town hall
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 8th, 2022
Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz is seeking feedback from constituents with a virtual town hall meeting. Motz’s office announced in a news release Friday afternoon that they have scheduled the Zoom virtual meeting for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. and say they are looking for feedback from constituents about current federal policies and what Canadians ... Read More »
3 responsesMedicine Hat’s long-forgotten flag controversy
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Ahhh, the majestic City of Medicine Hat flag, with its golden prairie, flowing South Saskatchewan River, cog, gear, gas lamp and flames. Not familiar? Well, according to the Governor General of Canada, Medicine Hat’s official city flag is not the commonly used blue flag featuring the Medicine Hat man and war bonnet, but rather ... Read More »
3 responsesCity Notebook: What’s the secret?
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 8th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The “Big Marble Go Centre” is the new name for the Family Leisure Centre thanks to a major, yet largely unknown, sponsorship deal with the local greenhouse grower. It was approved in the run up to Christmas, and, admittedly, the eyebrows that were raised, may have subsided by now. But Hatters who go to ... Read More »
4 responsesFour urban gas wells to close Monday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 8th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Urban gas wells in four city parks will be permanently closed starting Monday with heavy equipment and crews working in southside residential areas. Energy division outlined the announcement at Thursday’s committee meeting, and a release on Friday provided further details. The wells are located in Somerset and Chartwell parks (in the Southlands community), Spruce ... Read More »
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