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Medicine Hat College plans drive-thru event for 560 grads
By Medicine Hat News on June 9th, 2020
Medicine Hat College will be honouring its graduates this week, though a formal commencement ceremony is delayed until next year. With in-person classes suspended at the campus and any large gathering of people closed due to health restrictions, the college announced last month it planned to have a double convocation ceremony next year for both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress Wind hopes to lessen footprint during delay
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Disruption in the global supply chain is cited as the cause for a one-year delay in building a major wind farm in southeast Alberta, but the company behind Cypress Wind says the time could be used to lessen the footprint of the facility that is still proceeding with the $250-million project. EDF Renewables was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS, RCMP blended with new initiative
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 9th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A new initiative to address crime will see Medicine Hat Police Service and the RCMP working together across traditional boundaries. Andy McGrogan, chief MHPS, says the priority street crimes team is now expanding into a regional property crimes team after presenting a business case to the province showing the benefits of a new initiative. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief Earl Legacy Fund provides 21 youth scholarships
By MO CRANKER on June 9th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Police Service handed out 21 scholarships to Grade 6 students Friday from the Chief Earl Legacy Fund. The fund was created in 2008 to honour and remember police chief Gord Earl, who passed away suddenly years ago. Since then it has awarded money to 170 students locally. “This fund is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farming Smarter group hosting ag knowledge event Thursday
By MO CRANKER on June 9th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Farming Smarter group out of the Lethbridge area is hosting an event this week to share agricultural knowledge to those working in the industry. The event is taking place Thursday at 211034 Hwy 512 just outside Lethbridge. There are 40 tickets available to see the event live, and other tickets open to purchase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man taken to hospital under Mental Health Act after Sunday incident
By Medicine Hat News on June 9th, 2020
In the early hours of Sunday morning Medicine Hat Police Services responded to a situation in the 300 block of Third Street SE where a male was damaging property and threatening self-harm. A 28-year-old male was on the balcony of a suite and was being extremely aggressive with police officers inside the suite who were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Efforts being made to trace back the first positive case
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first case of CVOID-19 in Alberta was announced March 5 – a woman who had returned from a cruise on Feb. 21. Almost a month before, Jan. 27, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, had declined to say how many Albertans had already been tested at that stage for COVID-19. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s business relief comes just ahead of province
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The day after the City of Medicine Hat announced local grants to help smallest businesses adjust to operating under pandemic conditions, the province added a much broader support for operators who are attempting to reopen and recover from a weeks-long shutdown. This week the city announced it would immediately begin taking applications for up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Hey, it’s better than nothin’
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The old adage that death and taxes are unavoidable is maybe a bit too dark to mention these days, but a Medicine Hat city council strategy to provide one-year reprieve on tax increases provides some perspective, if not a ton of financial relief. The average household will pay about what it paid in 2019 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS has postponed its spring bike auction due to pandemic
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Police Service has indefinitely postponed its spring police auction that sees unclaimed property, including a large number of bicycles, cleared out of the compound on Second Street SE in the River Flats. Officials told the News last month that the service had considered an online offering of items seized or picked up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters stand together as one at anti-racism rally
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 6th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken At a time rife with division, it was about unity. Hundreds of peaceful protestors gathered at the steps of city hall Friday evening to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests taking place in the United States, while advocating for systemic change in Canada. “We’re not here to cause ... Read More »
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