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APARC wants all animals to have safe, responsible forever homes
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 16th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Animal advocates in Medicine Hat are sharing tips with pet owners for the upcoming cold weather Holiday Season. Kaylyn Major, general manager at Alberta Pound and Rescue Centres Medicine Hat, has heard of the seasonal adoption issue, in which cats and dogs are purchased as Christmas gifts, then returned shortly after Christmas once the ... Read More »
1 responseNew city committee proposed
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 16th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council could approve a motion Monday to create a standing emergency management committee that would meet in times of trouble, but at minimum once per year. Such a committee is a new requirement of the Municipal Government Act, and requires at least three members of council to liaise with emergency management officials to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young Tik Tok sensation redesigns ‘moose crossing’ sign
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on December 16th, 2021
In 2017, Chlöe Chapdelaine was working at the Foremost pool and 40 Mile Regional FCSS, staying at her family’s trailer at 40-Mile Park, when she came up with an idea that will be etched in Canadian history. The Hatter saw a ‘moose crossing’ sign coming out of the park and thought it did not look ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local MLAS welcome laxed health restrictions
By JAMES TUBB on December 16th, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Premier Jason Kenney announced minor changes to the government’s indoor gathering rules Wednesday, ahead of the Holiday Season. While the province is not increasing the number of people who can gather indoors, which is a maximum of 10 adults, the limit to the number of households that can gather indoors has been removed. That ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Redcliff resident looks back on his time on Bachelor in Paradise Canada
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com The inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada ended Sunday night with only one couple (Brendan M. And Angela) leaving the beach together, but Redcliff’s Joey Kirchner, one of the 26 contestants, has no regrets about his time on the show. “I wanted to give it a real shot,” Kirchner told the News. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College education students share trade secrets with international schools
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College education students virtually met and engaged with students from Fontys University of Applied Science in the Netherlands and Kristianstad University in Sweden, with the goal of forming international connections and exchanging information related to the field of education. Education and kinesiology instructor at MHC, Jason McLester, facilitated and led the two-day ... Read More »
2 responsesExpansion at Brooks Solar nearly done
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 15th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A major expansion at Alberta’s first utility-scale solar power facility is almost complete. The “Brooks Solar” plant was first commissioned in 2017, and the owner, Elemental Energy applied in 2019 and received approval from regulators to build two concurrent expansions last year. This week the Alberta Electric System Operator reports it will add Brooks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public survey on city communications coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 15th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall will conduct a major survey of residents in early 2022 regarding local issues and the city’s communications efforts, a council committee heard Tuesday. The third-party survey would be conducted by an established outside contractor, and the results used throughout the city’s divisions, but not replace specific outreach on emergent issues, say administrators. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary Ignite’s second annual seniors Christmas Convoy set for Monday
By medicinehatnews on December 15th, 2021
The local Rotary Ignite club will put on its second annual Christmas Convoy for seniors on Monday. The convoy will depart Kin Coulee at 6:15 p.m. and make its way around to all the seniors’ homes in the city to spread Christmas cheer. In a media release on Tuesday, club president Teresa Schile said after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monarch’s Holiday-themed 110th birthday party this weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 15th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monarch Theatre’s 110th birthday party will proceed this weekend with the doors of the historic theatre open for a matinee and cake for those who take-in the Holiday-themed double feature. Discussions to hold the drop-in event, marking the movie house’s original opening night on Dec. 18, 1911, have moved quickly since they were ... Read More »
2 responsesWilson eager for full term as public schools board chair
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Catherine Wilson is serving as chair of the Medicine Hat Public School Board for a second term, and says she is making the role “her own.” Acclaimed to chair after serving for the last year of the previous term, Wilson is happy to have the position again. “I really wanted it,” she told the ... Read More »
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