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City Notebook: Here we go again, again – stay safe out there

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 19th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Things are getting bad out there, again. Medicine Hat is over 100 COVID cases again, a level that put this city on high alert before Christmas and should again. The national news is focused on Ontario, which is seeing a serious legitimate lockdown compared to the measures in Alberta that everyone is complaining are ... Read More »

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Donation allows YMCA to cut day-camp costs

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 19th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The YMCA of Medicine Hat was presented with two cheques totalling $31,000 on Friday morning to help with the affordability of its summer day camp program. The United Way of South Eastern Alberta awarded the YMCA with $30,000, which will cut day camp fees in half for children this summer. Families will pay $100 ... Read More »

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Duo uses COVID time to write Final Fantasy-themed album

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 19th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi A local Medicine Hat duo released their first extended play record, The Pilgrimage, earlier this month with four songs drawing inspiration from one of their favourite childhood video games – Final Fantasy X. Nathanael Bohnet and Re Mayer of No Hope For The Lost were previously in the band Deadlights, but after the early ... Read More »

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Redcliff Bakery opens its third location, second in the Hat

By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2021

The ribbon is snipped on a third location of the rapidly expanding Redcliff Bakery. The storefront located on the 900 block of 16th Street in the Southwest Industrial Area was opened to the public on Friday morning following a ceremony with local dignitaries and owners Melissa and Joel Graber. It’s been held up as a ... Read More »

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Water security in Special Areas and near Acadia Valley getting a look

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Months after officials promised a major irrigation agreement in southern Alberta might only be a first step, new work will study water security in Special Areas and near Acadia Valley. The municipality north of Cypress County and Medicine Hat on the Red Deer River has been studying the formation of a new irrigation district ... Read More »

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Online workshops available to help manage chronic conditions

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Alberta Healthy Living Program is offering a free chronic disease management program and other workshops in the South zone via Zoom to help participants manage their chronic conditions. Some chronic conditions include mental health, arthritis, cancer, diabetes and more – all of which can be discussed during the six-week Chronic Disease Self-Management workshops, ... Read More »

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Redcliff Victim Service Unit needs community support

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Redcliff Victim Service Unit is a non-profit program that receives referrals from RCMP to support victims of crime either at the scene or throughout the court process, says the program’s manager Amy Hollingsworth. The program serves Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile, including the communities of Redcliff, Bow Island and other ... Read More »

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Local real estate sets record March

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s real estate market has gone from 2020 and the worst spring in a decade to its busiest-ever month of March in 2021. New figures from the Medicine Hat Real Estate board show the rise in volume and prices tops even 2019 figures when the local sector was only grappling with a sluggish ... Read More »

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Fire crews snuff out small fire at Cecil Hotel

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi At approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, all three of the city’s fire stations responded to a report of a fire in a third floor apartment at the Cecil Hotel on the 700 block of Fourth Street SE, says acting platoon chief Scott Nadeau. Crews launched a fast attack and the small fire was under ... Read More »

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Police moving spring auction online for second straight year

By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2021

For a second year, Medicine Hat police will move their spring auction of stolen bikes and recovered property online. The initial round of about 20 bicycles in good condition will be offered Saturday morning by Gateway Auction Services. Pre-bidding is open now at http://www.gwacountry.hibid.com and the live webcast begins at 10 a.m. Last year the ... Read More »

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Tigers back on the ice Friday after COVID delay

By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 14th, 2021

ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi After suspending all team activities last weekend when listed as a close contact of the Calgary Hitmen who had a positive case of COVID-19, the Medicine Hat Tigers have been cleared to play and return to the ice Friday. The league adjusted the schedule and the Tigers will play a three-game series with the ... Read More »

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