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Echo Dale Boat Lake to be temporarily closed next week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Tuesday and Wednesday next week city crews will be installing a new aeration system at Echo Dale, which will require a two-day closure of the boat lake. The new aeration system is being installed to help improve water quality in the lake for both aquatic life and public visitors. Aeration systems add oxygen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedestrian underpass closed this weekend for Mural Fest
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The colourful downtown pedestrian underpass will be closed Saturday and Sunday as it receives a facelift. To accommodate the Tunnel Vision Mural Fest, an event where artists paint murals in the underpass and on the exterior of both entrances, the underpass will be closed to pedestrians July 12 and 13. Beside the underpass, new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dry trend remains despite end-of-June rainfall
By Medicine Hat News on July 11th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Heavy rain at the end of June lessened drought conditions in some parts of southern Alberta, but didn’t reverse a long-term dry trend, according to new analysis from Agriculture Canada. Southwest Saskatchewan received only one-quarter the rain of a typical year, while southeast Alberta still received less than normal amounts of precipitation last month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vibrancy grant application deadline one week away
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Residents have until next Friday afternoon to submit their application to receive a portion of $52,000 available through the city’s Community Vibrancy Grant, which promotes activities, projects and gatherings that bolster community spirit. Additionally, larger festivals and special events can also apply for a portion of $83,000 that is allocated for events planned to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Half a dozen candidates committed to council runs in Medicine Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 11th, 2025
@CollinGallant With 100 days until the next municipal election, just six Hatters are thus far registered to challenge for seats on city council, and none to vie for mayor. That doesn’t include any current members of council, and only one repeat candidate from a huge field that resulted in major turnover in 2021. The ballot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County now under satellite wildfire detection system
By BRENDAN MILLER on July 11th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A series of satellites designed for wildfire detection now have their “eyes” on Cypress County as the jurisdiction becomes the first in Canada outside Quebec to run a pilot project with a German-based company to detect wildfires, and even prevent them from sparking. Cypress County Fire Services says the county has been under wildfire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province names head of its new ‘Compassionate Intervention Commission’
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 11th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Moving forward with the implementation of compassionate intervention legislation and care, the province has appointed Jonathan Carlzon as the first commissioner and founding member of the Compassionate Intervention Commission. Beds for compassionate intervention are expected to start becoming available next year. Compassionate intervention, as the province calls it, or forced addictions treatment as dubbed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCain to appeal denial of self-supply renewable power
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 10th, 2025
@CollinGallant Potato processor McCain will appeal a utility commission ruling that denied its plan to build and connect renewable power to its $600-million plant expansion at Coaldale. The company informed the Alberta Utility Commission last week it will appeal the ruling that found the schematics for five turbines and a five-megawatt array on adjacent land ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MOU signed to see government, industry and producers work together for agricultural success
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 10th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Fertilizer Canada and Alberta Grains have developed a memorandum of understanding to help farmers increase their plant growth and yields. The MOU outlines how the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry, agriculture industry and farmers can work together to increase 4R practice adoption levels, or “right source, right rate, right time, right place.” Signed by ministries ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Old News: Medicine Hat bursts onto the scene
By Medicine Hat News on July 10th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The “Hub of Western Canada,” the milling capital of the prairies, the smokeless Pittsburg of the west and the town that was born lucky – a few of the monikers Medicine Hat has worn to promote “progress” made in the city over the years and lure new residents and industry. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MD of Taber writes off nearly $300K over unpaid oil taxes
By Medicine Hat News on July 10th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The MD of Taber has written off $290,000 in taxes owed by an oil company that it now considers to be uncollectable. Razor Energy entered receivership last year, and was sold in part by the courts to a Texcal Energy in late 2024, though a portion of wells and other assets in the municipal ... Read More »
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