By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Melissa Hozack, president and CEO of TruMe Whole Health and co-owner of Redcliff Pharmasave, is featured on the November-December issue of Pharmacy Practise + Business. Hozack, a pharmacist by trade, has been working in the field of therapeutic nutrition for the past nine years. She first began researching the topic when she embarked on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on November 25th, 2021
The annual elk management hunt is well underway at CFB Suffield and is off to a great start. The hunt is meant to lessen the damage for agriculture producers and to preserve the long-term sustainability of the grassland at the base. “It’s been really (good),” said Master Bombardier Kingsley Mann. “When soldiers come in and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 25th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Workers, ranchers and grocery shoppers are awaiting results of a contract vote this week that could avoid a strike at one of the nation’s largest slaughterhouses. More than 2,000 workers at the Cargill meat processing plant in High River cast ballots Tuesday and Wednesday on what the company described as a new offer to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2021
A new permitting system for over-dimensional loads travelling on Township Road 120 to bypass Medicine Hat is now in place, according to a release by Cypress County. Last spring, county council asked administrators for options to control heavy and wide loads traversing the route that connects highways 1 and 3 on a route south of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Research belonging to two local students is being published in the Canadian Science Fair Journal. Daphne Thompson, a Grade 12 student at Eagle Butte High School, focused her project on the different types of fungi found in snow, while Victoria Rooks, a Grade 9 student at Senator Gershaw School, investigated the impact earthworm diets ... Read More »
1 responseBy LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Former Hatter Marika Siewert and her daughter Zoey have released a new Christmas single, ‘Christmas is Here’, available on all streaming platforms. Marika Siewert is a multi-award winning Canadian recording artist, songwriter and actor, with numerous top 10 singles on the Canadian charts under her belt in everything from pop to gospel. As an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By COLLIN GALLANT on November 25th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant British defence officials are denying reports in that country’s media that its presence at CFB Suffield will end, but implied Wednesday that large-scale tank training could move to bases in the Middle East and Africa. Local officials are holding comment until more details are released Thursday, but say the potential of losing armour training ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 25th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Police have laid a charge of arson against a Medicine Hat man who they say was negligent and therefore responsible for $75,000 in damage to a cash machine inside the entrance to a downtown bank. A release Wednesday morning states fire crews were called on Nov. 1 to the branch located at the intersection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By COLLIN GALLANT on November 24th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Nine years after gas lamps lining downtown streets were upgraded to shine electric light, city officials are determining why some have lost their lustre. Monday’s meeting of council’s utility and infrastructure committee heard that in response to concerns about safety in the city centre it is examining how to improve the ambient light given ... Read More »
1 responseBy KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Two teachers from Medicine Hat’s Crescent Heights High School are the recipients of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM. Nicole Pocsik, high school science team lead, and Robin Duncan, high school science teacher, are innovative and passionate educators who wish to inspire students, CHHS principal Shonna Barth told the News. “The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The press in the United Kingdom has sounded the death knell for British Army tank training at CFB Suffield, near Medicine Hat. The Telegraph is reporting that Ministry of Defence officials are prepared to announced a reconfiguration of training facilities to align with an ongoing remake of the armoured fleet. Training would proceed in ... Read More »
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