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Southview student plant sale a culmination of months of work
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Students in the Southview Community School’s Garden Club are preparing for their inaugural plant sale, after months of growing. The club began four years ago but was put on pause with the pandemic. Since its reintroduction this year, the club has been a hit with students from kindergarten to Grade 6. More than 50 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHCBE plan could amalgamate three schools
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 11th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Changes could be underfoot within the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education as a proposed plan for the amalgamation of three local schools and relocation of the division’s French-immersion program to a new facility, moves to the province’s Board of Education for approval. MHCBE’s board of trustees voted in favour (4 to 1) of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pride Centre coming
By Medicine Hat News on May 11th, 2022
Medicine Hat will soon welcome its first Pride Centre. The centre, located at the corner of Third and Fourth streets downtown, will be operated by the Pride Association of Southeast Alberta. An opening date has not yet been set, but organization officials expect it to be within the year... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raising funds to cure Type-1 diabetes is a walk in the park this weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 11th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Hatters will join in a walk this weekend to help in the effort to find a cure for Type-1 diabetes. The local chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will host all participants to the Sun Life sponsored event on Sunday at Kin Coulee bandshell, beginning at 11 a.m. Speakers and a food truck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hut 8 aims for carbon neutrality by 2025
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 11th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hut 8 Cryptocurrency has announced a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025, but at the same time released figures showing its staggering power consumption and carbon footprint. The dataprocessor, which handles Bitcoin transactions to earn a fee, used nearly 800 gigawatts of power in 2021 at its facilities in Medicine Hat, Drumheller and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire bans spread throughout region
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 11th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Fire bans in the region have expanded into southwest Saskatchewan. Cypress County has had a fire restriction in place since March 28, which cancelled burn permits and restricted open fires. This week, the RMs of Fox Valley and Enterprise just across the provincial boundary from Empress, Alta., have put fire bans in place, according ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bicycle charity needs new workshop, storage
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 10th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Less than one month after rebranding, the Cycle Guild of Medicine Hat is looking for a new home. The Cycle Guild is a non-profit organization which provides bicycles to individuals in need, of all ages, at no cost. For the past year, Cycle Guild has been operating out of a workshop on Safety City’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several guns stolen in grab from gun range in Dunmore
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 10th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Thieves used a stolen car to smash through an overhead door and make off with a “significant” number of restricted guns from a shooting range in Dunmore last week. The Redcliff RCMP states they were contacted just after 7 a.m. on May 5 to a report of damage at the building, and believe a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Long planned wind farm will finally go ahead in Cypress County
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 10th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A 15-year-old plan to build a major wind farm in Cypress County will move forward after the new owner announced Monday a contract to sell most of the power produced at the site near Seven Persons. The Wildrose Wind farm was first approved in 2007 – so long ago the applicant was required to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks RCMP believe trio of bodies result of murder-suicide
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 10th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Three people are dead after what police initially believe is a murder-suicide at a rural home near Brooks on the weekend, RCMP officials stated Sunday afternoon. Police say a man returned home at about 8 p.m. on Saturday night to find the bodies of a 29-year-old woman and his eight-month-old daughter in the home. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two youth facing several mischief charges stemming from graffiti incidents
By Medicine Hat News on May 10th, 2022
Two youth have been charged with five counts of mischief under $5000 each, following a string of graffiti incidents which took place in South Ridge last month. Graffiti was painted on public walking trails, city infrastructure and private residences. Racial slurs were written in some of the graffiti. Medicine Hat police thank the public for ... Read More »
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