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Community Warmth COVID relief spent
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 11th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Close to $900,000 provided from city reserves in 2020 to help avoid utility customers clear up overdue bills avoid cutoffs has been spent, councillors heard Thursday. The Community Warmth Program typically pays out about $25,000 per year that it collects in voluntary donations, but was given most of a $1-million portion of a “COVID ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer for Hat woman charged with murder ready to take a step at next court date
By Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers on March 11th, 2022
The lawyer representing a Medicine Hat woman accused of killing another woman late last year promises to take a step when the case returns to court next month. The matter for 26-year-old Melissa Martens-Lagasse was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, where Calgary lawyer John Oman noted he had emailed a “plan” to the Crown prosecutor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP locate suspect from truck crash, robbery incident
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 11th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Cypress County man sought by mounties after a highway crash and subsequent auto theft is in custody, the RCMP detachment in Brooks announced Thursday. A release states that Travis Seitz, 31, was arrested in the hamlet of Duchess about one week after police believe he was injured in a crash on Highway 1A ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small amount of city investments tied to Russia
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 11th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant About one-tenth of one per cent of the City of Medicine Hat’s investments – potentially $400,000 – have direct exposure to the Russian economy, administrators told a council committee Thursday. The greater effect could be current market uncertainty and trade problems caused by war in Eastern Europe, but, said city treasurer Ryan Wright, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investors who didn’t panic made out best during pandemic
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 10th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Two years ago this week, offices and factories closed as the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic brought in ominous dark clouds to the global economy and world stock markets crashed. Almost one-third of the value of equity markets evaporated in March 2020 as investors pulled out money to tide them over, or potentially survive, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mustard Seed hosting job fair for support worker positions
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 10th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com In an effort to meet Medicine Hat’s emergency shelter operating demands, the Mustard Seed will be hosting a one-day job fair to fill frontline shelter support worker positions. The job fair will take place March 16 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those in attendance will be asked to provide a resume with references, ... Read More »
2 responsesUnpaid taxes by oil companies a growing issue for rural areas
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 10th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The amount of unpaid property taxes on oil and gas wells owed to counties in Alberta grew in 2021 even as revenue and profits in the energy sector grew, according to a new survey conducted by the Alberta Rural Municipalities. The situation in Cypress County however, appears to be lessening. For the past three ... Read More »
2 responsesPierre Poilievre coming to the Hat on April 11
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 10th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The federal Conservative Party leadership contest is arriving in Medicine Hat next month. Candidate Pierre Poilievre will be in the city on April 11 for a fundraising diner arranged by the constituency association for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. The proceeds from the $200 per seat diner at the Cypress Centre on the Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter takes big step in upcoming lead role
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 10th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com He has risen from the ranks of local theatre productions to star as Jesus in Bishop’s University’s Godspell the Musical, but Hatter Tyler Casat doesn’t plan to stop there. The 20 year-old is currently completing his third year of music and musical theatre studies at Bishop’s University in Quebec and believes his experience both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RBC, Shopify partner to purchase roughly half expected production from Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm, southwest of Medicine Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 10th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Canada’s largest bank and largest tech firm are contracting more renewable power in the region. RBC and Shopify announced Wednesday they have formed a buyers group along with green electricity retailer Bullfrog Power to purchase about half the expected production from the Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm being built southwest of Medicine Hat. Berkshire Hathaway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic schools staff, faculty give back for Faith Day
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 10th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Staff and faculty with the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education will spend Friday giving back as part of their annual Faith and Formation Day. March 11 marks the second annual day dedicated to almsgiving, one of the three pillars of Lent. “In Lent we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving; it’s the almsgiving ... Read More »
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