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Old Tyme Christmas Fair and Farmers Market returns
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 17th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Olde Tyme Christmas Fair and Farmers Market will be taking place at Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Grounds on Dec. 2. The event will include Christmas music, food and a variety of local vendors. Attendees can partake in hay rides, antique truck rides or tour the Pioneer Village buildings, all of which will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In it for the long haul: Stampede signs 25-year lease to operate on city-owned land
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede has signed a new 25-year lease to operate on city-owned land with an option to further extend the $1-per-year agreement until 2071. The Stampede company has operated at the 96-acre site in Crestwood for the past 74 years and will continue under the initial new agreement until at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wind whips through the Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 17th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Wind gusts of up to 100 km/h overnight tossed garbage cans in Medicine Hat and made driving treacherous in the region to start the week, but did relatively little damage in the Hat. Environment Canada issued wind warnings Monday afternoon for much of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, with poor driving conditions arriving that evening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local rescue organizations hope to see Hatters open their hearts and homes to senior pets this month
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 17th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com November is National Adopt a Senior Pet Month in Canada. Local rescue organizations hope this month can draw peoples’ attention to senior pets and also dispel myths about them. “(Senior pets) very much get overlooked,” De Seaton, president of Southern Alberta Humane Society, told the News. She explained that younger pets – kittens and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More consultations on parks master plan set for next week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 17th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Further in-person consultations have been set regarding how the city’s parks and recreation department will draw up a plan for facility maintenance and replacement, the city announced this week. On Wednesday, Nov. 24 department staff will be at the Veiner Centre from 2-4 p.m., then the Cypress Auditorium at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Getting to Know Your Leaders: Van Dyke goes from advocacy to council chambers
By JAMES TUBB on November 16th, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Alison Van Dyke has been an advocating voice in the city for years. Now, she will be an advocating voice on behalf of the city as one of the six newly elected councillors this fall. She says it’s been a bit of a transition from advocate to politician as the positions are quite different. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!50,000th Hatter gets first dose
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Sometime on Sunday, Medicine Hat’s 50,000th resident received a first-dose of coronavirus vaccine, marking a milestone in what health and safety officials say is an incredible uptake that still has a ways to go. The figure means five out of six Hatters who are eligible to receive a vaccine have done so, but still ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City budget requires 2.5% tax hike, new council hears
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The 2022 city budget calls for a 2.5% tax increase – essentially the first hike in three years – and will take up the task of balancing the city budget as a matter of thirds. Last year administrators were asked to remove the final $7.8 million in dividends from the municipal operating budget for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City budget moves on hold for now
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Changes to the 2022 city budget are on hold after Coun. Shila Sharps led an effort to table the document, which was presented Monday for approval, until more answers are forthcoming about Invest Medicine Hat going forward. After 90 minutes of presentations and questions from council about Medicine Hat’s financial plan went by with ... Read More »
1 responseProvince announces more money for irrigation upgrades
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 16th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s government announced Friday a $117.7-million addition to the already $815 million being directed toward capital projects in the irrigation sector. The funding was first announced in 2020 as part of the Investment and Growth Strategy, which aims to kick-start provincial economic recovery. Eight of the province’s 13 irrigation districts are participating. “The program ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Give it to me straight, please
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant You may not know it to look at him, but the senior statesman of the local municipal political scene is Redcliff’s Dwight Kilpatrick. The now two-term mayor has 32 years on that town’s council under his belt – 50% more than his nearest challenger in the Hat or county. Especially after enough “change” in ... Read More »
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