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City hopes parkers will embrace app-style payment system
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat’s new digital parking pilot project launched in the Towne Square parking lot Monday. The project, which aims to assess whether digital parking is a viable option for Medicine Hat, uses the HotSpot smartphone app, available on Android and iPhone. City officials say HotSpot will simplify the parking process, so ... Read More »
1 responseCondo owners upset over missing out on utility rebate
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 5th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Condo owners in Medicine Hat say they’ve been unfairly left out of a provincial rebate plan meant to offset the rising cost of utilities this year. Power bills in July will feature the first of three $50 monthly credits provided by the Government of Alberta as a way to ease high utility prices in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Non-fixed utility rates on the summer rise as usual
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Non-fixed utility rates are rising again heading into summer months, according to new prices for July published Monday. Power will be charged at 14.8 cents per kilowatt hour, up from 11.7 cents in June, while the gas rate rises to $9.09 per gigajoule as a mechanism for cost recovery works to correct pricing charged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual Historic Walking Tours are back with stories of the Hat
By Samantha Johnson Special to the News on July 5th, 2022
Sally (McGee) Sehn was born and raised on First Street in Medicine Hat, and she brings stories from her childhood into the First Street Walking Tour. A new tour has been added this year, Historic Railroad District, with the first one commencing July 9. Sehn joined the Heritage Resources Committee in 2015 and found their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donate food to reduce fines at MH Public Library
By Samantha Johnson Special to the News on July 2nd, 2022
While Medicine Hat Public Library has done Food for Fines initiatives in the past, it will now be something that runs every Thursday. The library chose to do Food for Fines each Thursday because many libraries, such as in Calgary and Edmonton, have moved to having no fines. Gillian Reimer, head of marketing services at ... Read More »
1 responseKinsmen Club sponsoring free family swim times at Hill, Strathcona pools
By Medicine Hat News on July 2nd, 2022
The Kinsmen Club of Medicine Hat is helping Hatters keep cool this summer by sponsoring free family swim at Hill Pool and Strathcona Pool. The sponsorship, now in its 38th year, is a long-held tradition of Medicine Hat’s Kinsmen Club. “We are proud of our legacy, which is to serve our community’s greatest needs and ... Read More »
1 response15th anniversary celebrated at HALO in the Hangar
By Medicine Hat News on July 2nd, 2022
HALO members and supporters gathered Thursday evening for the first HALO in the Hangar open house event since the beginning of the pandemic. The annual event aims to raise public awareness about HALO and recognize the individuals who assist in its operations. This year, HALO in the Hangar was combined with the air ambulance service ... Read More »
1 responseInterpretive Program hosting information sessions on bats
By Medicine Hat News on July 2nd, 2022
You batter believe it; the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting two upcoming information sessions all about bats of southeast Alberta. On July 7 and 14, a special guest speaker will guide Hatters through Police Point Park and share interesting facts about bats, before the group meets with a live little brown bat. Sessions begin ... Read More »
1 responseTowne Square paid parking begins, by app only
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A new digital parking pilot project which reintroduces paid parking hours to the Towne Square lot, will modernize and simplify parking in the core, city officials say – but only for smartphone users. Beginning July 4, Hatters will be required to pay when parking at Towne Square, located on the corner of First and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff RCMP investigating fatal crash
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 2nd, 2022
Redcliff RCMP are investigating a car crash that killed one man and injured another near the Hamlet of Schuler on Thursday night. At 6:47 p.m., RCMP received a call for a serious collision involving a semi tractor-trailer and a motor vehicle on Highway 41 between Township Roads 160 and 163. Police say the semi tractor-trailer ... Read More »
1 responseA community comes together for Canada Day
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 2nd, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Community was a central theme of Canada Day this year, as southeastern Albertans came together to celebrate – some for the first time since 2019. “It’s so good to be out with all the people and seeing all the happy faces and just being together again,” Redcliff resident Pat Hauck told the News. Canada ... Read More »
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