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Council eyes $9.5 million composting facility as top 25/26 budget item
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 10th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The largest ticket item in the proposed city budget — a $9.5-million facility to boast composting capacity — would likely be needed soon, even without a new pilot project to Hatter to collect food scraps, staffers told council on Tuesday. That’s because new regulations will require a $2 million water line — included in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to apply for second round of Housing Accelerator funding
By Collin Gallant on July 10th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat will take another shot at federal Housing Accelerator funding that left the city out of previous rounds of the $4-billion program this year. Medicine Hat and other cities across Canada that didn’t qualify for the original roll-out are now being asked to resubmit for an additional $400 million that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Duplicate Bridge results for July
By Medicine Hat News on July 10th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Tuesday June 4 North/South 1. James Van Dam – Paul Trott 2. Mona Girling – Charlotte Jobb East/West 1. Joan Mayer – Betty Biffard 2. Lynn Fowlie – Lloyd Fowlie Friday June 7 North/South 1. Betty Biffard – Lorena Kelly 2. Doreen Denis – Laverne Noble East/West 1. Munden Coates – Marcia Garman 2. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police hiring for Deputy Chief position
By JAMES TUBB on July 10th, 2024
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Police Service is looking to make an addition to their executive staff, reviving a vacant position and also hiring a new inspector. Police posted on Sunday for the position of deputy chief, a position that last existed in the Medicine Hat force’s executive team in 2014 before the passing of deputy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keep family and pets safe during prolonged high temperatures
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 10th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com With the entirety of the province under a health advisory due to prolonged hot temperatures, it’s more important than ever to know how to prevent symptoms of heat stroke or exhaustion. AHS reminds residents that heat stroke is a potentially life-threatening condition. Symptoms of heat stroke include confusion, severe restlessness or anxiety, nausea and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Work on schedule for aquatic park upgrades
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 9th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com During the public portion of Monday’s Public Services Committee Meeting, updates on the ongoing maintenance and upgrades to the Big Marble Go Centre’s Aquatic Centre were given. Managing Director Brian Stauth shared that the work is happening apace and is on schedule, with the previously projected opening date of the aquatic park, Sept. 15, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE members to rally for bargaining
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on July 9th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) are rallying today in Brooks, and will do so on Wednesday here in Medicine Hat. They will be present at the Brooks Alberta Support Centre and Brooks Children & Family Services today, and in front of Brooks Alberta Support Centre & Brooks Children & Family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede parade to follow new route with Third Street construction
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2024
Stampede fans will have to set their chairs out on a new route for the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. The 2024 Stampede Parade route has been updated for the parade on July 25, with a new path needed as construction continues on Third Street. The parade will start at the Medicine Hat Police station ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Councillors to consider several additions to proposed 2025-26 budget
By Collin Gallant on July 9th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council members will have a chance today to dig into a list of capital and operating additions in the proposed 2025-26 Medicine Hat city budget. That could include reconsideration of projects left off a list presented late last month, though administrators outlined in late June that any additions to the list would have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body of paddle boarder recovered from Saskatchewan Lake
By Medicine Hat News on July 9th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The RCMP in Outlook, Sask, say that the body of a paddle boarder who didn’t return after falling into Lake Dienfenbaker was recovered in the late afternoon on Sunday, July 7. Authorities say that the adult man was reported missing at about 12:45 p.m. that day. The Elbow (Sask.) fire department ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of crashes on the Trans-Canada over weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2024
Medicine Hat Emergency Services responded to two collisions on the Trans-Canada Highway this weekend. Saturday morning at 12:30, MHPS, Medicine Hat Fire and EMS responded to a motor vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway between College Avenue and 13 Avenue SE. Police say the single vehicle involved had been traveling east bound when the driver ... Read More »
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