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Lodge owner’s receivership details show plans to keep businesses running

By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2024

@@CollinGallant More information is coming to light about the Medicine Hat Lodge and its owner as it entered receivership last month. Court documents filed in the proceeding launched by Alberta Treasury Branch to recover money owed state the receiver, Ernst and Young, intends to keep a number of businesses run by Mayfield Investments up and ... Read More »

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Tax decrease on massive greenhouse could cancel out growth

By Medicine Hat News on November 7th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews The conversion of the Aurora Sun cannabis greenhouse toward growing flowers and cukes – and the subsequent change in tax status – could negate all other assessment growth in the city for 2025. City finance officials presented estimates to council members on Tuesday for the coming two-year budget, including forecasts of tax increases and ... Read More »

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Home adjustments tips for National Senior Safety Week

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 7th, 2024

news@medicinehatnews.com This week marks National Senior Safety Week, an annual campaign organized by the Canada Safety Council to raise awareness as well as help seniors stay safe, especially in their homes. This year the council is providing tips to home adjustments that can make a home easy to navigate for individuals with reduced mobility. Citing ... Read More »

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Council mulls idea of additional discussion on budget

By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2024

@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council may consider adding another preliminary budget meeting to hash out details in the next two-year business plan before it needs to be passed in December. That possibility arose at the end of Tuesday’s three-hour committee of the whole session that saw administrators take council members through the municipal operating budget, ... Read More »

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College offers workshop related to traumas associated with death and dying

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 6th, 2024

news@medicinehatnews.com Registration for Medicine Hat College’s ‘Resiliency in Time of Loss’ workshop, which provides essential tools to navigate trauma associated with death and dying, closes tomorrow at noon. The all-day session will focus on fostering resilience, self-care and empathetic support for others and will be taught by Dr. Shane Andrus. “To explore stories around loss, ... Read More »

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Renovation of Medicine Hat Public Library washrooms to take about three weeks

By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024

Renovations have begun on the Medicine Hat Public Library washrooms located at the main entrance. Work began Monday, with the goal of making facilities more accessible for all visitors, and construction for the project is expected to take approximately three weeks to finish. While work is ongoing, visitors will need to use the downstairs washrooms, ... Read More »

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Province launches Rats on Rats! campaign to help keep Albertans vigilant

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 6th, 2024

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The government of Alberta is releasing a brand new campaign to seek residents’ aid in keeping the province rat-free. “Rat on Rats!” is a new informational program to help Albertans identify invasive rat species, as well as direct them on how to report a rat sighting. This has been done through Sustainable Canadian Agricultural ... Read More »

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Legislature honours the late Alan Hyland with moment of silence

By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews A moment of silence was observed in the Alberta legislature on Monday in honour of Alan Hyland, a long-serving MLA and local politician who died in June. Speaker Nathan Cooper read a brief biography at the opening of the session between the customary prayer, land acknowledgement and the singing of O’Canada. Hyland served as ... Read More »

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RCMP Briefs: Missing teen from Siksika Nation not seen since Monday

By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024

@MedicineHatNews Gleichen RCMP are looking for a 16-year-old female last seen on Monday at Siksika Nation. Pashence Wolfchild stands about 5-foot-4 and weighs about 125-pounds with a medium complexion and brown hair and eyes. Authorities are concerned for her safety. Anyone with information about her whereabouts should contact the Gleichen RCMP detachment and 403-734-3056. Ostrich ... Read More »

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Public will get good look at Saamis Solar before final decision

By Collin Gallant on November 6th, 2024

@@CollinGallant A group opposing the city’s plan to buy the Saamis Solar Park is calling for a plebiscite on the project ahead of a meeting later this week to outline their concerns. Several city councillors tell the News they are confident complete details of the plan will be made public once regulators rule on the ... Read More »

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Hatter facing a mountain of break-and-enter charges in Alberta and Saskatchewan

By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024

The RCMP Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit, assisted by RCMP Regina General Investigation Section, arrested Medicine Hatter Joshua Elliot Moose for a series of break and enters. Between June and October, 12 Tim Hortons locations in Alberta and five in Saskatchewan reported a break and enter. Moose was arrested outside a hotel in White City, ... Read More »

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