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Workers for Whitla Wind project sign on with Christian Labour Association
By Medicine Hat News on October 29th, 2019
Workers on a major renewable energy project near Bow Island have a first contract in place after several unions jostled before the Alberta Labour Board in efforts to represent them. The Christian Labour Association of Canada, Local 63, states in a release that 87 employees of Borea Construction have ratified a 30-month contract that provides ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE protests UCP cuts
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 29th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Union workers paced the sidewalk outside Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Monday to protest government cuts, both planned and perceived. “Seems like Jason Kenney wants a battle and it’s a battle he’ll get,” said Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. Smith says the action in Medicine Hat is one of ... Read More »
1 responseAnnual trade show attracts thousands
By MO CRANKER on October 28th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Thousands passed through the stampede grounds this weekend for the annual Great West Home and Leisure Show that is put on by the Chamber of Commerce. The show ran Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Cypress Centre with hundreds of vendors showing off their products and services. “We produce these shows in order to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Art spruces up Central Park
By MO CRANKER on October 28th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker A few years ago, Marina Cole hadn’t really experimented with chainsaw art. Fast forward to 2019 and she is the chainsaw lady. “A few years ago, I wasn’t able to participate in taekwondo one day, but someone had brought this dragon back from Japan and it just mesmerized me,” she said. “I kept thinking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Everyone learns at Science Olympics
By MO CRANKER on October 28th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Families flocked to Medicine Hat College this weekend for the annual Science Olympics. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offered a number of different science-based activities for kids to take part in. “We do this every year to promote science in the community,” said PRAXIS senior scientific consultant Patty Rooks. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on October 28th, 2019
Oct. 28 – Children’s author Joan Marie Galat, MH Public Library, 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Oct. 28 – Sunrise Coffee Time, MH Public Library, 10 a.m. Oct. 28 – Hallo’Tween Night, MH Public Library, 7-8:30 p.m., ages 10-12 Oct. 29 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 30 – Sunrise Coffee Time, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bassano’s dam flood mitigation finished
By Medicine Hat News on October 26th, 2019
Officials celebrated the completion of measures to protect the Bassano Dam Friday in case of a repeat of the 2013 flood. Alberta Parks and Environment Minister Jason Nixon said the work, completed over the past two years, would help make communities more resilient. Earl Wilson, the manager of the project for dam owner Eastern Irrigation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown grant money still available
By Medicine Hat News on October 26th, 2019
The city’s business support office is advertising that money is still available from a 2019 grant program that pays a portion of certain upgrades and redevelopment in the city’s downtown core. The Downtown Development Incentive Program has offered a total of $200,000 in grants each of the past seven years for property owners within a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poppies are out for veterans
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 26th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The annual Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign was launched on Friday. Each year from the last Friday in October to Nov. 11, millions of people wear a poppy as a visual show of support for Canada’s veterans. Poppies are provided free of charge but the Legion gratefully accepts donations to the Poppy Fund, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rules killer was aware
By JEREMY APPEL on October 26th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Noah Bentley has been found criminally responsible, guilty in the brutal November 2016 murder of Brenda Woloski. “He had the capacity to understand what he did and its consequences, and to know it was wrong,” Justice Glen Poelman of the Medicine Hat Court of Queen’s Bench ruled Friday. Bentley strangled Woloski before stabbing her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Her last wish: Mother gets to see daughter graduate high school before dying
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 26th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A single mother’s dying wish was to see her daughter graduate from high school. A community came together to make it happen. Kaitlyn Hiebert had an early graduation ceremony in the intensive care unit at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital this past April at her mother Darcy Hiebert’s side. Two days later, her mom fell ... Read More »
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