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Remembrance Day festivities affected by COVID
By MO CRANKER on October 20th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Remembrance Day ceremonies in the area are going to look a bit different this year. Due to COVID-19, the Medicine Hat and Redcliff Royal Canadian Legion branches will not be holding mass gatherings or marches before their cenotaph ceremonies at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11. Medicine Hat’s celebration will not include a gathering at ... Read More »
1 responseHighway 3 twinning group ramps up efforts for full stretch
By Medicine Hat News on October 17th, 2020
With one stretch of Highway 3 approved for twinning, efforts are underway to convince the provincial government to expand the project. The Highway 3 Twinning Development Association said Wednesday it is urging the Alberta government to fund four other sections of the highway. The association wants four specific stretches of the highway to be twinned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extended summer ends with taste of winter on the way
By MO CRANKER on October 17th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker While it may have felt like summer just a week or so ago, it sure won’t this weekend. Medicine Hat is expected to see its first taste of winter on Saturday and Sunday, with highs of -1C being forecast for both days. A mixture of rain and snow is expected Saturday, meaning roads and ... Read More »
1 responsePlans for solar plays on decommissioned fertilizer plants get key regulator OK
By Collin Gallant on October 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews@CollinGallant An engineering plan key to building a massive solar energy field in northwest Medicine Hat has earned approval from the province’s environment ministry and utility regulators. Renewable power company DP Energy has said it plans to use concrete pads as mounts rather than driving piles at former industrial sites that have covenants against ground ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Intermunicipal agreement signed
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new intermunicipal collaboration committee will now move forward on common problems and potential joint service delivery in Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress County. The agreement, terms and general work plan were finalized Friday at a ceremonial signing at Cypress County offices in Dunmore. Officials said that in a time strain on municipal budgets, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maternity clinic not a mandated service: AHS
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 17th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services says the Family Medicine Maternity Clinic is not a mandated service in explanation to the announcement that it will close due to government changes and cuts. “Obstetrics provided at the FMMC is primarily a family physician service … and is not an AHS-mandated service,” said Kerry Williamson, spokesperson for AHS. Dr. ... Read More »
3 responsesChamber announces 2020 Driving Business Forward award winners
By Medicine Hat News on October 17th, 2020
The winners are in from the 2020 Driving Business Forward awards, held live and remotely on Friday night in Medicine Hat. The 20th annual awards put on by the Chamber of Commerce was broadcast online, featured four local bands and feeds from several venues where appropriately sized crowds gathered around the city. F & S ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion’s annual Poppy Campaign set to begin
By MO CRANKER on October 17th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat and Redcliff branches of the Royal Canadian Legion will be holding their annual Poppy Campaigns this year. The organizations sell poppies at a number of Medicine Hat and Redcliff businesses to raise funds for veterans. Poppy sales begin every year leading up to Remembrance Day, with many people wearing their poppy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The windows of St. Theresa’s: Securing a piece of local history
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 17th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A piece of Medicine Hat’s architectural history has finally returned home and is being made available to Hatters. In 1913 St. Theresa’s Academy was built above Altawana Drive, east of Division Avenue, dominating the skyline with stained glass windows that had been made in France. When the building was demolished in 1973 the stained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 cancels Kiwanis Christmas dinner
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
The Kiwanis Christmas Day lunch that is a long tradition in Medicine Hat will not take place this year due to COVID. “The three Kiwanis Clubs of Medicine Hat regretfully announce that the decades-old special Christmas Dinner for those who may be alone on Christmas Day has been postponed for 2020 due to the pandemic,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police find man fast asleep inside county residence and with an ATM
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
A man who was found asleep in what police allege was a break-in was also in possession of an automated bank machine, officials with the Redcliff detachment of the RCMP said Thursday. Authorities are now attempting to determine where the ATM came from after they found it in a related search. Police say they were ... Read More »
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