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Details of school workers deal among new crop of provincial contracts
By Medicine Hat News on June 17th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Details of a local school workers contract are detailed in the latest summary of collective bargaining from the province, along with substantial increases for unionized construction workers. In May, a settlement between two Medicine Hat school boards and Canadian Union of Public Employees was announced after five months of talks, the replacement of local ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP encourage use of provincial non-emergency line
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 17th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Brooks RCMP is reminding residents they are able to connect police through the province-wide phone line dedicated to reporting non-emergency police matters such as minor motor vehicle collisions, scams, lost property or minor motor vehicles collisions. The number 310-7267 (RCMP) is a phone line that helps streamline the reporting process and ease pressures on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No decision, but debate on mayor’s legal bills revs up
By Collin Gallant on June 17th, 2025
@@CollinGallant A heated and at times emotional debate on whether Mayor Linnsie Clark should be reimbursed for $76,000 in legal bills incurred while challenging council sanctions was taken up Monday, but postponed before a final decision until late July. The issue has hung over council since last August, but was only formally put on the ... Read More »
1 responseMore than 200 bikers join ride for local kid
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 17th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Over the weekend, more than 220 bikers from across the province gathered at the Irvine Hotel with their engines roaring, ready to raise funds for Myah Litowsky, who is battling multiple rare autoimmune diseases, during the fifth annual Ridin’ For Kids Foundation charity motorcycle ride, which raises significant funding to help one in southern ... Read More »
1 responseIrrigation failure that killed water levels in Milk River nearly fully repaired, one year later
By Collin Gallant on June 17th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Final construction is underway to repair a massive irrigation failure in Montana and should be complete later this month, one year after the breakdown severely limited water levels on the Milk River in southern Alberta. That could restore flow through the town of Milk River by the start of July. “It means we’ll get ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Compost-poned: Council delays decision on food waste to July
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 17th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A decision on whether the city should go alone on building a food waste composting facility was delayed Monday after a city councillor said the issue will soon be discussed by regional partners, and should be deferred. Coun. Shila Sharps told council that next week’s Inter-municipal committee agenda includes discussion on it, while local ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat man facing multiple theft charges
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 17th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Jayden Skinner, 26, has been arrested and charged with multiple property related offences as police continue to investigate a series of recent thefts. Last Tuesday, Skinner was arrested following a break and enter that occurred in the area of Cotton Way SW after a photo of Skinner led to his arrest the following day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former MLAs agree: Medicine Hat and Brooks should split up
By Collin Gallant on June 14th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Three former city MLAs agree: Medicine Hat and Brooks should be in different provincial ridings. But a commission now contemplating changes to Alberta’s electoral districts told a public meeting Friday in the Hat that returning to pre-2019 boundaries isn’t a simple exercise. The Alberta Election Boundaries Commission is currently touring the province to hear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex purchase of Texas production approved by U.S. regulators
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Methanex says U.S. regulators have approved its purchase of a competitor’s methanol and ammonia production plants in Texas. The Vancouver-based global company headquartered in Vancouver and with a major facility in Medicine Hat announced the plan to purchase OCI in September 2024 for US$2.05 billion. On Friday, Methanex stated that the review period under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Desjardins given honorary degree, shares insights on leadership and the power of community with MHC’s graduating Class of 2025
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 14th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins shared his journey and experience as a hockey coach during an inspirational address to more than 500 Medicine Hat College graduates Friday afternoon during a convocation ceremony held at Co-op Place. Desjardins was presented with this year’s honorary applied degree for his contributions in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Majority of Albertans to pay if they want a COVID vaccine now
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com In what the Government of Alberta is labelling a “new approach” to COVID-19 vaccinations, most Albertans will be paying out of pocket if they’d like a dose. The federal government earlier this year moved purchasing responsibilities of COVID vaccinations to the provinces, an early sign that changes might be coming since this provincial government ... Read More »
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