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Fire services respond to 26 fires last month, increase fire prevention engagement
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 5th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com In October, Medicine Hat Fire Service responded to four structure fires and 22 outside fires, as well as 21 motor vehicle collisions. The fire prevention and education team also visited 23 local schools. One structure fire occurred on Oct. 24 after crews responded to a resident who had brought an outdoor fire into their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy snow and high winds forecasted today, expected to impact travel
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 5th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Canada issued a snowfall warning for Medicine Hat on Monday forecasting heavy snowfall and strong northern gusting winds to begin early this morning. The national weather forecaster says snowfall from 10 to 15 cm is expected in southeastern Alberta today, with localized amounts of up to 25 cm expected in the area over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede outlines funding request for major renovation needs
By Collin Gallant on November 5th, 2024
@@CollinGallant A new proposal by Stampede officials looking to secure funds and a no-interest local from the city includes two options for badly needed grandstand renovations, as well as a potential joint management agreement until payback hurdles are met. That would still require the City of Medicine Hat to provide an outright grant of $12 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 200 attend annual HALO dinner and auction
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 5th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The eighth annual HALO Air Ambulance ‘In Flight For Your Life’ fundraiser dinner and auction on Saturday at the Seven Person Community Hall was a success, with more than 200 attending the event that helps keep HALO in air. The annual dinner is one of HALO’s premier fundraising events last year raising more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special session of council today to further discuss city budget
By Medicine Hat News on November 5th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The 2025-26 city budget is back on the agenda today as council holds a special session to discuss the municipal operating budget proposal for the next two years. Council members are also expected to receive a detailed list of capital projects that could be deferred in the next budget cycle. Staff said late last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County to issue burn permits until end of March
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com County residents can now apply for free fire permits, valid for three days, beginning Nov. 1 to March 31, 2025 following a spring/summer fire restriction. The county graduated to a fire restriction in June, not unusual during dry, warm summers, that set restrictions on the kinds of fires allowed, including recreational fires and fireworks, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tickets on sale now for Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s next production, a one-woman comedy with relatability at its core
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 2nd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Tickets are officially on sale for Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s latest production, Shirley Valentine. The one-woman play was offered to MHMT by its lead and sole actress, Heather Macnab, and was picked up as a good refresher between two large productions, Jersey Boys and The Play That Goes Wrong. “We just thought it would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local police show support for Family Violence Prevention Month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Local officers tied purple ribbons to trees outside the Medicine Hat Police Service station on Friday as part of an annual campaign to increase awareness of family violence. As part of Family Violence Prevention Month, the goal of the purple ribbon campaign is to spread public awareness of domestic violence both at home and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nominations open for Cypress County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2024
Nominations are officially open to help select Cypress County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year. The BMO Bank of Montreal Farm Family of the Year award aims to recognize an outstanding southern Alberta farm family that typifies the value of the family farmer to rural communities. Nominees must live within Cypress County, must be active ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith has local support, talks of leadership revolt played down
By Collin Gallant on November 2nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Key local leaders in the United Conservative Party say they are in Red Deer to support Premier Danielle Smith in a leadership review, even though they have mixed reasons and mixed reviews of how the government is operating. Another conservative says a signal needs to sent to get Smith’s attention on fiscal, federal and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City on track to collect nearly all money owed from power price deferral
By Collin Gallant on November 2nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat expects to come close to recovering millions in deferred power revenue from a three-month provincial rate cap two years ago by a Dec. 31 deadline. Filings show however, that other power providers in the rest of Alberta may not. Retailers were owed a total of $187 million after the ... Read More »
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