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Duo uses COVID time to write Final Fantasy-themed album
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 19th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi A local Medicine Hat duo released their first extended play record, The Pilgrimage, earlier this month with four songs drawing inspiration from one of their favourite childhood video games – Final Fantasy X. Nathanael Bohnet and Re Mayer of No Hope For The Lost were previously in the band Deadlights, but after the early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff Bakery opens its third location, second in the Hat
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2021
The ribbon is snipped on a third location of the rapidly expanding Redcliff Bakery. The storefront located on the 900 block of 16th Street in the Southwest Industrial Area was opened to the public on Friday morning following a ceremony with local dignitaries and owners Melissa and Joel Graber. It’s been held up as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water security in Special Areas and near Acadia Valley getting a look
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Months after officials promised a major irrigation agreement in southern Alberta might only be a first step, new work will study water security in Special Areas and near Acadia Valley. The municipality north of Cypress County and Medicine Hat on the Red Deer River has been studying the formation of a new irrigation district ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Online workshops available to help manage chronic conditions
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Alberta Healthy Living Program is offering a free chronic disease management program and other workshops in the South zone via Zoom to help participants manage their chronic conditions. Some chronic conditions include mental health, arthritis, cancer, diabetes and more – all of which can be discussed during the six-week Chronic Disease Self-Management workshops, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire crews snuff out small fire at Cecil Hotel
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi At approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, all three of the city’s fire stations responded to a report of a fire in a third floor apartment at the Cecil Hotel on the 700 block of Fourth Street SE, says acting platoon chief Scott Nadeau. Crews launched a fast attack and the small fire was under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff Victim Service Unit needs community support
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 16th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Redcliff Victim Service Unit is a non-profit program that receives referrals from RCMP to support victims of crime either at the scene or throughout the court process, says the program’s manager Amy Hollingsworth. The program serves Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile, including the communities of Redcliff, Bow Island and other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local real estate sets record March
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s real estate market has gone from 2020 and the worst spring in a decade to its busiest-ever month of March in 2021. New figures from the Medicine Hat Real Estate board show the rise in volume and prices tops even 2019 figures when the local sector was only grappling with a sluggish ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police moving spring auction online for second straight year
By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2021
For a second year, Medicine Hat police will move their spring auction of stolen bikes and recovered property online. The initial round of about 20 bicycles in good condition will be offered Saturday morning by Gateway Auction Services. Pre-bidding is open now at http://www.gwacountry.hibid.com and the live webcast begins at 10 a.m. Last year the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers back on the ice Friday after COVID delay
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 14th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi After suspending all team activities last weekend when listed as a close contact of the Calgary Hitmen who had a positive case of COVID-19, the Medicine Hat Tigers have been cleared to play and return to the ice Friday. The league adjusted the schedule and the Tigers will play a three-game series with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Company not giving up on its proposed wind farm in SE Alberta
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The company behind one of the longest standing proposals to build a wind farm in southeast Alberta says it will resubmit plans next month for the Peace Butte Wind project next month. Pteragen Canada was told last month by provincial utility regulators that considering the length of time since it received construction approvals for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City weathers COVID-19’s financial storm well
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat wound up in a turbulent 2020 financial year with a $100,000 operating surplus, and will keep a $6.9-million provincial grant for lost revenue and COVID costs in hand for potential lingering losses in 2021. That was revealed Monday as city hall’s year-end financial report was presented to the council’s ... Read More »
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