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College receives funding for flexible learning lab
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 15th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com A new flexible learning lab at Medicine Hat College will provide students more options on how they choose to access their courses, and will be funded with support from a nonprofit known for providing awards and scholarships to business schools and accounting students across the province. The CPA Education Foundation Flexible Learning Lab will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Correction on food waste survey article
By Medicine Hat News on June 15th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Several points of information were incorrect in an article this week regarding a community survey on a food waste pilot program in Medicine Hat published June 13. The number of households taking part number 4,000, not 400 as stated. A survey showed 64 per cent on Hatters who answered would be “very likely” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suffield, Ralston among listed communities for broadband expansion
By Medicine Hat News on June 15th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Suffield and Ralston are among communities listed as benefitting from new joint federal and provincial funding to expand broadband access, announced Friday, along with Taber and some small locales along the Highway 3 corridor. They were among 120 communities, with an estimated total population of 14,400, in relatively remote areas that will see $150 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ancestors Reburial Project continues work toward autumn reburial
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 15th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com A partnership actively working to rebury the remains and associated burial artifacts of three ancestors held in public trust at the University of Alberta provided an update on recent community engagement efforts as they work toward final reburial in their original resting place. Representatives with the Medicine Hat Ancestors Reburial Project say they have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Avenue Living buys up more rental units in the Hat
By Collin Gallant on June 15th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s largest landlord is acquiring two more apartment complexes. Avenue Living will assume ownership of Corbitt Arms and Parkland Townhome apartment blocks later this month, tenants of the MacLab Properties building were informed this week. Calls to Edmonton-based MacLab Developments, the owner of Rent Midwest Property Management and the two local apartment blocks, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2024 Medicine Hat College graduates honoured at highest attended convocation ceremony
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 15th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com More than 480 Medicine Hat College graduates walked the stage at Co-op Place in front of family and friends Friday afternoon, the largest single convocation ceremony the college has held since moving to Co-op Place three years ago. Students arrived to their seats to the sounds of cheers from supporters and bagpipes roaring. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Traditional large horse competition returns to Dunmore this weekend
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 14th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Before cars and the time of mail carriers like FedEx and Purolator, it was the job of the local draymen and their horses to pick up packages and mail from the train station and deliver them to businesses throughout small communities. To revive that tradition the Dunmore Equestrian Society is hosting a Chore Team ... Read More »
1 responseTwo men charged with several mail theft and fraud related charges
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Two Medicine Hat men have been charged with several offences relating to mail theft and fraud after police responded to a report of shoplifting from a local business Tuesday. Forty-one-year-old Kelly Fisher and 29-year-old Rainey Barker were apprehended near the scene in one of the suspect’s vehicles and after further investigation by police located ... Read More »
1 responseRedcliff Days kick off today
By Medicine Hat News on June 14th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Redcliff Days get underway today and conclude with a slew of events on Father’s Day Sunday. Sidewalk sales during business hours, a community-wide evening garage sale will take place Friday, alongside an afternoon bike rodeo at the Rectangle, and beer gardens and live music in the evening in the town. A pancake breakfast at ... Read More »
1 responseOilfield company in Major, Sask., fined for illegal importing of stuffed endangered species
By Medicine Hat News on June 14th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Saskatchewan oilfield company based north of Oyen has been fined for improperly importing a stuffed hippopotamus, giraffe and other species that are subject to international rules to protect endangered or threatened species. An Alberta numbered company based in Major, Sask., that owns Osy Rentals, pleaded guilty in Saskatoon on June 11 to knowingly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City Campground pump track reopens after temporary closure
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 14th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The pump track at Gas City Campground is now open following a temporary closure for the construction of a shade sail structure at the facility. The pump track closed May 27 to allow for the construction of the shade sail structure that is now in its final stage, which includes installing the sail onto ... Read More »
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