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Savvy planning keeps St. Francis Christmas Dinner going
By MO CRANKER on December 15th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Students at St. Francis Xavier School were able to take part in a longstanding tradition thanks to extra planning from parent volunteers. The annual Christmas Dinner has been taking place at the school since 1979 and is usually held as a large group celebration before the Holidays. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, large gatherings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This weekend offers perfect conditions to see meteor shower
By Medicine Hat News on December 12th, 2020
There is the potential for some spectacular sky gazing this weekend. The Interpretive Centre at Police Point Park suggests that from sunset to sunrise, until Monday morning, there is an opportunity to watch the annual Geminids Meteor Shower. There could be as many as 150 meteors an hour to see. The new moon falls on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa Claus is Coming to Town in a parade near you
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 12th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Santa’s on his way. Jolly old St. Nick began a special five-night Santa Claus Is Coming To Town parade on Friday evening in Redcliff and Crescent Heights – a festive tour of local neighbourhoods with the goal of spreading Holiday cheer and drumming up donations for the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Village of Cereal will dissolve into hamlet status on Jan. 1
By Medicine Hat News on December 12th, 2020
The Village of Cereal will be dissolved on Jan. 1,and become a hamlet in Special Areas No. 3. That follows a vote this fall ordered by Alberta Municipal affairs after it found during an audit that the village was running a near 40 per cent operating budget deficit each year. Official process concluded this week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa Claus Fund needs support after record-smashing season
By MO CRANKER on December 12th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker It has been another record year for the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund. After an all-time high of usage in 2019, intake has gone up roughly 30 per cent this year. Executive director Deanna Doerksen says the pandemic is the root cause. “We’re seeing families that have never used our services before,” she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!40 Hot Meal initiative takes off
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local effort to link donors with restaurants to provide meals to food bank clients is already beating expectations just two days after launching. The 40 Hot Meal initiative is the creation of Torrey Mattson and his wife, Sarah McKenzie, who came up with the idea Tuesday night just after the province announced a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Humane Society, Something for Everyone host online auction for animals
By MO CRANKER on December 12th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Southern Alberta Humane Society and the Something for Everyone Market have teamed up for an online auction on Facebook in support of the animals. “This came from the Something for Everyone Market being cancelled,” said humane society board member De Seaton. “We got talking to Monica Kallis with the markets and it really ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five years on, Syrian families have found their way
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Five years ago the first Syrian refugees arrived in Medicine Hat. Staff at Saamis Immigration Services Association, who helped them settle in, can hardly believe so much time has passed since the first family arrived on Dec. 29, 2015. Executive director Antonio Samayoa says preparation for that day included communications with the community, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library switches to curbside as restrictions hit
By MO CRANKER on December 12th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Despite being forced to close its doors for four weeks, the Medicine Hat Public Library will still be operating to serve Hatters. The public library will close its doors Saturday at 5 p.m. and will shift to a curbside pickup and drop-off method. People will be able to call the library to make arrangements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several groups benefit from Community Vibrancy grants
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2020
Nearly $40,000 in city grants for events that were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic have been reallocated to new proposals to boost community spirit and safe activities. The reconfigured “Community Vibrancy” grants were presented to council on Monday. Three standing city grant programs allocate $43,500 each year to community organizations and sports teams, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retailers understand reality as tougher restrictions loom
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 11th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local business owner Rob Andreas is giving fellow retailers the same three points of advice he’s provided to the staff of his pet store and anyone else he talks to in the community. “It’s not great, but it could be worse, and it will get better,” the owner of Animal World told the News ... Read More »
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