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Notre Dame’s student Christmas market offers good cheer and a good cause
By JEREMY APPEL on December 11th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Students at Notre Dame Academy paired up with kids from St. Louis School on Tuesday to take them shopping at their school’s Christmas market and participate in holiday-themed activities. Notre Dame teacher and school counsellor Kim Rae says each year they invite students from a Catholic elementary school to participate in the festivities. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two south residents hospitalized with influenza so far this season
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2019
Spread joy, not germs when you are attending Christmas parties or visiting family and friends this season. Two people with laboratory-confirmed influenza have already been hospitalized this season in the south zone and Alberta Health Services is dispensing advice on how to limit the spread of illness during the festive season. According to the influenza ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local company eyes global expansion
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 11th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Luc Beriault says he spent the first 15 years of his business “trying to figure it out.” After that, the head of Hat-based recruitment firm Positive Life Concepts spent four planning to expand, and now, will open offices in the United States and Eastern Canada. Beriault told the News on Tuesday that pending final ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fitness classes starting in January at the Veiner Centre
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2019
Registration has already begun for fitness classes that you can take at the Veiner Centre in early January. The various classes are being sold as 12-week packages and commence on Jan. 6. There are two options for Mondays: Solid Gold Dance & Fitness from noon to 1 p.m. or Mind Body Works from 1-2 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Children’s area at library closed today for organizing
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2019
The children’s section at the Medicine Hat Public Library will be closed for the day today as staff rearrange shelving in the Kinsmen Children’s Library. The work will not affect a planned children’s Christmas sing-a-long that will take place from 6-7 p.m. in the library’s theatre hosted by Andrew Plait. The library has also announced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recycling deal expected in new year
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 11th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city hopes to hammer out a permanent contract for home pickup of recycling early in the new year. Administrators with the solid waste department told council during an annual update of business plans last week that a tendering process is closed and they hope to make a selection and begin negotiations by mid-January. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former owner of Ronald McDonald House elated at home’s new use
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 10th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The former owner of Medicine Hat’s new Ronald McDonald House says she could not be happier that her marital home and that of her husband’s family will now be a special place for children. “I am deeply honoured for Alf’s family and myself that that is what became of it,” said Barbara King. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City reaches halfway point of controlling all intersections
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 10th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Driving instructors in Medicine Hat may have one fewer trick question for road tests in the future. The city’s municipal works department is now halfway through a five-year program to eliminate uncontrolled intersections in the city, according to operations superintendent Trevor Funk. “In 2015 we identified 350 uncontrolled intersections throughout the city, mainly in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wanner’s portrait enshrined at legislature
By JEREMY APPEL on December 10th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The official portrait of former Medicine Hat MLA and speaker of the legislature Robert Wanner was unveiled in Edmonton Monday morning, along with a local twist. The portrait was painted by Joe Versikaitis, a former Hatter who trained locally and now lives in Calgary. Wanner describes the experience of being inscribed in the legislature’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deadlines for Suffield Solar facility extended by four months by AUC
By Medicine Hat News on December 10th, 2019
A proposed deadlines to build the Suffield Solar facility has been extended by four months to August, 2020, the Alberta Utility Commission has announced. Construction on the 23-megawatt power production array was begun this summer near Range Road 100 and the Trans-Canada Highway west of the hamlet of Suffield by developer, Canadian Solar. The Guelph, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beaulieu pleads guilty before trial
By JEREMY APPEL on December 10th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Leonard Beaulieu has pled guilty to manslaughter in relation to the fatal New Year’s Eve 2016 shooting of 24-year-old Jordan Pede. Beaulieu, 27, was scheduled to begin trial for second-degree murder at the Court of Queen’s Bench Monday, but instead entered a plea for manslaughter. The Crown said it was unable to prove beyond ... Read More »
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