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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!Portrait of former Hat MLA Robert Wanner unveiled at legislature
By medicinehatnews on December 9th, 2019
The portrait of former Medicine Hat MLA and speaker of the legislature Robert Wanner was unveiled on 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. Each of Alberta’s 13 former speakers are are honoured following their tenure with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Esplanade draws hundreds with documentary
By MO CRANKER on December 9th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker More than 600 Hatters flocked to the Esplanade Thursday for two showings of I Am Rohingya – A Genocide in Four Acts, a documentary about the journey of 14 refugee youth and a reenactment of their journeys as refugees. “This is a feature-length documentary about a number of different people and how they fled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters flock to annual gem show
By MO CRANKER on December 9th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Medicine Hatters flocked to the annual Rock N’ Gem show held this year at Higdon Hall. The show ran Friday to Sunday and showcased a countless amount of rocks, gems and minerals. “We host these shows all across Canada – Medicine Hat is one of our last stops,” said one of the organizers, Chris ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat teenager using small business to help out local food bank
By MO CRANKER on December 9th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Not many 13 year olds can say they run their own business. Hatter CJ Payeur started CJ’s Krazy Crayons roughly three years ago and has made dozens of appearances at trade shows and markets around the city since his business began. “I saw a cool looking crayon in my brother’s room and thought ‘why ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Dec. 9-15, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on December 9th, 2019
Dec. 9 – Colouring in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Dec. 9 – Tween Night: Christmas Creations, MH Public Library, 7-8:30 p.m., ages 10-12 Dec. 10 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Dec. 10 – The Huron Carole Path to a Miracle, Esplanade, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 – Roving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power plant opens in SW Sask.
By Medicine Hat News on December 7th, 2019
The Chinook Power Station was officially opened Friday by SaskPower officials who say the massive gas-fired plant in southwest Saskatchewan was built on time and without accessing a $75-million contingency fund in the budget. The final cost of the 350-megawatt facility near Swift Current is expected to be $605 million. It will employ 25 full-time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s shelter honours victims of Montreal massacre
By MO CRANKER on December 7th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society held a memorial Friday to honour victims of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre in Montreal. Friday was the 30-year anniversary of the massacre where a male shooter entered the Quebec school and specifically targeted women on campus. Women’s shelter executive director Natasha Carvalho says it is an important ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local jobless rate falls while province, nation hit with tough month
By Medicine Hat News on December 7th, 2019
The unemployment rate in southern Alberta bucked the provincial and national trend in November, according to new figures out Friday. The jobless rate in the Lethbridge Medicine Hat region sank to 4.9 per cent during the month, down one-and-a-half percentage points from October, but still one point higher than one year ago. The current regional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daffodil Project taking break to let blooms flourish
By Medicine Hat News on December 7th, 2019
The Daffodil Project has now completed its fifth planting season and is exactly half way through the planned term of the project from 2015 to 2025. Each year the team has made adjustments to planting locations and employed strategies to maximize success for the bulbs planted. At a recent committee meeting it was decided that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat shut out of $8M addictions funding
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 7th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade An additional $8 million to help those recovering from opioid addiction was announced by the government, but none of it will be for Medicine Hat. The money will be released over the next four years, $2 million each year, for 10 clinics specializing in providing opioid agonist therapy operated by Alberta Health Services, and ... Read More »
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