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Restricted liquor use allowed at Elkwater’s one-day use areas
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 30th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A first of its kind public hearing will take place on Tuesday evening at Medicine Hat city council – focused on issuing a tax break to help a potential developer recoup costs of cleaning up the 603 First Street parking lot to build a hotel. But councillors who first heard the proposal this spring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colistro leaves MHCBE with fond memories
By JEREMY APPEL on June 30th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel With the 2018-19 school year coming to a close, Joe Colistro is wrapping up his tenure as superintendent of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education. Colistro announced his impending retirement at the MHCBE’s Nov. 13 meeting. He spoke to the News this week about the highlights of his five years with the MHCBE. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial gov’t looking for volunteer award nominations
By Medicine Hat News on June 28th, 2019
The provincial government is asking for nominations for the Stars of Alberta Volunteer awards to recognize those who have made a lasting impact in their community. “Alberta’s 1.6 million volunteers are the heartbeat behind the recreational, social and cultural programs that make our province a great place to live,” said Leela Sharon Aheer, minister of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Western Canada’s largest solar array in Brooks will expand 200 per cent
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 28th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The owner of Western Canada’s largest solar panel array plans to expand the facility near Brooks by nearly 200 per cent, according to an announcement Thursday by provincial regulators. Elemental Energy, which commissioned the 15-megawatt generating facility beside the Trans-Canada Highway in 2017, has applied to build future phases on two adjoining quarter sections. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water levels on the decline after weekend river flow advisory
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2019
River levels appear to be waning upstream of Medicine Hat after a high-stream flow advisory was issued over the weekend. The warning for the Bow River basin, from Banff eastward through Calgary, was extended to the Bassano Dam on Monday as heavy weekend precipitation made its way downstream. However, forecasters with Alberta environment stated on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS announces routine sickle cell disease screening for newborns
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2019
Alberta Health Services will now provide routine testing on newborn babies for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease causes red blood cells to have a crescent moon or sickle shape and become trapped in blood vessels, causing pain, damage to tissue and premature breakdown of the red blood cells, AHS stated in a press release. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP leaving provincial climate change division as is
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 22nd, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The UCP government says it has made no changes to the climate change office/division within the environment ministry since it was elected. In 2016 an NDP cabinet shuffle included an announcement that a new “climate change office” had been created to help implement the government’s climate leadership plan. The new office would report to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Just two cannabis-impaired charges laid thus far
By JEREMY APPEL on June 22nd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service have arrested just two people for cannabis-impaired driving since legalization in October 2018. This constitutes half the drug-impaired driving charges laid in the time span, Insp. Brent Secondiak told the Medicine Hat Police Commission at its Thursday night meeting. The other two were for driving under the influence of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!YMCA forced to drop Get Active
By JEREMY APPEL on June 22nd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The YMCA’s Get Active program, which promotes physical activity among kids at four schools in lower-income neighbourhoods, is ending this fall due to a lack of funding. The program operated at Elm Street, St. Louis, I.F. Cox and Southview Schools. Sharon Hayward, the CEO of YMCA Medicine Hat, told the News the grants and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City money locked in limbo
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 22nd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Barring an emergency ratification of the North American free trade deal, the House of Commons is done its business for the spring and likely before the October election. That means that the pre-campaign period of program and spending announcements should begin soon (indeed, some say, it’s underway). However, the lining up of elections may ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Though it never actually closed, Police Point interpretive centre hosts grand re-opening with new look
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 22nd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant After two years of construction, the upgrades to the Police Point Park interpretive centre are complete – and if you hadn’t been paying attention, or seen the previous incarnation, you’d think it was a brand new 37-year-old building. “We chuckle that its a grand re-opening but we never closed,” said Corlaine Gardner, the park’s ... Read More »
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