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Wexit meeting draws roughly 100 in the Hat
By Mo Cranker on November 10th, 2019
Medicine Hat News The leader of Alberta’s separatist movement was in Medicine Hat Sunday, drawing about 100 people to address the topic from many different angles. Wexit Canada co-founder Peter Downing made the drive down from Edmonton to speak on a large range of topics centring around western provinces leaving Canada to form an independent ... Read More »
3 responsesBarnes ‘thrilled’ to be named to Fair Deal Panel
By Mo Cranker on November 10th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes says he is ready to get to work on the provincial Fair Deal Panel he was named to Saturday. Barnes received a phone call about an hour before the official announcement was made by the United Conservative Party — he says he is ready for the task. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lobby group formed to advocate for Western Canadian energy development
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 9th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new lobbying effort by municipalities to promote Western Canadian energy development to the federal government has support among regional politicians in southeastern Alberta, including those who had been split on whether previous efforts would do any good. On Friday, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced it would form a “Western Economic Taskforce” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early frost leaves substantial beet tonnage in the ground
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 9th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant About half of one of the largest specialty crops in southeast Alberta will remain in the ground, Lantic Sugar and the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association announced on Thursday, and potato growers as well are being hit hard by early frost. “We have had three severe cold weather events in October,” said Arne Bergen-Henengouwen, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan gives go-ahead to natural gas plant near Moose Jaw
By Medicine Hat News on November 9th, 2019
Crown electricity provider SaskPower will go ahead with plans to build a major natural-gas powered plant near Moose Jaw, the minister in charge announced this week, as work is winding up on a new plant near Swift Current. Dustin Duncan said on Thursday that a review of how the Moose Jaw facility, first announced in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional jobless rate drops, but still up over last year
By Medicine Hat News on November 9th, 2019
Unemployment eased in southern Alberta in October, by remains up sharply from one year ago, according to new figures released on Friday. The jobless rate in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region sat at 6.4 per cent last month, a point lower than in September, but more than two points higher than in October 2018. Across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Metis Week kicks off Nov. 12
By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2019
There are four events scheduled next week to celebrate Metis Week in the Hat. The festivities kick off Nov. 12 with a noon flag raising ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park that it open to the public, with lunch to follow at the Miywasin Friendship Centre. On Nov. 13, there is an Elders Appreciation Pot Luck, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Nov. 4-10, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on November 4th, 2019
Nov. 4 – World U-17 Hockey Challenge Czech Republic vs. Canada Black, Canalta Centre, 1 p.m. Nov. 4 – Colouring in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 – World U-17 Hockey Challenge Canada White vs. USA, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Nov. 5 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pembina ups capital budget for Empress in Cypress County
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2019
Pembina Pipelines will build new power facilities at its straddle plant in Cypress County, according to the company’s new earnings release. That brings the total combined capital budget to improve the Empress plant site to about $240 million over the next three years. Half the amount is a previously announced effort to build propane production ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prescribed fires to take place at Suffield National Wildlife Area this weekend
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2019
CFB Suffield has partnered with Environment and Climate Change Canada to conduct prescribed fires this weekend. The fires will affect a few small areas of grassland at the CFB Suffied National Wildlife Area, which is a section of the base where no ground military training occurs to protect the native grasslands and wildlife habitats. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man arrested near Ponoka, facing charges that include vehicle theft
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2019
A Medicine Hat Man has been arrested in central Alberta after a woman he was travelling with ran into a gas station and hid beneath the counter. Mounties from the Ponoka detachment attended the scene on Oct. 30 and took Tyler John Figley, 35, into custody after they discovered the truck he was driving to ... Read More »
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