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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 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!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!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!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!$3.2M water, sewer contract awarded for SW residential area
By Medicine Hat News on December 11th, 2020
Long-suffering residents near Bullivant Crescent in the city’s southwest will see more major sewer work on two blocks in the area move forward in 2021. Council received bid results for water line and sanitary sewer replacement work there on Monday and awarded the $3.2-million project that will proceed in the spring. As well, “dilapidated” concrete ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic board reports on-target finances for first quarter
By MO CRANKER on December 10th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education trustees received a report this week on finances for the first quarter of this school year, in a presentation by secretary treasurer Greg MacPherson. That period is the first three months of the year, ending on Nov. 30. To date, the Catholic school board has $9.2 million in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midwifery services now offered in Taber, with plans to expand
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 10th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services has announced that midwifery service is now available in Taber. At present there is one midwife, with plans to recruit another two, said a spokesperson for AHS. Midwives can assist with birth at home or at the Taber health centre. There are currently eight registered midwives working in the AHS south ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young students write Christmas letters to seniors
By MO CRANKER on December 10th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Students at Vincent Massey School are stepping up to help bring Christmas to local seniors. Various classes of students, led by teacher Tracy Elderkin, are working on letters that will be delivered to more than 300 seniors around Dec. 25. “We’re trying to connect students to the community in a COVID-safe way,” she said. ... Read More »
3 responsesCity rec facilities to close by Sunday
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 10th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant All major city recreation and cultural facilities will be closed this weekend in a repeat of spring shutdown to comply with new, tightening provincial health orders. As of a Sunday deadline, the Family Leisure Centre, Co-op Place, the Kinplex and Hounds Arenas will close their doors and suspend all programming until January, as will ... Read More »
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