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Regional unemployment creeps up closer to provincial average
By Medicine Hat News on June 9th, 2019
Regional unemployment rose closer to the provincial average in May, according to figures released Friday by Alberta Labour and Immigration. The jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area sat at 6.5 per cent last month – essentially flat with April, but 1.3 percentage point higher than May 2018. The News does not publish the localized ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More being done than meets the jaded eye
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 9th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This column has been beating the drum for a while, but there’s a heck of a lot going on in Medicine Hat these days. Some would say that it’s spring time in Alberta, hearkening the Ian Tyson hit song, or maybe something more like Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America.” Either way, the Hat is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School rules shouldn’t affect GSA treatment here
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 9th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local school boards say proposed provincial rules for Gay-Straight Alliances won’t make a major difference in how they administer the programs, but could give some new leeway to their staff to moderate a parent-student dialogue. Bill 8 was introduced in the Alberta Legislature this week to update the Education Act, and among a host ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing society releases its annual progress report
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 9th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade At the Esplanade on Friday, Medicine Hat Community Housing Society celebrated progress on its plan to end homelessness and revealed initiatives to address specific needs. “It’s a progression of the work that we do. We are always in a constant state of evaluation of what we can do to improve,” said Jaime Rogers, manager ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City gives $15K grant to LEARN for its Imagination Alive
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 9th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The city has given a grant of $15,000 to enable a local organization to continue its program of connecting high school students with seniors in the Imagination Alive project. LEARN (Lifelong Education And Resource Network) paired 23 Medicine Hat High School students with 11 residents at Sunnyside Care Centre for an hour twice a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1,000-acre solar plan takes a step
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 9th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New light is breaking on a proposal to build Canada’s largest solar energy facility in Medicine Hat. The planned 1,000-acre “Saamis Solar” north of Crescent Heights now has a municipal permit, though a timetable on the project is still unknown. The News first broke the story in February that Irish-based DP Energy had plans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Milk Producers, ATB Financial hosting breakfast event
By Medicine Hat News on June 7th, 2019
Alberta Milk producers and ATB Financial are promoting “Breakfast on a Dairy Farm” event Saturday at the Kingslake Hutterite Colony near Foremost. The event takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. south of Highway 61 on Range Road 132. Billed as a chance to enjoy free breakfast served by local dairy farmers and experience ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recycled plastics build up as buyers are sought
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 7th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Some plastic from the city’s recycling programs is being stockpiled or put into the landfill as new buyers of the material are being sought, the city’s utility department announced Thursday. Municipal waste-reduction programs across North America are struggling to manage operations as markets in Asia and mostly China begin declining shipments of mixed plastics. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Land decisions to be made this fall
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 7th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Council will decide this fall how its land department will bring forward new residential, commercial and industrial land onto the market that’s still seeing a residential building slump, administrators told a committee on Wednesday. That arose as the 2018 annual report was submitted, showing sales of multi-family land, infill lots and commercial property buoyed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypressview residents decorate walkers and hit the runway movin’
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 6th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Residents of Cypressview Foundation raised the profile of seniors and walkers to a whole new level and made them rock on Wednesday. Hilary Hamilton, activities co-ordinator acting as emcee, turned seniors showing off their decorated walkers into the Paris runway show of Medicine Hat. There was Joan Goldie, who from her chair did a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Paddling Club hosting Life Jackets for Life event at Echo Dale
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2019
The Medicine Hat Paddling Club is hosting its third annual “Life Jackets 4 Life” event June 11 at Echo Dale Regional Park. The purpose of the event, which begins at 6 p.m., is to educate Hatters about boating water safety, namely the use of life jackets and other safety gear required by Transport Canada. Attendees ... Read More »
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