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Events Calendar Dec. 24-30
By Medicine Hat News on December 24th, 2018
Dec. 24 — Pixar Short Film Collection, MH Public Library, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 27 — Movie “The Incredibles,” MH Public Library, 2 p.m. Dec. 27 — Movie “Papillon,” MHPublic Library, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 28 — Movie “The Incredibles 2,” MH Public Library, 2 p.m Dec. 28 — Tigers vs.Kootenay, Canalta Centre, 7:30 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds take part in Rally for Resources Convoy
By Mo Cranker on December 22nd, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker If you were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday afternoon — there was only one reason to lay on the horn. Hundreds from southeast Alberta gathered with trucks of all sizes Saturday morning at the Hays turnoff before lining up and driving down the highway’s right-hand lane as part of the Rally for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saamis Immigration a real lifeline
By Gillian Slade on December 22nd, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade For refugees the connection with Saamis Immigration Services Association is a lifeline — particularly in the first year. SISA runs five federally funded programs for refugees, and with an increased number of refugees from Syria since 2016 it has meant significant growth in programs, staff and space for classrooms to teach English, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff school makes big food bank contribution
By Jeremy Appel on December 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Redcliff’s Margaret Wooding School got into the Christmas spirit big time by collecting 6,003 items Thursday for the Medicine Hat and District Food Bank. Principal Craig Corsie says the project was part of the school’s “12 Days of Giving” holiday campaign. “We talked to the kids, we did our assembly at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS hires four new officers, seeks one more
By Jeremy Appel on December 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Four new officers hired by the Medicine Hat Police Service will fill vacancies left earlier this year, although the force is still down one officer, according to Insp. Brent Secondiak. MHPS is authorized to employ 113 officers. With the new hires, they’re at 112. “It was all through attrition,” Secondiak said, adding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Holiday walk-in schedule
By Gillian Slade on December 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News There are a limited number of Walk-In-Clinics where you can see a family physician over the Christmas Season. Christmas Eve, Monday Dec. 24 Carry Drive Clinic, 137-116 Carry Drive, 403-502-8926, will be open from 9 a.m. The closing time depends on patient traffic. Crescent Heights Family Medicine, 49 Eighth Street NW, 403-526-7422, ... Read More »
1 responseSanta for Seniors delivers once again
By Mo Cranker on December 22nd, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Teams of volunteers spent Friday at a number of different seniors’ homes handing out gifts to hundreds of seniors around the city. The Santa for Seniors – Medicine Hat campaign ran for its third year and had teams handing out gifts to Hatters at nine total residences Friday and Saturday. “We had another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Holiday checkstops routine, even daytime
By Jeremy Appel on December 21st, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Police set up a checkstop on N. Railway Street on Tuesday afternoon, the day stricter impaired driving laws went into effect, but Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Joe West says it was a routine Holiday season inspection. “This was business as usual,” West said. It’s “not unheard of” for police to set up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio station sales in Lethbridge ends ClearSky’s era in southern Alberta
By Collin Gallant on December 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Lethbridge is losing local ownership of two radio stations, but a Medicine Hat broadcaster is getting two sister stations in southern Alberta after Lethbridge-based broadcaster ClearSky Radio announced it will sell its three remaining outlets to a B.C.-based company. Vista Radio, the owner of Praise FM in Medicine Hat, will acquire 94.1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hope you dreamed of a brown Christmas
By Gillian Slade on December 20th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Forget about the dream of a white Christmas this year. “There will clearly be no white Christmas,” said Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada. “A white Christmas is two centimetres of snow that sits on the ground.” Even though flurries are forecasted for Christmas Day it will not be enough to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Potential sale of Flats parcel to Meadowlands
By Collin Gallant on December 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A move to sell obscure blocks of property from the city’s land bank has resulted in its first sale and a plan to build a five-storey condo building in the River Flats near the South Saskatchewan River. On Monday council heard a lengthy hearing and debate on rezoning a parcel of open space ... Read More »
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