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City of Medicine Hat’s Name the Fleet winners announced
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2024
The City of Medicine Hat’s Name the Fleet contest has finally concluded, and 15 monikers have emerged victorious. City residents voted nearly 850 times, with the four graders and 11 sanders receiving names that will be installed for the coming winter season and the foreseeable future. Graders have been named Clearopathra, Snowbi Gone Kenobi, Slim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local police show support for Family Violence Prevention Month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Local officers tied purple ribbons to trees outside the Medicine Hat Police Service station on Friday as part of an annual campaign to increase awareness of family violence. As part of Family Violence Prevention Month, the goal of the purple ribbon campaign is to spread public awareness of domestic violence both at home and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nominations open for Cypress County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2024
Nominations are officially open to help select Cypress County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year. The BMO Bank of Montreal Farm Family of the Year award aims to recognize an outstanding southern Alberta farm family that typifies the value of the family farmer to rural communities. Nominees must live within Cypress County, must be active ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith has local support, talks of leadership revolt played down
By Collin Gallant on November 2nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Key local leaders in the United Conservative Party say they are in Red Deer to support Premier Danielle Smith in a leadership review, even though they have mixed reasons and mixed reviews of how the government is operating. Another conservative says a signal needs to sent to get Smith’s attention on fiscal, federal and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City on track to collect nearly all money owed from power price deferral
By Collin Gallant on November 2nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat expects to come close to recovering millions in deferred power revenue from a three-month provincial rate cap two years ago by a Dec. 31 deadline. Filings show however, that other power providers in the rest of Alberta may not. Retailers were owed a total of $187 million after the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter among pair wanted on several charges in Swift Current
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2024
Swift Current RCMP have issued arrest warrants for a pair of suspects, including a man from Medicine Hat, over two recent incidents involving firearms and breaking into a home. Nicholas Belanger, 35, of Medicine Hat, and Mathew Neufeld, 28, of Swift Current, are each wanted on charges of break and enter, theft over $5,000, theft ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province says wait times for water licences have fallen dramatically
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 2nd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com With the province cutting red tape surrounding regulatory approvals and decisions under the Water Act, wait times for licences are reported to have decreased by 57 per cent since 2021. “Water is a precious resource and must be managed to meet the province’s many growing needs,” said the province. Officials explained they have heard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local firefighters bring home bronze from fire-fit World Challenge
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Three local firefighters took home third place at 2024 World Challenge Firefighter Challenge Championships held in Nashville on Oct. 26 in the male aged 40-49 relay. Steven Seymore, Michael Arnold and Jason Labash represented the Hat by posting a relay time of 1:28:63 that included hi-rise stair climbing, hose drags and victim extraction while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shark lab, HR update included in public school monthly highlights
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The science department head and teacher at Medicine Hat High School had the unique opportunity to participate in the teacher/educator internship funded by the Save our Seas Foundation to study sharks at the Bimini Shark Lab located in the Bahamas. Renee Tschritter was among 28 educators selected for the internship out of more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Psychiatrist couple holds official grand opening for Mind Clinic
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 1st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Halloween decorations doubled as the backdrop for a belated grand opening of the Mind Clinic, where a husband and wife duo of psychiatrists is seizing a chance to help anyone who needs it. Drs. Ahmad Chattha and Maham Riaz hail from the United Kingdom, where they completed their training and became consultant psychiatrists in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary company wins funding to determine electrical battery storage in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on November 1st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Calgary company has won grant funding in the “energy innovation challenge” and will determine where to best place electrical battery storage facilities on Medicine Hat’s network. That would manage power flow on the city’s grid and act as backup power supply, according to Arcus Power head Dan Erhardt. “We’ll identify locations where they ... Read More »
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