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Events Calendar Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2019
Nov. 25 – Christmas Market, First Assembly of God, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 25 – The Offspring, Sum 41 and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Nov. 26 – Grasslands Naturalists meeting, Police Point Park nature Centre, 7 p.m., followed by guest speaker Alyssa Friesen on the Calgary Zoo’s Conservation Work Nov. 27 – Roving Gyms, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of councillors to host public questions at Town Hall meeting
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
Two councillors will field questions from residents next week in a third annual Town Hall meeting. Phil Turnbull made it an election promise in 2017 to hold a public meeting annually to hear the concerns of residents, and this year, Coun. Darren Hirsch will also take part. “The agenda is simply for citizens to ask ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beet slicing shortened by months after harvest cut short
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A disastrous sugar beet harvest will not only hit farmers in southeast Alberta, but drastically shorten a heavy production period at the Lantic Sugar Facility in Taber. Early this month the company that produces Rogers Sugar announced that frost and cold weather in October led it and its contracted growers to leave as much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Street opens to traffic after months of repair work on water, sanitary lines
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
First Street SW is open to through traffic once again from Division Avenue heading west. After about five months of this section being closed to accommodate the repair and replacement of water and sanitary lines, the job is complete. New water and sanitary sewer mains will help to provide adequate fire protection and increased reliability ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hemp, cannabis misconceptions addressed
By JEREMY APPEL on November 23rd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Hatters had the opportunity Friday to learn about the region’s burgeoning cannabis and hemp industry at Medicine Hat College. The Cannabis and Hemp Conference – organized by APEX – included five regional speakers from the industry, who then convened in a panel moderated by Tracy Stroud, the college’s manager of business development. Stroud told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown foot patrol off for the winter
By JEREMY APPEL on November 23rd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service’s downtown foot patrol unit is going into hibernation for the winter. Insp. Brent Secondiak says that although the initiative was largely successful, police resources could be better spent elsewhere in the winter months, since there are fewer people out on the streets in the cold. Downtown is defined by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional junior oil companies report good third-Q numbers
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
Two junior oil companies in the southeast are citing success in third-quarter financial statements while drilling rights auctions for oil-seeking companies in the region have been active. Prairie Provident announced that an extremely conservative capital program for 2019 has brought one new well to production, according to third-quarter reports. In a subsequent release, a second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber of Commerce introduces its new president
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
The Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce has a new president. Tracy Noullett works as a chartered accountant with MNP and has sat on the Chamber board for the past few years. She says the position of president rotates annually and the nominee has to have sat on the board for three years. “It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge report says it could save $10M a year if it stops running arena, school buses and makes other changes
By Alberta Newspaper Group on November 22nd, 2019
LETHBRIDGE A report recommends that the City of Lethbridge could save up to $10 million per year if it got out of the business of running a major arena, turned school busing over to school boards, and made other operational changes. A fiscal and operational performance review conducted by KPMG was presented Monday to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A week in jail for bursting into Tim Hortons’ kitchen, shouting at staff
By Medicine Hat News on November 22nd, 2019
A man who scuffled with police officers after entering the kitchen of the Tim Hortons near the police station and shouting at employees has been sentenced to a week in jail. Dakota Tailfeathers pled guilty Thursday in provincial court to mischief and resisting arrest. According to the agreed statement of facts, Tailfeathers entered the Tim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public feedback sought for Rattlesnake Ridge Wind Power Project at Whitla E
By Medicine Hat News on November 22nd, 2019
Regulators are now calling for public feedback on plans to build a 26-turbine wind power facility around the hamlet of Whitla, southwest of Medicine Hat. The Rattlesnake Ridge Wind Power Project would be built next summer, according to owner Berkshire Hathaway Energy Canada, and would have a peak production capacity of 117.6 megawatts. It would ... Read More »
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