Local News
Poll
Loading ...Sunny Escapes
Sponsored
Service dog info session Friday, 10:30 at city hall
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2019
The city will hold an awareness event about service dogs and the public is invited to attend. It will take place Friday at 10:30 a.m. in council chambers. In the past number of years there has been a growing demand for the city to allow vested service animals into public buildings and spaces. The city ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Old Navy will open Nov. 2 at the mall
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2019
The new Old Navy store at the Medicine Hat Mall will officially open Nov. 2. It’s one of three stores to be located in the mall’s revamped wing that formerly hosted Sears, the News previously reported. The other two – Dollarama and an expanded Ardene – are expected to be open in time for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Oct. 15-20, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on October 15th, 2019
Oct. 15 – MH360 Speakers: Deborah Northcott and Rod DeVries, Baymont Inn& Suites, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 15 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 15 – Medicine for the Soul Book Club, MH Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 15 – Tigers vs. Saskatoon Blades, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trio banished from reserve after robbing co-op, scheming to make guns
By Medicine Hat News on October 12th, 2019
Three men charged with robbing a rural co-op have been banished from the Siksika Reserve after they were also charged in a scheme to make and sell guns on the reserve, the band council announced this week. The three are not members, but one resided on the reserve with his common-law spouse. A release dated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medalta’s Black and White Gala offers online tickets
By MO CRANKER on October 12th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Medalta is getting ready to host one of its biggest fundraisers of the year and it still has tickets on sale. The Black and White Gala is taking place Oct. 19 and it makes up for a good portion of the group’s fundraising for the year. “The Black and White Gala made up for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta unemployment up a full half point
By Medicine Hat News on October 12th, 2019
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta was up sharply in September while the provincial and national rates fell. The jobless rate in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat rose to 7.6 per cent during the month, up half a percentage point from August, and well above the 4.8 per cent recorded in the region during Sept. 2018. The Alberta number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workshop in Taber will tackle plant protein production and how to boost it
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
Boosting value-added plant protein production will be the topic of a workshop hosted next month in Taber by economic developers in South-Central Alberta. “Fractionation 101” is presented by Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta, and several Taber-area ag-centred development agencies, as well as Farm Credit Canada. Industry and government officials will discuss the potential for economic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Agrium fined for leak that injured worker
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
A fertilizer producer has been fined after an anhydrous ammonia leak at its plant near Carseland, Alta., two years ago. Agrium will pay nearly $29,000 in fines, including a victim surcharge for the incident that “seriously injured a worker” but was not reported for four weeks. According to an agreed statement of facts, serious chemical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter pleads not guilty to charge of promoting hatred
By Jeremy Appel on October 9th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Loki Hulgaard, the Medicine Hat man accused of wilfully promoting hatred and several firearm offences, has pled not guilty to all charges against him. Hulgaard and defence lawyer Mike Gilchrist entered the pleas Wednesday at Medicine Hat Provincial Court, electing for a trial by judge alone in provincial court. Gilchrist told court he’s in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Campus Energy Partners takes over AltaGas assets in southern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on October 8th, 2019
The investment firm that took over AltaGas midstream assets in southeast Alberta has a name: Campus Energy Partners. This month the Alberta Utility Commission approved the change from a numbered company that originally held the pipelines and plants that the company sold to Ontario investment house, Birch Hill Equity Partners, last September. The company was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family Craft Fair raising funds for new wellness centre at South Country Village
By Medicine Hat News on October 8th, 2019
A Family Craft Fair is taking place on Saturday at South Country Village – near the airport – from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a variety of vendors with unique crafts. The event is organized by the Heritage Centre Society, which will be putting proceeds toward a new physical wellness activity centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
