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Council to decide on 23rd Street NW name change
By Collin Gallant on November 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A name change to a major northside route is being considered as a way to honour a local service club. In 2015, the city approved “Rotary Centennial Drive” for the list of of names available when new streets are built after the club proposed it as a way to note its 100th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lest We Forget: Working in war led her to life in Canada
By Gillian Slade on November 9th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade She served in the Second World War in England, met her future husband — a Canadian sailor — and became one of the British war brides to settle in Medicine Hat. Lynn Solley, nee Johnson, who lived in the English city of Great Yarmouth, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1940 as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schedule of events for Remembrance Day weekend
By Gillian Slade on November 9th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Remembrance Day events commence on Saturday and continue Sunday — initially at the Esplanade followed by a parade and then a service at Riverside Veterans Memorial Park, culminating with the ringing of bells 100 times at sunset. “We Will Remember Them” is a special presentation, at the Esplanade from 2 p.m. on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public gets its first look at Strathcona Centre
By Gillian Slade on November 8th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The newly renovated Strathcona Centre was bright, airy and bustling with the activity of seniors at the open house on Wednesday. “Finally home. It’s good to be back,” said Joan Townsend as she continued exercising on a stationary bicycle, something she does every day Monday to Friday for an hour. “I might ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!100 rings for Armistice
By Gillian Slade on November 8th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Bells across Canada will be ringing out Sunday in honour of the Armistice centenary and the establishment of the Royal Canadian Legion, and in Medicine Hat, St. Barnabas Church will ring its bell 100 times starting at sunset, 4:43 p.m. It will be like a wave of sound from bells across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suffield drilling rights holder delves into oilsands
By Collin Gallant on November 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A Swedish company that moved boldly into the Canadian oilpatch last year by buying the drilling rights to the Suffield block, is now moving strongly into the oilsands. Officials with International Petroleum Corporation discussed its pending purchase of Blackpearl Resources during a corporate earnings update on Monday, saying that the “transition transaction” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County council must tussle with multiple arena cost issues
By Collin Gallant on November 8th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A study of cost estimates to upgrade the Irvine Ag Complex Arena also highlights potentially competing priorities for Cypress County as it studies partnering on a new hockey rink and community centre in Dunmore. In July, the Prairie Rose School Division laid out its early stages plan to construct a full-sized arena with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lest We Forget: Unknown Soldiers symbolize all who died
By Gillian Slade on November 8th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade They represent those who died in service for their country and were buried in unmarked graves — Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, grave of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, London, England, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. How these graves came to be, the decisions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor, MLA exchange words
By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Citing pot legalization, a possible supervised consumption site and now, the end of off-leash privileges near Kin Coulee Park, Mayor Ted Clugston unloaded Monday on other levels of government, and specifically on Medicine Hat MLA Bob Wanner. And Wanner, who typically has not responded to such criticism citing his role as legislature’s speaker, ... Read More »
1 responseArena activities resume at Kinplex after leak
By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Kinplex arenas were reopened on Tuesday, the day after they were evacuated due to an ammonia leak. City recreation officials stated in a release that a mechanical issues had been resolved and schedule of events at the facility would resume. Staff at the recreation centre called fire department at about 7 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Location, location, location corrected
By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Keen readers alerted the News that an error was included in an article on Nov. 6 regarding a high-profile real estate development in downtown Medicine Hat. The report, titled “City sells downtown parking lot,” referred to the former use of the building at 454 Third Street as the one-time location of OK ... Read More »
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