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Memorial on Saturday for ‘lifeblood’ of Hat music scene, Bill Wahl
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 28th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com In honour of his work and all of the lives he had touched throughout his career, a memorial concert will be held for Bill Wahl on Saturday at the Cypress Centre. The band director at Crescent Heights High School for more than 30 years and the founding director of the Medicine Hat Concert Band, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP, AUPE raise concerns about new continuing care regulation
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 27th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to the provincial continuing-care regulations have sparked concern, as the revised document makes no mention of a minimum number of hours of nursing care. Previous regulations required a 1.9 hours of nursing and personal care per day in a continuing care home, a portion of which had to be provided by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS highlights mass marketing and phone scams to end fraud prevention month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 27th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service finishes fraud prevention week in Canada highlighting mass marketing and phone scams. MHPS says mass marketing and phone scams are one of the most common frauds, with the fraudster wanting to obtain personal information or be provided money from victims in any method. Whether is it by phone or by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City releases report into Clark complaint
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 27th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A third-party investigation into a complaint that Mayor Linnsie Clark mistreated city manager Ann Mitchell at a council meeting last summer doesn’t name either, nor complainant Coun. Shila Sharps, in a redacted version released Tuesday. But it does put into words the concerns of the two city council members, neither of whom have yet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties in Brooks on the lookout for stolen Honda Civic
By Medicine Hat News on March 27th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP are looking for a stolen car taken in that city over the weekend. At 6:45 on Saturday morning a green 2000 Honda Civic was taken from a residence near Second Avenue E and Seventh Street E while the owner was warming up the vehicle. It’s licence plate reads Alberta CMH-2552. Semi jack-knifes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose sets priorities in capital plan
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 27th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools hosted a virtual public meeting Tuesday in order to discuss its 2025-2028 capital plan. The plan needed to be approved by the end of March, which in turn necessitated the extra meeting. Chief financial officer Ryan Boser briefly spoke to the contents of the plan during the meeting, outlining priorities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks RCMP search for missing teenager
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 27th, 2024
Brooks RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old girl. The RCMP has asked for the help in finding Summer Faith Taypotat, who was last seen at her home in Brooks on March 16 at around 11:30 p.m. They say she is believed to be in the northwest Calgary area, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accessibility upgrades begin at Moose Rec Centre
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 27th, 2024
Construction begins this week to improve accessibility at the Moose Recreation Centre. The city announced Tuesday that work is underway at the Southeast Hill facility, with the project adding a universal change room, an accessible public use washroom, a new janitorial area and minor upgrades to infrastructure and utilities. Officials say work should conclude in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Halifax street food restaurant bring east coast flavour to the Hat
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 27th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com In downtown Halifax locals refer to the corner of Blowers Street and Grafton Street as ‘Pizza Corner,’ a well-known intersection serving authentic East Coast street food including pizza, garlic fingers and donairs. Now those East Coast foods, flavours and culture can be found in Medicine Hat as Blowers & Grafton Halifax Street Food & ... Read More »
1 responseProvince awards contract to study feasibility of Eyremore Dam and Reservoir near Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on March 27th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A feasibility study to build a long-proposed on-stream reservoir near Brooks equal to the Bassano Dam has been awarded. The 2023 provincial budget set aside $5 million to study the potential to create the “Eyremore Dam and Reservoir,” located about 43 kilometres downstream on the Bow River south of the Bassano. Agriculture and Irrigation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Gun Hub permanently closes after struggling to make profit
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 27th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat area’s only indoor shooting range has made the difficult decision to close permanently, citing higher utility and rental costs as well as firearm restrictions imposed by the federal government. Canadian Gun Hub opened in Dunmore in 2016 as a shooting range and expanded into firearms classroom training and retail shortly after. Its ... Read More »
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