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Police Briefs: Man faces drug-related charge after hotel-room bust
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat police have arrested a man they say had $10,000 worth of drugs in a south-end motel room on Wednesday night. The MHPS criminal investigation section reports officers received a tip that the man was in possession of a large amount of narcotics. Police say that during a search of the hotel room ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another successful year for Adopt-a-Pond program
By ANNA SMITH on May 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Grassland Naturalists Society is thrilled with the success of this year’s Adopt a Pond initiative. All the ponds in the city have been adopted, says co-ordinator Martha Munz Gue, and most pathways and creek or riverside spaces have, as well. The program initially began in 2021 when a recently-retired nurse phoned looking to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Closing city hall’s main doors meant to be temporary
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Closing the main doors at city hall is a temporary measure to accommodate construction and keep visitors from away from staff-only areas while walls and doors are opened up, city building managers clarified Thursday. Work to relocate the main floor security desk occurred earlier this year and since late 2023, the second-floor planning department ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sugar beet plant in Taber aims to reduce water use
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews New recovery and conservation equipment could save 35 million litres of “fresh” water each year at the Lantic Sugar beet plant in Taber. The company cites the figure in its annual “sustainability” report for 2023, published this week, and describes work done last year to capture condensation, recycle cooling water, minimize fresh water used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City Campground pump track to temporary close for construction
By Medicine Hat News on May 24th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com The pump track at Gas City Campground has been closed to allow crews to construct a shade structure. The pump track will be closed to the public starting May 27 for approximately two weeks until the middle of June. During this time the pump track site will be inaccessible, however adjacent traffic lanes will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Couple biking across the country to promote vitamin D awareness
By ANNA SMITH on May 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Senior couple Kanji and Susie Nakatsu are biking across the country in order to help spread awareness for an issue that plagues a majority of Canadians. Kanji Nakatsu is a retired pharmacology professor, who remarked that while he taught about the health issue he’s campaigning for, vitamin D deficiency, he hadn’t had an opportunity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Pat’s hopes to connect with community at upcoming resource fair
By ANNA SMITH on May 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com St. Patrick’s Church will be hosting a Community Resource Family Fair on June 1, in hopes of connecting with families with resources in the region. This is the first time the church has organized anything like this, said Karen-Anne Cherwonogrodzky, fair planning chair. “We had a number of religious items donated to us. And ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat’s elected officials relatively mum on Bill 20 to date
By Collin Gallant on May 24th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The issue of sweeping changes to municipal governance legislation hasn’t been discussed by Medicine Hat city council one month after Bill 20 was outlined and is now set to move to legislature committee for study. It would change local elections and municipal government acts to allow political parties at local level in major cities, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC and MHPSD to offer dual-credit courses for trades and health care
By ANNA SMITH on May 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Students in the Medicine Hat Public School Division will have new opportunities to explore trades and health care, as part of a dual-credit program through Medicine Hat College. The programs will enable students to pursue areas of interest and discover career pathways, while completing post-secondary courses and earning college and high school credits. “The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Company wants farm status fast-tracked for tax bill on Aurora plant
By Collin Gallant on May 24th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The company repurposing the Aurora Sun greenhouse has requested they move more swiftly to tax-free status afforded to agricultural facilities in urban centres by provincial regulations. Bevo Farms has been operating at the huge growing facility in Medicine Hat’s northwest for two months, but faces a full-year assessment at the much higher non-residential (commercial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat schools to receive largest funding cut this fall
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 24th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com School boards in Medicine Hat will experience a funding cut of more than $1 million next semester, the highest in the province dollar-wise according to its projected operational funding for the 2024/24 school year. The report published May 6 shows Medicine Hat tops the list of all 13 schools boards across the province that ... Read More »
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