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Daffodil Project planting bulbs Saturday
By Gillian Slade on September 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Daffodil Project launches its 2018 planting season Saturday. The first community planting day this year will take place at Len Mitzel Meadow, where 12,000 bulbs will be put in the ground. Len Mitzel Meadow is south of Trans-Canada Highway at the College overpass, opposite the Visitor Centre. A generous donation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey Academy seeks $10M Dunmore arena
By Collin Gallant on September 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A proposal to build a new $10-million arena in Dunmore — attached to Eagle Butte High School to bolster its new hockey academy program — is the dream for Prairie Rose School Division, officials told Cypress County council Tuesday. Preliminary plans unveiled Tuesday show multi-purpose rooms for public use in a facility built ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kenney blasted for comments about police efforts in opioid crisis
By Nick Kuhl on September 19th, 2018
Lethbridge Herald nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com The NDP is asking for a formal apology from UCP Leader Jason Kenney after he told the Lethbridge Herald last week that law enforcement is “shrugging their shoulders” regarding the city’s response to the opioid crisis. “When Jason Kenney came to Lethbridge, he issued a drive-by insult to our men and women ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPL hosting theatre play on living with schizophrenia
By Gillian Slade on September 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A theatre play on what it is like to live with schizophrenia will be performed at Medicine Hat Public Library theatre on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Inter-Act Theatre Society is bringing Starry Night to Medicine Hat. It reveals what it is like to live with the disorder and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court Briefs: Smaller conviction for man already in prison for trafficking
By Jeremy Appel on September 19th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man imprisoned in Drumheller for two years on drug trafficking charges pled guilty Tuesday at Medicine Hat Provincial Court to unauthorized use of credit card data. Morgan Williams appeared in court via closed-circuit TV from the medium-security Drumheller Institution, where he pled guilty to using a credit card in May that belonged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Device reads blood sugar any time
By Gillian Slade on September 19th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Type 1 diabetes patients have a new tool to give continuous blood sugar level information with the swipe of a small device. “It’s life changing,” says Kendell Cornell, who has been using a FreeStyle Libre for a year. He no longer has to poke his fingers 10 or 12 times a day. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TransCanada prepares to start laying Keystone pipe as it awaits U.S. court rulings
By Collin Gallant on September 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News DUNMORE TransCanada pipelines is preparing to lay pipe — Keystone XL pipe that’s been stockpiled over the past 8 years — early in the new year if final approval of the United States route comes through. Company representatives told council members of Cypress County where a portion of the line would be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College announces dual credit welding program for high school students
By Jeremy Appel on September 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat College has announced a new dual credit welding program that allows high school students to get a head start on post-secondary education. MHC’s apprenticeship welding program will be open to any student from the Medicine Hat Public School Division, Prairie Rose School Division or Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP finance critic embarking on provincial tour to talk money
By Gillian Slade on September 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News United Conservative Party finance critic Drew Barnes is doing a “Let’s Talk Finance” tour across the province, and the first stop will be Medicine Hat on Sept. 25, 8 a.m. at the Whiskey Creek Pub. There will coffee and tea served as well as breakfast available for purchase. Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fall Y’all festival cancelled due to likely weather
By Medicine Hat News on September 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Fall Y’all fall festival planned for Sept. 22 has been cancelled, says one of the organizers. Ashton Moore, Be Youth outreach worker, says concerns about the weather forecast led to the cancellation... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Odd jobs for generous strangers allows couple to complete trip of a lifetime
By Mo Cranker on September 19th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Though they did not travel all the way to Hague, Sask. to meet members of the Fehr family — Fred and Teri Holt held a trip of a lifetime this month. The couple left the Hat on Sept. 4 with Lisa and Bart Campbell, both couples in a 1920s-era vehicle. While they did ... Read More »
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