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City removing playground equipment at south-end park for safety reasons
By Medicine Hat News on August 7th, 2019
Rundle Park Playground’s equipment has been scheduled for an early-autumn removal after reaching its life expectancy, the city says. The removal of the playground – located at Rundle Avenue and Robinson Drive – is for “safety purposes,” according to a City of Medicine Hat news release. The Parks and Recreation Department will examine whether there’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crews continue in Cypress County with Graburn fire hot spots, Irvine train derailment
By Alberta Newspaper Group on August 7th, 2019
Cypress County officials provided an update on the Graburn fire and the Irvine train derailment on Tuesday. County firefighters with assistance from Alberta forestry have finished with the perimeter fire guard and the site was demobilized on Tuesday for the Graburn Fire that has been active near Walsh since July 27. Crews were working with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parks and Recreation: Buggin’ out
By Keziah Lesko-Gosselin on August 6th, 2019
Whether you own a pet tarantula or squeal at every ant you see, it is undeniable that bugs are significant components to life on earth. The estimated insect to human ratio is 200 million to one, meaning they greatly outnumber us. Bugs are capable of altering entire ecosystems, and greatly affect how humans manage land. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quiet long weekend for MHPS
By Medicine Hat News on August 6th, 2019
It was a quiet August long weekend for the Medicine Hat Police Service. “It was a very slow weekend in Medicine Hat overall and it’s likely because a lot of people are away on holidays,” Staff-Sgt. Ryan Thorburn told the News on Monday. He said Sunday night was the busiest night for police, where they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Aug. 5-11, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on August 5th, 2019
Aug. 6-8 – Monoporead, MH Public Library, 10 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4 p.m., ages 10-12 only Aug. 6 – Play Guides, Parent Link Centre, 10 a.m. Aug. 6 – The Ernestine Hatpin Show, MH Public Library, 10-11 a.m. Aug. 6 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 6 – Mavericks vs. Okotoks, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Update: CP reopens rail line after derailment, styrene leak
By Mo Cranker on August 3rd, 2019
MO CRANKER @MHNMoCranker CP Rail has reopened a rail line near Irvine after a derailment Friday evening. The rail line was closed and residents in a six-kilometre radius around the hamlet were evacuated around 4 p.m. Friday. The concern was a styrene leak of around eight litres on the tracks — CP Rail says it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crews continue to clean up Irvine derailment, backlog of trains building
By Mo Cranker on August 3rd, 2019
Medicine Hat News With the highway open and Irvine-area residents allowed back home, crews continue to clean up a train derailment that happened Friday evening. The train derailed Friday after 3 p.m. and a chemical spill forced the evacuation of everyone in a six-kilometre radius of Irvine. Access to the Hamlet reopened after 10 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lantic Sugar to save $1M in Taber during carbon tax-free window
By Medicine Hat News on August 3rd, 2019
Lantic Sugar expects to save $1 million at its Taber processing facility in the window between a cancellation of the Alberta carbon levy in May and the federal price coming in next January, according to its third-quarter financial statements. At the same time it calls the amount “minimal” for fiscal 2019 as the majority of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A plastics breakdown (in some cases, quite literally)
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 3rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Pivoting from petrochemical production to plastic, a roundup of notable items have a similar theme running through this week’s long-weekend musing. It starts with furthering plans to build a biodiesel refinery that can eat plastic as feedstock, and major retailers are now ridding their operations of single-use bags of their own volition. It also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irvine evacuated after train derails
By MO CRANKER & JUSTIN SEWARD on August 3rd, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Residents within a six-and-a-half kilometre radius poured into the Cypress County office in Dunmore after a train derailment just west of Irvine on Friday afternoon. An evacuation was ordered after 4 p.m. due to the train derailment involving damage to the railway line, disruption of road access and chemical exposure. Despite heavy traffic, residents, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A loud bang’: Irvine-area residents evacuated to Cypress County office in Dunmore after derailment
By Mo Cranker on August 2nd, 2019
MO CRANKER @MHNMoCrankerResidents within a six-and-a-half kilometre radius poured into the Cypress County office in Dunmore after a train derailment just west of Irvine. An evacuation was ordered after 4 p.m. Friday due to the train derailment involving damage to the railway line, disruption of road access and chemical exposure. Despite heavy traffic, residents, their ... Read More »
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