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Connaught teacher spends three weeks in Burkina Faso educating educators
By Jeremy Appel on August 16th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel An École Connaught School French immersion teacher joined three of her colleagues from Ontario on a trip to Burkina Faso in July to assist local educators. Carolyn Weiler, who teaches Grade 2, says the three-week trip was an educational experience for both the Canadian and Burkinabé teachers. Weiler and her fellow Canadians travelled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island boy killed when struck by out-of-control payloader
By Medicine Hat News on August 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News An 11-year-old Bow Island boy was killed late Tuesday afternoon in an industrial accident on a ranch near the town west of Medicine Hat. A 47-year-old man from Bow Island was operating a payloader when the brakes and steering failed, according to information from the Bow Island RCMP and The Canadian Press. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvest Day for Foodgrains Bank results in more than 3,000 bushels
By Justin Seward on August 16th, 2018
Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group editor@bowislandcommentator.com The Canadian Foodgrains Banks held the annual Harvest Day on its S. Boundary Road fields on Wednesday. The initiative began in 2000, where grain is grown on donated land, then harvested and sold, with proceeds shipped to Third-World countries. Sales are also matched four to one by the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smoke from B.C. fires rolls into Medicine Hat
By medicinehatnews on August 15th, 2018
Environment Canada has issued an air quality statement for the Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield area as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia rolls across the Prairies. Environment Canada issued the special statement at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon the Medicine Hat and Cypress Hills-Foremost areas were the only ones in the province for which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newest fire station just weeks away
By Collin Gallant on August 15th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A plan launched six years ago to expand fire coverage in Medicine Hat without adding expenses could be complete after the September long weekend, officials tell the News. That is the tentative date for crews and equipment from the current Fire Station No. 1 on Maple Avenue to trek north to the new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot temperatures can mean higher risk of West Nile
By Gillian Slade on August 15th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Sustained hot temperatures result in an increased threat of mosquitoes that can transmit the West Nile virus. There are a number of factors that influence the prevalence of West Nile-carrying mosquitoes, including an accumulation of what are called “degree days.” A total of 109 degree days above 14.3 C are required for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transit grants lower under new program
By Collin Gallant on August 15th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The province is revamping and cutting back on a system of transit grants it provides to municipalities, a system the City of Medicine Hat leaned on heavily to buy natural gas-fuelled buses over the past several years. With the popular 10-year “GreenTrip” transit grant program having run its course, Transportation Minister Brian Mason ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funding secured for electric vehicle initiative
By Gillian Slade on August 15th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The region is a step closer to having highly efficient electric vehicle charging stations, thanks to recent funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The City of Medicine Hat received $750,000 for the initiative under the Southern Alberta Clean Transportation Network. “We are quite happy that we have received this because there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former alderman to go blue at JDRF event
By Medicine Hat News on August 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Academy of Learning is hosting a social afternoon this Friday. On Aug. 17 the public is invited to visit the AOL campus in the Co-op Mall from noon to 3 p.m., as the group thanks local Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation volunteers. As a special treat John Hamill will have his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five years for killing husband
By Collin Gallant on August 14th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A woman who stabbed her husband 17 times in the back, leaving him bleeding to death while she called her daughter for help, rather than an ambulance, has received a five-year prison sentence. That was at the low end of a range lawyers suggested and is based largely on a report that asks ... Read More »
1 responseCars and Guitars promises affordable fun for all
By Mo Cranker on August 14th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat’s classic rock and classic car festival is back this weekend with a bit of a different makeup than previous years. Cars and Guitars will run Friday-Sunday with a number of free and paid events each day. “This is a self-produced event the Canalta Centre puts on every year, and we’re hoping ... Read More »
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