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Showing well at home
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It’s hard to say just how good the Saamis Rotary Majestics baseball team is this year, given that they play an entirely exhibition schedule and don’t have a defining championship to play for. But an 18-5 record, including Friday night’s 13-3 home tournament win over the Cranbrook Bandits, suggests they’re more than holding ... Read More »
Athletes young and old doing well at summer games in Brooks
Medicine Hat News Hundreds of Medicine Hat and Cypress County athletes are in Brooks this weekend for the Southern Alberta Summer Games, and dozens had already won medals in the annual games’ opening two days. As of Friday morning Cypress had a total of 63 medals and Medicine Hat 60 —both trailing the host County ... Read More »
Quebec City has European city vibes
Mansoor Ladha Special to the News “I feel as if I am in France,” I overheard a tourist telling his friend while walking on a street in Old Quebec. That is the type of testimonial that visitors to Quebec City have been giving. Quebec tourism officials also constantly trumpet it by using the slogan, “Quebec ... Read More »
Knights win 13th game in a row
Medicine Hat News Make it a baker’s dozen for the K of C Knights. The Medicine Hat American Legion baseball team extended its winning streak to 13 games Friday, opening a tournament in Kalispell with an 11-2 win over the Calgary Redbirds. A six-run seventh inning made the final margin of victory larger than the ... Read More »
Mavs come from behind
Medicine Hat News It seems you can only hold down the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ bats for so long. The Mavs came from behind to earn a 5-4, 10-inning victory over the Fort McMurray Giants Friday night, thrilling a crowd announced at 828 on a stifling evening at Athletic Park. Down 4-0 through four innings and ... Read More »
Riverside Neighbourhood Plan open house July 13 at Bridge Church
Medicine Hat News The public is invited to the second Riverside Neighbourhood Plan open house on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at Bridge Church on First Avenue NE. An Area Redevelopment Plan is being created to guide future development in Riverside, includes a vision for the future and a set of objectives to develop policies. The ... Read More »
Nearly 2,400 AHS workers paid $126K or more
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade It pays to work for Alberta Health Services. Almost 2,400 employees are on the 2016 sunshine list having been paid more than $126,375, and of those about 67 were paid more than $300,000, according to the AHS online compensation disclosure. In the south zone, former chief zone officer Sean Chilton, now a ... Read More »
Jobs rate getting better and better
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The employment landscape in Medicine Hat is leading the province and, for once, localized figures that Statistics Canada deems unreliable, are better than regional numbers. Unemployment in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region plunged to 4.8 per cent in June. That’s down 1.1 percentage point from the previous month, and 2.5 below June 2016. The ... Read More »
Water-colour artist hosting information session at Esplanade on Wednesday
Medicine Hat News Whether you are a watercolour artist or just love the skill others have to paint a scene, you might enjoy an event on Wednesday. An information presentation by Nicole Bauberger: A Painter on the Road, will take place in the Esplanade Studio Theatre July 12 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Bauberger has been painting ... Read More »
Praxis: A snack in the sun
I think that it is a bit of an understatement when I say that we have been experiencing a heat wave this week! Oh my it has been hot. I had someone ask me the other day if it was hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. I truly should have tried this. ... Read More »
Solution in the works for issue involving pilots distracted by greenhouses
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Cypress County planning supervisor Jeffrey Dowling confirms the stakeholder group-involved discussions about lit greenhouses near the airport is inching closer to a solution. “We haven’t quite come to a consensus,” he admits. “But we all want to create a situation where the greenhouses can continue to operate and still protect the viability and ... Read More »
