Tag Archives: Community
City purposing changes to tax instalment plan to help confused customers
Medicine Hat, AB - The city of Medicine Hat is trying to help ease some confusion for taxpayers in the city. Currently, 9,000 people are using the city's "Tax Instalment Payment Plan", which withdraws...
Aug 30, 2019
APARC hosting book sale this weekend to raise funds
Medicine Hat, AB - If you're looking for a good read for the long weekend, the Alberta Pound and Rescue Centre is the place to go. They are hosting their third annual book sale on Saturday, August 31s...
Aug 29, 2019 Donated books for APARC's annual book sale (Photo by Colton McKee)
Mounties, sheriffs and Special Area officers launch traffic enforcement operation
Cereal, AB - It's been a deadly month on Highway 9 between Oyen and Youngstown with four fatalities which have left an 11-year-old boy dead and a young girl seriously injured in a collision which took...
Aug 29, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Traffic along Hwy. 9 is stopped in a section of the road that is being repaved.
No changes to grocery suppliers coming for South Country Co-op
MEDICINE HAT, AB - South Country Co-op says they will not be following the Calgary Co-operative Association's lead and switching food providers from the Federated Cooperative Limited (FCL)."We absolut...
Aug 29, 2019 Shoppers browse the meat department at the Northlands Co-op in Medicine Hat on November 17, 2017. South Country Co-op says they will not be following the Calgary Co-operative Association's recent decision and procure grocery products from a private supplier (CHAT News File Photo)
College hosting information session on electric vehicles
Medicine Hat, AB - Three years ago, the Medicine Hat College started to focus on studying renewable energy and electric vehicles. That's why on Friday, August 30th, they want to share with the communi...
Aug 29, 2019 Electric vehicle charging station at Medicine Hat College (Photo by Ross Lavigne)
Food Bank expecting more use of Brown Bag Lunch Program
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat and District Food Bank says they're expecting to see an increase in students using its Brown Bag Lunch Program this year.The program, which runs throughout the scho...
Aug 28, 2019 Volunteers with the Brown Bag Lunch Program make sandwiches to be delivered to students in an undated photo (CHAT TV File Photo)
More than 600 students to receive backpacks through Tools for School program
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The local chapter of the United Way is thankful for the community's help to ensure students in Medicine Hat and the surrounding area are all ready for school next week.Throughout th...
Aug 28, 2019 A volunteer sorts through school supplies donated for the Tools for School program at the United Way offices on August 28. (Photo by Scoot Roblin)
Drug Coalition trying to end addiction stigma with Overdose Awareness Day
Medicine Hat, AB - The Medicine Hat Drug Coalition is hosting it's second annual Overdose Awareness Day this Thursday downtown. "We want to bring the community together to support those who have lost ...
Aug 28, 2019 Purple ribbons have been placed around Medicine Hat for Overdose Awareness Day (Photo by Colton McKee)
Support centre for youth victims of abuse in development
Medicine Hat, AB - The Southeastern Alberta Sexual Assault Response Committee has begun developing Medicine Hat's own "Child Advocacy Centre. ""A child advocacy centre is a location where children who...
Aug 27, 2019 SARC's executive director Christina Johnson (Photo by Ross Lavigne)
Couple putting unique stamp on Youngstown
Youngstown, AB - The slogan on Youngstown's welcome sign might be "Sportsman's Paradise" but two of the village's newest residents are creating a dream of their own in the community.David and Jennifer...
Aug 26, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Some of the artwork on display at the Back In Time Museum in Youngstown.