"walking path beyond the outfield and on top of the berm where the field of play is in view during live games. Athletic Park (Medicine Hat) Athletic Park is a stadium in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It is primarily used for baseball and was the home of the Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the Pioneer League and home to the Medicine Hat Mavericks of the Western Major Baseball League since 2002. The ballpark has a capacity of 3,000 people and was opened in 1977. Upgrades to the stadium and concessions were made in 2010. After being damaged heavily twice due"
"television coverage, along with CBRT-DT Calgary (Calgary CBC) and CHAT-TV, a Citytv affiliate, in Medicine Hat. Medicine Hat radio stations include Power 93.7 (CJLT-FM), CHAT-FM, MY 96 (CFMY-FM), Classic Hits 102.1 (CJCY-FM) and Rock 105.3 (CKMH-FM). CKUA and CBC Radio 1 are rebroadcast from Calgary, and CHFA-8-FM (Radio Canada) is rebroadcast from Edmonton. Brooks’ country radio station is Q13 (CIBQ). The municipalities within the Palliser Region are governed via a variety of systems. The City of Medicine Hat is governed by a city council consisting of a mayor and eight aldermen, each elected for a term of three years. The"
"Medicine Hat and offers service to centres across the region. The Medicine Hat Municipal Airport (IATA: YXH, ICAO: CYXH), located southwest of the town centre, is the region’s only commercial airport. It is served by Central Mountain Air and offers daily flights to Calgary. The Bar XH Air Inc. charter company also uses the airport. General aviation airports in the region are located in Bow Island, Bassano, Brooks, Foremost, Hanna and Oyen. The Canadian Pacific Railway operates the predominant railway system in the Palliser Region. Its main line crosses the border with Saskatchewan and proceeds east to Medicine Hat, splitting"
"its western terminus. From west to east. 16 Avenue N 16 Avenue N is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that forms a segment of Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and connects Calgary to Banff and Medicine Hat. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial expressway at its extremities, but is an urban arterial road between the Bow River and Bowness Road, and also between Crowchild Trail and Deerfoot Trail. Due to Calgary's quadrant system, it is known as 16 Avenue NW west of Centre Street and 16 Avenue NE to the east. The Trans-Canada Highway in Alberta originates"
"at the west end in Alberta, making it Canada's highest point between the Canadian Rockies and the Labrador peninsula. Eastward across the boundary is the highest point in Saskatchewan, at . The ""West Block"" of the Cypress Hills spans the provincial boundary. Battle Creek runs through the central part of the park. Although the hills seem relatively low, in a larger geographic context the plateau does rise gradually from many kilometres away so that the total elevation gain from Medicine Hat is approximately 600 metres. Approximately 700 species of plants and animals thrive in the park, including 14 species of"
"through the Town of Redcliff. Chestermere Boulevard (formerly Highway 1A), the original Highway 1 from Calgary to Chestermere, is an alternate route to initial portion of this segment of Highway 1. Within the City of Medicine Hat, Highway 1 is named Trans Canada Highway and maintained by Alberta Transportation. Stretches of the highway function as a freeway, while stretches between the South Saskatchewan River and Seven Persons Creek function as an urban arterial road. One at-grade intersection exists beyond 13 Avenue SE at Dunmore Road/South Boundary Road before exiting the city. The length of Highway 1 within Medicine Hat is"
"and Personal Excellence (CAPE). Medicine Hat College is located in the south part of the city. The first students were accepted to the college in 1965. Now with over 2,500 students and three campuses, the college has grown into an integral part of the community. The Medicine Hat College Rattlers athletic program include basketball, volleyball, golf, soccer and futsal. Medicine Hat has several radio and television stations broadcasting from it, and can receive a few distant AM radio stations from Calgary. ""Medicine Hat News"" publishes a daily newspaper. Medicine Hat funds and employs its own municipal police service, the Medicine"
"the Medicine Hat School District No. 76 or Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20 for grades 10 through 12. Redcliff, Alberta Redcliff is a town in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. Bordering the City of Medicine Hat to the south and east, the town is bisected by Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and is located on the north bank of the South Saskatchewan River. Situated at a high elevation relative to the surrounding landscape, the Town of Redcliff offers views of the South Saskatchewan River valley, the City of Medicine Hat, and Cypress Hills. The cliffs that overlook"
"16 Avenue N 16 Avenue N is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that forms a segment of Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and connects Calgary to Banff and Medicine Hat. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial expressway at its extremities, but is an urban arterial road between the Bow River and Bowness Road, and also between Crowchild Trail and Deerfoot Trail. Due to Calgary's quadrant system, it is known as 16 Avenue NW west of Centre Street and 16 Avenue NE to the east. The Trans-Canada Highway in Alberta originates at the British Columbia border, where it"
"this town as a railway divisional point. The frontier settlement was incorporated as a town on October 31, 1898, and as a city on May 9, 1906. Medicine Hat is halfway between Winnipeg and Vancouver, British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast. Rich in natural resources including natural gas, coal, clay, and farmland, the town became industrialized and was known in its early days as ""the Pittsburgh of the West"", referring to the industrial city in western Pennsylvania of the United States. A number of large industries located here, attracted by the cheap and plentiful energy resources. Coal mines, brick works,"
"Calgary and Medicine Hat (the present-day Highway 2 was designated as Highway 1). In 1941, Highway 2 was renumbered to Highway 1 to allow for contiguous numbering through Western Canada along the future Trans-Canada Highway, which was commissioned in 1949. In the mid-1950s, the Trans-Canada Highway was realigned between Brooks and Bassano, resulting in the Duchess-Bassano section being decommissioned and reverting to the County of Newell. When the Secondary Highway system was established in the 1960s and 1970s, the route became Highway 550. From west to east: Alberta Highway 550 Alberta Provincial Highway No. 550, commonly referred to as Highway"
"of Medicine Hat actually owns the gas production, gas distribution, electric generation and electric distribution utilities that serve its customers. The city is also working on a solar-thermal project which would use solar energy to produce steam to run a portion of its power plant – and which would make Medicine Hat the first Canadian city to use this system. Telecommunications in the Palliser Region are handled in part through the Alberta SuperNet, which connects public institutions across the province and currently serves 429 communities. Internet service providers are able to ""piggyback"" onto the SuperNet network, making it possible to"
"Calgary Calgary () is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the ""Calgary–Edmonton Corridor"". The city had a population of 1,239,220 in 2016, making it Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA)"
"in Calgary, before looking east to Medicine Hat and the fledgling tent city that it was at that time. In 1896, the then Medicine Hat Weekly News set up shop in a building adjacent to the former American Hotel on South Railway Street., and later moved to a two-storey building at the corner of Second and Sixth downtown in 1914. In 1958, operations moved into the adjacent Empress Theatre. In 1981, the News offices and printing plant moved to Dunmore Road, where it continues to operate today. Until 1997, the News was an ""afternoon"" paper, but switched to a morning"
"raised ground. Located in the steppe region known as Palliser's Triangle, Medicine Hat has a semi-arid, continental climate (Köppen climate classification ""BSk""), with cold winters, and warm to hot, dry summers. Frequently, the winter cold is ameliorated by mild and dry Chinook winds blowing from the west, and hot summer daytime temperatures are made more tolerable by low humidity and rapid cooling in the evening hours. As Medicine Hat receives less precipitation annually than most other cities on the Canadian Prairies and plentiful sunshine (it is widely known as ""The sunniest city in Canada""), it is a popular retirement city."
"the Saskatchewan border to Medicine Hat, and then proceeds north-west to Calgary. Highway #3 goes south-east from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge. Highway #36 begins at Warner, and then proceeds north through Taber. Highway #41 crosses the Canada/US border at Wild Horse, MT/Wild Horse, AB, and joins the Trans Canada just east of Medicine Hat. The border crossing is open 7 days a week, with seasonally varying hours. Over 100 trucking companies serve the Palliser Region, travelling the highways and meeting the needs of the agriculture, petroleum and other industries in southeast Alberta. Greyhound Bus Lines maintains a depot in downtown"
"Medicine Hat constituency held on 24 October 2016, Glen Motz of the Conservatives was elected. The constituency covers the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas in the southeast corner and southern border region of Alberta, including Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile No. 8, Warner No. 5 and Cardston County. Ethnic groups: 87.5% White, 8.9% Aboriginal<br> Languages: 86.4% English, 7.4% German, 1.2% French, ~1.1% Blackfoot (Blackfoot/Kainai counted as ""Other language"" on the Census; this number derived from ""other language"" speakers on Blackfoot/Kainai reserves) <br> Religions: 72.0% Christian (21.4% Catholic, 9.6% United Church, 6.1% Lutheran, 3.6% Anglican, 2.2% Pentecostal,"
", but exceeded the highest recorded rate of in 1995. The average home price in Medicine Hat as of the end of September 2012 was $258,535. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the City of Medicine Hat recorded a population of 63,260 living in 26,652 of its 27,970 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 60,005. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. The population of the City of Medicine Hat according to its 2015 municipal census is 63,018, a change of from its 2012"
"history was probably the drilling of a well near Medicine Hat in 1890, in search of coal for the railway. The well encountered a large flow of natural gas, and this prompted town officials to approach the Canadian Pacific Railway with a view to drilling deeper for gas. The resulting enterprise led to the development of the Medicine Hat gas field in 1904. The community took advantage of the natural resource and became the first town or city in western Canada with a gas utility. Natural gas service began in Calgary somewhat later, when A.W. Dingman formed the Calgary Natural"
"Calgary Hitmen The Calgary Hitmen are a major junior ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Hitmen play in the Central Division of the Western Hockey League (WHL). They play their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Bret ""The Hitman"" Hart, a local-born professional wrestler, was a founding owner as well as the inspiration for the team's name. Established in 1994, the team has been owned by the Calgary Flames hockey club since 1997. They are the third WHL team to represent Calgary, preceded by the Centennials and Wranglers. The Hitmen have finished with the best record in"
"Calgary Metropolitan Region The Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR), also commonly referred to as the Calgary Region, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Calgary, the largest city in Alberta. With the Government of Alberta's establishment of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) in 2017, the CMR's boundaries were legislated to include the City of Calgary, the Municipal District (MD) of Foothills No. 31 to the south, Rocky View County to the west, north, and east, and a western portion of Wheatland County further to the east. Also within these boundaries are the cities of Airdrie and Chestermere, eight towns (Black"
"Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is a medical facility located in Medicine Hat, Alberta serving a catchment area of 117,000. It has 325 beds. Alberta Health Services is responsible for the operations of the hospital. In the 2011/2012 year the emergency department assessed 31,337 patients. This equates to a rate of 246.3 per thousand of population in comparison with the Alberta average of 267.5 per thousand. The inpatient separation rate is 114 per thousand population compared to the Alberta average of 88.3, the most common admitting diagnosis being ischemic heart disease, markedly higher than the overall Alberta"
"and Medicine Hat. This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: Alberta (Provisional District) Alberta (Provisional District) was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1908. The Alberta Provisional District was created in 1886 when the Northwest Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. It had the same boundaries of the District of Alberta, a subdivision of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, Alberta became a province of Canada, and the electoral district continued as an Alberta federal electoral district covering the southern part of"
"Value Drug Mart Value Drug Mart is a Western Canada drug store serving over 35 locations throughout Alberta and British Columbia. What is now known as Value Drug Mart Associates Ltd. was founded by pharmacist Barry Katz (whose son Daryl Katz would go on to found Canada's largest chain of pharmacies, the Katz Group of Companies) and twelve other pharmacists in 1978. Since 1983, VDMA has been the sole sponsor of the annual Value Drug Mart Spring Classic hockey tournament that takes place in Calgary, Alberta. The tournament is a weekend-long competition of ice hockey teams from across the province"
"Medicine Hat School District No. 76 Medicine Hat School District No. 76 is the public school board in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Medicine Hat School District No. 76 operates 15 schools covering grades ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Enrolment for 2008/2009 was 6,370 students. As well, the school district operates three outreach programs/schools. The operating budget was $60.2 million for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. School District works with BHTH Institution to operate international education program since 2013. we current have 3 partner schools in China, such as Tangshan Caofeidian #2 School, Qinhuangdao Foreign Language School, and Shandong Weifang Middle"
"Education K-12 is provided by Cornerstone Christian School. The Medicine Hat College is a junior college located in Medicine Hat. The college offers university transfer programs, applied degrees and apprenticeship programs. Athletics include basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Cypress County is home to Canadian Forces Base Suffield. The base provides an extensive training area for both Canadian and British Armed Forces. Defence Research and Development Canada facilities are located here as well. Cypress County Cypress County is a municipal district in southeastern Alberta, Canada. The County completely surrounds the City of Medicine Hat and the Town of Redcliff. The municipality is"
"highway that ends at Highway 1 in Medicine Hat. For its entire length, Highway 3 follows the alignment of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was first a rough dirt road known as the Red Trail plotted in the early 1900s. Later numbered as Highway No. 3, it was designated as a southern branch of the former Trans-Canada Highway by the 1920s and improved to gravel then eventually paved, widened with shoulders, and upgraded to an expressway in sections. The Trans-Canada was officially routed through Calgary in the 1960s, but Highway 3 remained an important alternate route to the west coast"
"Stoney Trail (Highway 201) provide an alternate higher speed route across the city. The length of Highway 1 within Calgary is . Upon exiting Calgary, Highway 1 is maintained by Alberta Transportation for until it reaches the City of Medicine Hat. This segment of the highway generally travels in a southeast direction through the rural municipalities of Rocky View County, Wheatland County, the County of Newell, and Cypress County. For urban communities, this segment passes through the City of Chestermere and the Town of Strathmore, by the Town of Bassano, the City of Brooks, and the Hamlet of Suffield, and"
"Brampton, Ontario. Started non-profit organization called Medicine Hat Adaptive Sport and Recreation Tara Chisholm Tara Chisholm is the head coach of Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team. Hailing from Medicine Hat, Alberta, she has served as Canada’s head coach since 2014. Prior to coaching in women's ice sledge hockey, Chisholm attended Medicine Hat College from 2006-08 and played on the soccer team. She then attended the University of Alberta from 2008-2010 where she mentored under U of A Panda's Head Coach, Howie Draper. During her first year as Canada’s head coach, she led the squad to the silver medal"
"School. Elementary schools Medicine Hat School District No. 76 Medicine Hat School District No. 76 is the public school board in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Medicine Hat School District No. 76 operates 15 schools covering grades ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Enrolment for 2008/2009 was 6,370 students. As well, the school district operates three outreach programs/schools. The operating budget was $60.2 million for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. School District works with BHTH Institution to operate international education program since 2013. we current have 3 partner schools in China, such as Tangshan Caofeidian #2 School, Qinhuangdao Foreign Language School, and"
"Palliser Region The Palliser Region is an area in the southeast corner of the province of Alberta, Canada that has been delineated and is serviced by the Palliser Economic Partnership. It borders the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to the east, and the US state of Montana to the south. It covers an area of The total population of the area stood at 112,314 in 2009. The city of Medicine Hat, with a population of 61,097, is the area’s largest urban centre. The Palliser Region is the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, who hunted bison throughout the area. From 1857"
"for inpatient diagnostic services and a heliport. It is proposed to open in 2016. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is a medical facility located in Medicine Hat, Alberta serving a catchment area of 117,000. It has 325 beds. Alberta Health Services is responsible for the operations of the hospital. In the 2011/2012 year the emergency department assessed 31,337 patients. This equates to a rate of 246.3 per thousand of population in comparison with the Alberta average of 267.5 per thousand. The inpatient separation rate is 114 per thousand population compared to the Alberta average of 88.3, the"
"Municipal District of Acadia No. 34 The Municipal District (M.D.) of Acadia No. 34 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada, east of Calgary, close to the Saskatchewan border, in Census Division No. 4. It is located on Highway 41 on the north side of the Red Deer River and bordered on the east by Saskatchewan. Highway 41 is a main route between Medicine Hat and Cold Lake. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipal District of Acadia No. 34 recorded a population of 493 living in 159 of its 184 total private dwellings,"