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Today’s synoptic features (those H’s and L’s and fronts) give us a nice example of what’s called The Ring of Fire. That High is situated right over Mississippi and Alabama and you can see the clear to partly cloudy skies over the southeast:

Dehydration sensor shines at science fair Poll Yes A Grade 10 student at Medicine Hat High School is one of 61 high school students across Canada to be recognized for completing a STEM project that has commercial potential. Debasri Jena won the Ted Rogers Innovation Award with her dehydration sensor project at the Kiwanis Southeast Alberta Regional Science Fair. “It was pretty cool, I actually had no clue until someone said, ‘Hey you should check your email’ and I found out that I won,”...

Kyle Wagenaar and Megan Getz are excited to get the ALS selfie challenge started Monday. The challenge for this year is in lieu of Hat Highs basketball game where teams wear purple and proceeds go to the ALS Society of Alberta.--NEWS PHOTO KELLEN TANIGUCHI Medicine Hat High School’s basketball teams won’t be able to wear purple on the court to support Karen’s Purple Shirt Party this year, but the school is challenging staff and students at all junior high and high schools in the division ...

Co-op dealings in a virtual world Poll Government policy When South Country Co-op members were presented with the possibility of online voting and remote attendance at its 2019 AGM, it was the start of a long confusing night at the Chinook Village ballroom. It was explained as a way to better connect the expanding entity and bolster participation in the entire southern Alberta trading area. Many shrugged their shoulders and wondered, “What’s the big hairy deal?” Now, it is and isn’t a s...

Alexandra Middle School unveils student fitness centre Poll Yes Alexandra Middle School students will be coming back from their week off to a brand new fitness centre. School principal Todd Samuelson and athletic director Jaime Hamilton have been working behind the scenes to completely revamp the AMS fitness area. They have purchased locally-made and sold equipment, and hired local artist Christy Vince to bring new life to the fitness room. “We wanted to create a space here for our students t...

TOP STORIES The Attorneys General Strike Back For four years, Democrats succeeded in unraveling much of the Trump agenda through a deluge of lawsuits led by California. Now, that courtroom playbook is about to be turned against them. Republican attorneys general are angling to retaliate with equal force against the policies of President Biden, though the lawyers may find them a tougher target. Democratic-led suits had a high success rate, given the Trump administration’s legal blunders. Adve...

Like many transplants trying to gain a foothold in L.A.s creative community, the duo embarked on a range of video projects that made use of the skills they’d learned (she’d studied photography, he’d studied marketing and theater) as well as some key insight Clark had gained after landing a job in the digital strategies space. “I was working in SEO optimization and I got YouTube certified in audience growth,” he said. “So I started looking at what was really excelling and realized t...

A team of scientists have uncovered new evidence of the potential health risks of chemicals in tobacco and marijuana smoke.