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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees health-care aides gave strike notice Wednesday and are set to hit the picket lines this weekend. After an overwhelming vote in favour of strike earlier this month, job action is to begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday. AUPE president Sandra Azocar said in a news conference Wednesday that ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A 22-year-old man from Coaldale was pronounced dead at the scene of a multi-vehicle collision Tuesday evening at the intersection of Highway 36 and 873 near Rainier, Alta. Brooks RCMP and first responders from Scandia and Rolling Hills responded to the collision that involved three vehicles, including a white van, semi-truck and SUV. RCMP ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A 28-year-old man is facing two charges after he was discovered inside a business after it closed, activating an alarm while moving around in the early morning hours of Nov. 7. Officers responded to the business located in the 700 block of Second Street SE at 1:45 a.m. after an alarm sounded at a ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U19 Mustangs were in action in Calgary over the weekend, picking up a pair of games. The Mustangs faced two Calgary ringette teams, South Calgary 3 and South Calgary 2, winning both matchups. In the first contest, they toppled South Calgary 3 by a score of 10-3. The offence was led by Ava ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews arly in the third quarter of the 112th Grey Cup after Saskatchewan scored a touchdown to go up 22-7 and the Alouettes went two and out, I made a note to myself, “They should be able to cruise home now.” Yeah, right. Who was I kidding? It’s just not part of Roughrider DNA to ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club raced locally this weekend. The swim club sent 35 swimmers to race at the AMAC Fall Invitational at the Big Marble Go Centre this weekend. Eight swimmers raced to new provincial times. Provincial festival: Quinn Baht: 10-year-old Girls 50m Free Davis Hodel: 11-year-old Boys 200m Breast, 10-year-old Boys ... Read More »

The Holiday Season is upon us! For many humans, autumn is the best time of year, they get to snuggle into a warm sweater with their pumpkin spice, shopping and parties in preparation for the Christmas season. It’s predictably stressful for everyone involved. Having company in your house, different and sometimes extravagant foods, gift items ... Read More »

Our government’s Acute Care Action Plan represents decisive action to strengthen Alberta’s health-care system. With 1,000 new hospital beds, 50,000 additional relief funding of $1.5 million, this comprehensive strategy addresses urgent pressures while building for the future. While headlines focus on new towers at Edmonton and Calgary hospitals, the real story for rural Alberta is ... Read More »

As the weather starts to turn colder and winter approaches, I am once again very concerned about the feral/stray cat population in Medicine Hat and Redcliff. This is a challenge that is faced every year and those that help this vulnerable population know of the struggles faced in trying to keep them warm and fed. ... Read More »

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance ... Read More »

Dear editor, Quebec has abundant hydro power (electricity) and Alberta has abundant natural gas. During a recent relatively minor snow storm, electric power was out in large areas of Quebec. Many homes and businesses lost electric power. Forty-six thousand homes were still without power a few days later. Heating, refrigerators, deep freezers, lighting etc. were ... Read More »

Dear editor, As all of us know, (Monday was) Remembrance Day. As many of us do not know, the Government of Canada estimates veterans at risk or experiencing homelessness to be approximately 2,600. Other reports suggest the number could be up to 10,000. There are extreme data challenges in calculating these numbers, perhaps because most ... Read More »