CHARLES LEFEBVRE clefebvre@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: MHNLefebvre A Canadian Pacific Rail worker was taken to hospital following a collision involving two trains east of Medicine Hat Saturday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., Redcliff RCMP, Cypress County Fire Department and CP Rail responded to a collision between a westbound and eastbound freight train at Highway 41 North and the
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Still under investigation. Highway 41 North currently blocked off from TCH to 41A as crews work to investigate incident/clean up. #medhat Medicine Hat’s new police station expansion will have meeting, interview and booking rooms, 23 cells in three pod areas, workspaces for Internet crime, priority street crime, major crime, bylaw and patrol sections. But wait, there’s more... Read More »
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Full (Ian)...please show me the "stats" that show her to be the worst Premier ever...can't wait for this....none of what... Read More »
Justice1 it is not smear it is public opinion ..... read the stats. The sooner she is replaced .... the sooner the prov... Read More »
Full...actually a big difference, but you can't seem to understand that....worst leader ever? LMAO...please give us some... Read More »
Nouse...Obligation? Perhaps you have been asleep...many plans are made and announced and then cancelled, postponed or ab... Read More »Thanks to the B.C. election, there has been lots of discussion about the failure of political polls to predict the outcome . . . or to even come close. Pollsters booted the last several elections they called, including Alberta’s (in a big way), Quebec’s (a little less so) and the U.S. election ... Read More »
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