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June 19th, 2013

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If Medicine Hat College is able to provide parking for $3 a day without breaking the bank then so should Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, says a member of the Palliser Triangle Health Advisory Council.“If the college can provide parking for $3 a day, don’t tell me $2 an hour is not a cash cow for

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  • UPDATED: ‘All hands on deck’ as Medicine Hat deals with multiple power outages

    All qualified staff have been called in as the City of Medicine Hat electric utility department deals with power outages across the city. Power is out in large portions of Medicine Hat due to the high winds whipping through the city.“It’s all hands on deck,” says Wilbur McLean, communications officer. “Managers are putting on gear ... Read More »

    2 hours ago
  • MHC balances budget, just

    Medicine Hat College has squeaked by with a barely balanced budget following provincial funding cuts.“When you’re looking at a $53-million budget, $30,000 is not much of a cushion so to speak, but none the less we’re balanced,” said MHC president Ralph Weeks, following the board of Governors approval of the 2013-14 budget Tuesday.MHC has been ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Alberta Health drops controversial long-term care policy, effective immediately

    A policy requiring seniors needing continuing care or long-term care to take the first available bed even if it was up to 100 kilometres from their spouse or family, has been withdrawn by Alberta Health effective immediately. “We want our seniors to age alongside the ones they love. Decisions about continuing care placement must start ... Read More »

    19 hours ago

Local Sports

  • Mavericks pull away for victory

    The Medicine Hat Mavericks pulled away when they had to.In Moose Jaw on Tuesday, the Mavericks led the host Miller Express 3-2 heading into the top of the eighth inning.They scored three runs off a five-hit rally in the top of the eighth to pull out a 6-2 victory.Billy Martin picked up the pitching win ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Homers stop sweep: Scarlets go yard four times to prevent Monarchs from winning two

    The Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs were thinking sweep, until the Billing Scarlets kept constantly going yard.The two American Legion AA teams met in a doubleheader on Tuesday at Athletic Park in games that were fairly well played. The Monarchs took the first contest 9-5.They seemed poised to win the second match too but the Scarlet ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Father’s Day pics a theme

    The only stipulations are it must be recent (within the last two weeks), the photographer has to consent to its publication, and we need enough information to write a cutline. If you read the cutlines here, you’ll see that means we want a date, the names of who’s in the photo, what division of sport ... Read More »

    19 hours ago

Local Entertainment

  • Guillou’s career on the right path

    It’s been a long and winding road to her status as one of the rising stars on the jazz scene, but Jaclyn Guillou believes she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be — again.Early last week that was Vancouver, but on June 26 that will be at the Medicine Hat Jazz Festival.Since stepping full time into ... Read More »

    5 days ago
  • Jazz Picks: A pair of rising talents part of JazzFest lineup

    Thomas Enhco - FireFliesJaclyn Guillou - To The CityMedicine Hat JazzFest is a little more than two weeks away, and as it has done for 17 years, the city gears up to welcome the world. Many past JazzFest performers have gone on to notoriety in the jazz world, and once again there’s a good chance you may ... Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Swingin’ Fiddles coming to Medicine Hat

    STAN ASHBEE Special to the NewsFiddle me this? Who is a multiple Canadian Open & Grand Master Fiddle Champ? Who has been named the Canadian Fiddle Entertainer of the Year? And who can turn somersaults and step dance while playing the fiddle? Scott Woods is his name and fiddlin’ is his game. Woods and his ... Read More »

    6 days ago

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  • Canada should be more welcoming to immigrants

    It is often been said a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. If that is so, then Canada might just be failing the test. It is easy to extend welcome to those who come to this country with money in their pockets, or bring with them a trade or profession which ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Cost cutting offers all sorts of ‘educational’ opportunities

    There’s been handwringing over the past few months as educators crunched the numbers coming out of the provincial budget. SD 76 is looking at $2.3 million less in revenue and a deficit of a quarter million dollars for 2013-14. Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education had to find $1.31 million in savings in its 2013-14 ... Read More »

    2 days ago
  • Around Alberta: Public-private partnerships are a dangerous way to fund to projects

    Premier Alison Redford’s announcement that Alberta is entering a “new frontier” in funding capital projects, should send a shiver down the backs of us all. P3 is a term used to describe so called public-private partnerships. Basically, it involves the private sector funding the project and charging the government rent over the life of the ... Read More »

    3 days ago

Letters to The Editor

  • Not proper stewards of public purse

    Health Minister Fred Horne, in a fit of pique, fired the board of AHS because they defied his “strong suggestion” to stop the bonus paycheques. However the Alberta Taxpayers Federation has to file and pay for an Access to Information request to find out how much the separated board members will receive in compensation from ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Wildrose MLAs playing cheap political games over dismissal of AHS board

    I found Drew Barnes’s and Blake Pedersen’s response to Health Minister Fred Horne’s firing of the AHS Board interesting. It would seem our two local MLAs are allowing politics to trump common sense. Let’s review the facts. The minister gave the board a directive to cancel bonuses to AHS executives. The board refused to comply, ... Read More »

    19 hours ago
  • Referendum on ‘Kelly’s Folly’ should be demanded

    The word ‘folly’ (noun) is defined in the dictionary as: Lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight, an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking, or an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste. I propose that the “Event Centre” (we will not gild the lily here and call it by the ... Read More »

    19 hours ago

Ticked & Tickled

  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink June 18

    Tickled PinkThat Medicine Hat High School won provincials. Congratulations.Ticked OffI appreciate, respect and enjoy the CBC. LaVar Payne thinks CBC has something to hide, but why would the CBC respond to a government which has slashed millions from its budget in the past few years alone?Ticked OffAt LaVar Payne blaming the media for their wrongdoings. ... Read More »

    2 days ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink June 13

    Ticked OffWhen businesses put me on hold and their music is ridiculously loud.Tickled PinkI’ve figured out why our tourism figures are down. Nobody wants to come back here because either they get a speeding ticket or parking ticket. Our police are money hungry.Ticked OffAt all the cats who kill the beautiful birds in Medicine Hat.Ticked ... Read More »

    7 days ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink June 11

    Ticked OffAt gas prices. What they’re charging people right now, how do you get away with theft? If I tried to steal money like that, they’d throw me in jail. Paying $1.31.9 is ridiculous. People should boycott or they’re as stupid as the gas companies.Ticked OffWhy are we paying $1.31.9 a litre for gas in ... Read More »

    9 days ago

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Friday, April 26, 2013NEWS PHOTO EMMA BENNETTFirefighters tackle a grass fire on the hillside between Kipling Street S.E. and College Drive S.E. Friday evening. Wind gusts swept the fire towards houses in Upland Drive. NEWS PHOTO SEAN ROONEY - McCoy junior varsity pitcher Jonny Stark delivers a fastball during a game against Crescent Heights Monday, May 13, 2013 at Athletic Park. Wednesday, May 1, 2013
NEWS PHOTO EMMA BENNETT
Medicine Hat News reporters Gillian Slade, left, and Stacey Lee, second right, along with Shauna Sugg, far right, from the News' classified department, present their banners to Bonnie Grabish, who is collecting banners to raise awareness about organ donation. Grabish and her son, who is an organ transplant recipient, are heading to Peace River to take part in the town's "parade of banners" in hopes to make it into the Guiness Book of World Records for longest banner. mavericks13 May 4, 2013
NEWS PHOTO CHARLES LEFEBVRE
Austin Schibler of the McCoy Colts slides into home during the High School Baseball tournament final against Catholic Central Saturday afternoon at Athletic Park. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
NEWS PHOTO EMMA BENNETT
A Canada goose and its goslings take a swim in the College Pond on Wednesday afternoon. Could this be the first outting for a group of goslings that hatched in the parking lot at Medicine Hat College Tuesday evening? The female goose made national news earlier this month when an area of the parking lot was cordoned off by college staff to give the space to the nesting mother.

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