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Bridging the COVID divide: Byelection candidates discuss pandemic restrictions, health-care system’s response
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 2nd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com COVID-19 has caused a great divide in Alberta, how would you and your party address the issue of COVID in a way that progresses us towards a conclusion? This question was posed to Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection candidates Premier Danielle Smith, NDP candidate Gwendoline Dirk and Leader of the Alberta Party Barry Morishita, all of ... Read More »
1 responseLocal library tech publishes second colouring book
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 2nd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Library technician Leanne Stock with Medicine Hat Public Library is a very talented woman. She and the library collaborated on a colouring book last year, and that project led to a second colouring book – this one in collaboration with Tourism Medicine Hat. Tourism didn’t want to do the same thing as the library ... Read More »
1 responseChristmas Farmer’s Market returns this weekend
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2022
Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’s annual Christmas Farmer’s Market is returning to the Cypress Centre on Friday from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The market will feature an array of vendors selling everything from holiday baked goods to handmade gifts. It also provides little Hatters a chance to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High-speed car chase near Maple Creek ends with arrest, two wrecked RCMP cruisers
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two RCMP cruisers are wrecked and a man and woman from Prince Edward Island are in custody after a high-speed pursuit ended near Maple Creek, Sask. on Sunday morning, Mounties say. Swift Current municipal RCMP officers say they approached a stolen vehicle at about 9:25 a.m. on North Service Road, but the vehicle sped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plea changed on drug charges after deal with Crown accepted
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 2nd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A man charged in one of the largest ever meth seizures in Medicine Hat has changed his plea to guilty ahead of a trial scheduled in the new year. Keith McVittie, 52, of Calgary, was arrested in October 2020 after what regional organized crime investigators said was a four-month investigation into drug trade. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police still searching for missing man
By Medicine Hat News on November 2nd, 2022
Medicine Hat police continue to seek the public’s assistance in locating a local man first reported missing Oct. 19. Sixty-two year old Bradley Kiefer of Medicine Hat has not been seen or heard from since Oct. 16, with search efforts turning up no leads. Anyone who may have information on the whereabouts of Kiefer are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s Shelter walk this afternoon
By Medicine Hat News on November 1st, 2022
Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is hosting its eighth annual Family Violence Prevention Month Memorial Walk at 2 p.m. this afternoon. The public walk will set off from Medicine Hat’s city hall and travel through the downtown as participants tie purple ribbons on trees, light posts and elsewhere in commemoration of individuals whose lives were ... Read More »
1 responseMasterpiece starts up woodworking club
By KENDALL KING on November 1st, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Residents and staff at Masterpiece Southland Meadows came together last week to celebrate the launch of the building’s new on-site woodworking shop. First proposed by Masterpiece owner Tom Garforth-Bles last year, the shop is designed as a place for residents of all abilities to gather, learn and create. “It’s something that nowhere else really ... Read More »
1 responseByelection candidates face trio of forums
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 1st, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com With less than a week until constituents go to the polls for the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection on Nov. 8, the home stretch is one of candidate forums – two in Brooks and one in Medicine Hat. NDP candidate Gwendoline Dirk stated by email, “I am excited and ready to debate Danielle Smith about our ... Read More »
1 responseSmith reiterates plans to pressure federal government at Sunday rally
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 1st, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Danielle Smith gave a rousing speech to supporters in the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection Sunday speaking about her plans as premier, including her Constitutional agenda and revamping health care. Her main opponents told the News that voters they are meeting in southeast Alberta are more concerned about solving day-to-day problems than Smith’s plans. Smith, who ... Read More »
1 responseNo advance poll in Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 1st, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Hatters eligible to vote in the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection can cast advanced ballot starting today, but will have to do so out of town. The closest station to Medicine Hat is in Redcliff at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 6, 302 Broadway Ave. W. Officials with Elections Alberta told the News on Monday that ... Read More »
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