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NDP education critic hosting roundtable discussion tonight at MHPL
By Medicine Hat News on September 14th, 2023
Rakhi Pancholi, the new Official Opposition critic for education, will be at Medicine Hat Public Library this evening for a roundtable on education. Pancholi is the NDP MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud. As a lawyer, she practised in education, labour and employment and privacy law with the Alberta School Boards Association. She was also the senior legislative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!75-year-old Hatter killed in Sask. highway collision
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 14th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man has died in eastern Saskatchewan after the SUV he was driving collided with a semi-truck about halfway between Saskatoon and Rosetown. The crash occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, sending the lone passenger in the vehicle to hospital with serious injuries. The unnamed driver, described by Saskatchewan RCMP as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air force conducting live parachute drops near Hat today
By Medicine Hat News on September 14th, 2023
The 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron will conduct live parachute drops in the vicinity of the Medicine Hat airport today. The Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130H Hercules aircraft will be used for the parachute training, which will occur about 11 a.m. this morning. Equipment drops by search and rescue technicians will also be taking place. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attempted murder charges for suspect in Brooks stabbing
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP has named the suspect in a stabbing that occurred Monday morning and charged him with attempted murder. Police responded to a residence in that city just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 11 and found a 61-year-old man had been stabbed multiple times. He was transported to hospital were he was in stable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public invited to library town hall tonight with multiple elected officials
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A town hall at the Medicine Hat Public Library theatre tonight will give Hatters a chance to engage with local elected officials on a variety of community topics. Mayor Linnsie Clark and several councillors are expected to attend, with a focus on the Strong Towns initiative, as well arts, culture and recreation. “We are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terry Fox’s brother in Hat ahead of annual run
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Fred Fox, brother to Terry Fox, was in Medicine Hat on Monday, and the News caught up with him just prior to a sit-down dinner with the local Terry Fox Run organizing committee at McNally’s Tap House. Starting out from Regina at 8 a.m., Fox visited two schools in Swift Current before continuing on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Very low’ river level doesn’t concern officials yet
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews River levels in Medicine Hat are very low, but they’ve been lower without the need for mandatory conservation measures, according to officials at the city’s water treatment plant. On Tuesday the South Saskatchewan River fell to levels about two thirds below the typical low range for any given year at this time. Large sandbars ... Read More »
1 responseRedcliff business given thanks for unique help with Rotary Club initiative
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Rotary Club effort to send used firetrucks to developing nations is thanking a Redcliff business for helping out with the program. Project “Los Amigos” has sent 60 decommissioned fire trucks, ambulances and buses to areas of Mexico where limited emergency response equipment is available. Recently, a firetruck that had been donated after it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO bringing back its Schools Day after four-year hiatus
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A HALO school event that hasn’t taken place since 2019 is returning to the Hat. “It’s affectionately referred to as the HALO Emergency Services Schools Day,” said CEO of HALO Paul Carolan. “We have static displays from Medicine Hat Police (Services), Medicine Hat Fire, Southeastern Alberta Search and Rescue, the fixed wing air ambulance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!About 1,000 bikers run toys for Santa Claus Fund
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 12th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The 37th annual Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund Toy Run took place this past Saturday. The run started in Irvine, where motorcycle enthusiasts fill the hamlet for the kickoff pancake breakfast, before riding to the city and ending outside the grandstand at the Medicine Hat Stampede & Exhibition grounds. The News caught up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks man in custody for allegedly stabbing 61-year-old
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 12th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews RCMP in Brooks say that a 61-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in a house in that city and a 31-year-old Brooks resident is in custody. Police say they were called to the scene at 9:41 a.m. Monday morning and arrested the suspect at the site. The injured man was transported to hospital where ... Read More »
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