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Police seek continued assistance in whereabouts of missing woman
By Medicine Hat News on January 10th, 2023
The search continues for missing Medicine Hat woman Jennifer Chemelli-Magnus, as police urge anyone with information potentially relating to her disappearance to contact them. Chemelli-Magnus was last seen at roughly 6:40 p.m. on the evening of Dec. 30, when a security camera captured her walking eastbound on 20th Street NE in the direction of Eighth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former MP Solberg’s lobbying firm expands
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 10th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The lobbying firm of former Medicine Hat MP Monte Solberg will expand to cover the Ontario and federal governments, New West Public Affairs announced on Monday. As well, it will hire several former advisers that include former senior Alberta government officials. New West was created in 2013 by Solberg following his retirement from elected ... Read More »
1 responseLocal man faces several charges after alleged domestic dispute at hotel
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 10th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man is charged with weapons offences after a domestic dispute turned into a short standoff at a local hotel on the weekend. Police say they were called to the southwest area of the city on Saturday after a woman reported an altercation that involved a firearm. A search of the hotel ... Read More »
1 responseCounty seeking bids for Irvine Community Resource centre
By KENDALL KING on January 10th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County announced last week it is seeking proposals for construction of the Hamlet of Irvine Community Resource Centre, set to be located at 71 S. Railway Avenue in Irvine. The announcement comes nearly one year after Cypress County council approved conceptual design of the centre, which was originally intended to house the Irvine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winter bird watching at Police Point Park
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 7th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com There are plenty of birds to see during the winter in Medicine Hat. The Interpretive Program at Police Point Park has teamed up with Grasslands Naturalists to conduct winter bird watching walks on Saturday. The walks will start at the Nature Centre. Inside, there will be a table set up with relevant information, such ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Sometimes the obvious choice is controversial, but it’s still the obvious choice
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 7th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant To sum up a year in a single sentence or story is a chore. This column, as evidence, typically stretches the definition of “750-word limit.” But the process can also be a minefield. The News took not a little heat after noting last weekend that locally-based convoy leader Tamara Lich was the newsmaker of ... Read More »
1 responseRegional unemployment falls to 2.8 per cent for December
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s unemployment rate pushed even lower in December, falling to 2.8 per cent for December in the combined Hat-Lethbridge economic region. That is down one-tenth of a percentage point from November and less than half the 6.5 per cent rate recorded at the end of 2021. The current rate is also half the ... Read More »
1 responseNew initiative aims to increase tourism
By KENDALL KING on January 7th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com A new initiative led by Travel Alberta and partner organization Twenty31 Consulting Inc., aims to enhance tourism in the Medicine Hat to Lethbridge area through community engagement, collaboration and strategic development. Part of a larger province-wide tourism development plan, the initiative is focused on the creation of a cohesive strategy – called a destination ... Read More »
1 response16th annual Robert Burns dinner set for Feb. 11 at Hat Club
By KENDALL KING on January 7th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Hatters are gathering to commemorate the life and legacy of Scottish poet Robert Burns during Medicine Hat Burns Club’s 16th annual celebration evening on Feb. 11. “Robert Burns was the ploughman poet of Scotland, and was author of many well known poems like Auld Lang Syne,” Malcolm Sissons, Medicine Hat Burns Club piper and ... Read More »
1 responseUse fixed rates to your advantage, U of C prof tells Hatters
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 7th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility rate analysts are urging Albertans to consider signing new long-term fixed contracts to save money as Alberta’s power rates surge in early 2023 – unless you live in Medicine Hat. But, that’s only for the time being and not necessarily a critique of local offerings, but the result of particular local policy, stressed ... Read More »
1 responseMan convicted of local sex assaults in 2011 released
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 6th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A man convicted of a string of sexual assaults in Medicine Hat has been released from prison and is considered a high risk to reoffend, according to the Calgary Police Service. Shaun Gereald Desruisseaux, 43, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was apprehended in 2011 during an afternoon break-in to a ... Read More »
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