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Child diagnosed with diphtheria
By Gillian Slade on June 21st, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A student from Elm Street School has been diagnosed with diphtheria, an illness that is rare in Canada and, in some cases, has the potential to be fatal. The student had not been travelling outside Canada and is not known to have been in contact with anyone else diagnosed with diphtheria. “This ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Foolish despicable criminal act’: Walkway artwork vandalized with hateful graffiti
By Gillian Slade on June 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Police are investigating damage and hateful messaging applied to artwork in the pedestrian underground tunnel that connects South and North Railway Streets. The graffiti included hateful phrases, hateful messaging and swastikas, said Insp. Joe West, Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS). “From my experience and what I do know about this graffiti, this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midsummer Estonian Festival celebrates 100 years since country’s first independence
By Medicine Hat News on June 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Midsummer Estonian Festival — Jaanipaev 2018 — and 100th anniversary of Estonia’s first independence will be held Saturday near Stettler. The Alberta Estonian Heritage Society will be gathering people from all over Alberta and beyond at the “Jaanipaev” celebration (St. John’s Day celebration). All people with roots in both Alberta and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students return from Canada’s Coolest School Trip
By Peggy Revell on June 21st, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell “Canada’s Coolest School Trip” has lived up to its name, with great memories and new experiences for Grade 8 students from the Dr. Roy Wilson Learning Centre. For many of the students, the all-expenses paid trip to Ontario was their first time travelling, and travelling outside Alberta, explained student Gage Smith. “They were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Packed gallery to hear arguments on GSA legislation
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 2018
About 100 people were left outside a courtroom in Medicine Hat on Wednesday morning as a packed gallery heard arguments an injunction be placed on Alberta’s GSA legislation. Fifty members of the public did secure seats for the morning session, during which the Calgary Sexual Health Centre joined the case as an intervenor. Lawyers for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown tunnel defaced with hateful language, images
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat police are investigating after vandals damaged art work in the walking tunnel connecting North and South Railway Streets downtown. Police received a report about the vandalism on June 19 and believe it occurred overnight between June 18 and 19. Police say the vandalism includes graffiti and hateful phrases such as “white pride,” “we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget debate not short on options
By Collin Gallant on June 20th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A deeply divided city council will resume formal debate in early July on how to fund the 2019-2022 budget, but a wide-ranging discussion on Monday night shows an equally wide array of opinions. Eventually the matter was tabled after nine members first wrangled with the question in instituting new utility fees, or combining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief librarian honoured for e-book effort
By Peggy Revell on June 20th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Medicine Hat’s new chief librarian was recognized this past weekend with the Premier’s Public Service Award for a project that’s provided people access to hundreds of Alberta e-books. “I was very proud that the team was recognized,” said Ken Feser of the recognition for the Read Alberta EBooks project, which he completed while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How we got here: Circumstances that led city to Financially Fit plan
By Collin Gallant on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News For a century, Medicine Hat sold itself as the home of low utility prices and low taxes, thanks to city-owned utilities and a natural gas production business that raked in cash. In 2014 however, administrators told council that a dividend system that transferred $24 million from the energy division to support the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council OKs art buy for Police Point
By Collin Gallant on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A second try at purchasing a granite bison statue as a public art project left at least one city councillor feeling buffaloed, but all supported the project Monday night, though there’s a movement to re-evaluate art-buying procedures. Council heard a plan by the public art committee to spend $17,000 on a statue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suicide numbers released: Anyone is at risk, but middle-aged men are extra vulnerable
By Gillian Slade on June 20th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade There were 11 suicide deaths in Medicine Hat last year. They ranged in age from 26 to 66, with the average age being 48 years. Of the 11 suicides, seven were male and four female, according to information from victims assistance Medicine Hat. They are sometimes called to meet with family members ... Read More »
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