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Local job rates improving right along with province, country
By Collin Gallant on June 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Unemployment in southeastern Alberta continues to fall, while the provincial rate is now lower than other Prairie provinces, according to figures released Friday by Statistics Canada. The jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region dropped to 5.2 per cent last month, down about eight-10ths of a percentage point from both the month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Summer nights mean more property crime
By Peggy Revell on June 9th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Oh, those summer nights. A time for romance — like in the movie Grease — but also a time for increased thefts around the city. Medicine Hat Police Service Staff Sgt. Mike Fischer says there’s a simple reason why police are busier during the warmer weather: More people are out and about. “You ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Foundation hands out spring grants
By Mo Cranker on June 9th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Groups around the city were given some support Friday during the Community Foundation of Southeast Alberta’s annual Founder’s Day Picnic. A number of charitable groups gathered with the Community Foundation Friday afternoon on top of the Esplanade, as the foundation handed out more than $200,000 to numerous charitable organizations. “This is the time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warmer than normal summer: Environment Canada
By Gillian Slade on June 9th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Get ready for a warmer than usual summer, says Environment Canada. “We think that May is really just the beginning of what is likely to be a warmer than normal summer,” said Dave Phillips, senior climatologist Environment Canada. “May was the dress rehearsal for summer.” Last month was actually the warmest May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. docs no longer restricted on opioid Rx
By Gillian Slade on June 9th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade There has been a change in requirements for B.C. doctors treating chronic pain patients and prescribing opioids. In future they will be required to prescribe opioids without limiting the dosage, according to a Canadian Press story this week. The announcement was unexpected in Alberta. “I was extremely surprised. It is out of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPCA Kin Coulee event cancelled due to weather
By Mo Cranker on June 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat SPCA has cancelled Sunday’s Pets and Paintings event that was supposed to take place at Kin Coulee Park. The event was set to run from 2-4 p.m. at the band shell, but predicted bad weather forced the SPCA to cancel, organizers say. A new date and time will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta man up to 97 charges after another 25 added
By Peggy Revell on June 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A 34-year-old southern Alberta man faces 25 new criminal charges — on top of the 72 charges he already has against him — after fleeing from Brooks RCMP earlier this week. RCMP report that on June 5, mounties attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a suspected “prolific offender” on a stolen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quilt show on now at Medicine Hat Curling Club
By Medicine Hat News on June 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Cactus Rose Quilter’s Guild is holding Quilting Rocks II today and tomorrow at the Medicine Hat Curling Club. From noon to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday more than 200 quilts will be displayed. A merchant mall, door prizes, demos, a boutique, and raffle quilts will also be part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looks at servicing northwest land
By Collin Gallant on June 8th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Councillors could soon know cost estimates and a potential timetable for breaking and servicing a section of city land earmarked decades ago for heavy industry, a city committee heard Wednesday. Having the 640 acres in the city’s far northwest available to offer for sale to a potential large industrial enterprise was the original ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man gets two years for drug trafficking, fraud
By Peggy Revell on June 8th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Drug trafficking and fraud pushed by a drug addiction will send a Medicine Hat man to jail for two years. Morgan Ansil Williams entered guilty pleas to multiple charges Thursday at the Medicine Hat Provincial Court, with defence counsel saying the accused had “unfortunately gotten involved with the drug scene and drug culture,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC’s annual honorary degree going to Lorne Taylor
By Mo Cranker on June 8th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Lorne Taylor has been a member of the Medicine Hat community for a very long time. Today he will be awarded the 2018 honorary applied degree from Medicine Hat College during its convocation ceremony. “I knew I had been nominated, but I never really thought about actually getting it,” said Taylor. “About a ... Read More »
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