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UPS Store hopes prints of historic downtown photo can benefit local charities
By Mo Cranker on July 20th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat’s UPS Store was recently given a piece of history by a customer, and now the owners are trying to do some good with it. The store got its hands on a photo of downtown Medicine Hat from 1913 and will be selling prints of the photo to raise money for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swift Current RCMP search for missing teen, possibly accompanied by another with arrest warrant
By Collin Gallant on July 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Police in Swift Current are asking for assistance from Albertans in locating a missing teen girl who may be in the company of a young male who is wanted on stolen property charges. That Municipal RCMP detachment is looking for 16-year-old Eden Denee Stevenson, who was last seen at her home in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swift Current RCMP looking for missing teen girl
By Medicine Hat News on July 19th, 2018
Police in Swift Current are asking for assistance from Albertans in locating a missing teen girl who may be in the company of a young male who is wanted on stolen property charges. Swift Current RCMP are looking for 16-year-old Eden Denee Stevenson, who was last seen at her home in Swift Current on Thursday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire in the Flats being investigated as arson
By Medicine Hat News on July 19th, 2018
An early-morning fire in the Flats is being investigated as arson. Medicine Hat police were called to a structure fire at a residential garage in the 100 block of Queen Street just after 2 a.m. on July 19, 2018. No injuries resulted but the fire did cause extensive damage to the building. Members of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Axing carbon tax could mean dead calm: NDP
By Collin Gallant on July 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Alberta’s environment minister says a promise by conservatives to repeal the carbon levy would put billions of dollars in windfarm investments in southern Alberta at risk. Last week, Ontario’s new Conservative government announced an abrupt end to that province’s cap-and-trade carbon pricing system and cancelled wind-energy contracts they say have driven up prices. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recycling tonnage way up after blue bin introduction
By Collin Gallant on July 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Blue carts are being credited for a huge boost in recycling volumes in Medicine Hat during its first month of the curbside service. Recycling bins were distributed to all residences and duplexes in Medicine Hat in June, and during that month a total of 303 tonnes of recyclable material was collected by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Theo Fleury’s Victor Walk making a stop in Medicine Hat
By Jeremy Appel on July 19th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Former Calgary Flames superstar Theo Fleury is stopping in the Hat tomorrow with the Victor Walk, which seeks to raise awareness of child sexual abuse. Fleury is himself a survivor of sexual abuse, which he documented in his 2009 memoir “Playing with Fire.” He’s dedicated himself since 2013 toward de-stigmatizing child sexual abuse ... Read More »
1 responseLarge poplars part of a three-year tree removal program
By Collin Gallant on July 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Poplars so huge an industrial crane was needed to guide them to the ground are being removed from a southside mobile home park. Colin Grant, the manager of the Crestwood mobile home park, said the removal is part of a three-year plan to remove large trees. Management feels they are susceptible to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing delayed for man who sold meth to undercover cops
By Jeremy Appel on July 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A local man who pled guilty after selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer will be sentenced on July 24. The sentencing for Robert Hafso was supposed to occur Wednesday at Medicine Hat Provincial Court after a pre-sentencing report was prepared. However, defence lawyer Bradley Bellmore didn’t receive the report until Tuesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasgo looking forward to campaign
By Gillian Slade on July 19th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Securing the majority of 803 votes, Michaela Glasgo is now the United Conservative Party candidate in the Brooks-Medicine Hat riding. “I don’t know if it has really sunk in yet,” Glasgo said on Wednesday morning. Of about 43,000 people in the riding, a total of 2,300 are members of the UCP, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Playguides provides kids with creative fun outside
By Gillian Slade on July 19th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Creative outdoor activity for families to enjoy is taking place three times a week, and there is no fee to participate. Playguides is all about a range of activities for children from babies to age six although older siblings are welcome to come along and join in, perhaps even entertain themselves on ... Read More »
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