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Deadline today to sign up for Kiwanis Christmas luncheon
By Tim Kalinowski on December 15th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Today is the last day to pre-register for the Kiwanis annual Christmas luncheon for those in the city with no other place to go on Dec. 25. The deadline for pre-registration is noon. Those interested in attending can stop by the Strathcona Centre or call 403-529-8307 to ensure their names are on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second accused to stand trial for murder of Jordan Pede
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A man arrested following a New Year’s Eve homicide will stand trial, as his preliminary hearing wrapped up Thursday afternoon. After two days of witnesses and evidence being heard, a judge directed that Leonard Robert Terence Beaulieu stand trial for the second-degree murder of 24-year-old Jordan Pede. Provincial Crown had put forward that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail granted for alleged bank robber
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Bail was granted in Medicine Hat Wednesday for a Winnipeg man charged with robbing two banks in October, though he will remain in custody awaiting more bail hearings in Saskatchewan for three robberies in Regina and one in Saskatoon. Lethbridge-based lawyer Greg White successfully argued for Stephan Vogelsang’s release at the Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHCBE OKs violence and risk questionnaire
By Tim Kalinowski on December 14th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to approve a new violence and risk assessment questionnaire to be distributed to teachers and other staff in the district. The motion, first introduced by Trustee David Leahy at the Nov. 14 meeting, will help the school district gather information and develop an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whooping cough outbreak over
By Gillian Slade on December 14th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A pertussis outbreak that began in June in the south zone is over, says Alberta Health Services. From the onset untilDec 7, there were 441 cases confirmed. Pertussis continues to occur with frequency in unimmunized populations in the south zone and other parts of Alberta, AHS said in a press release. Pertussis ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Already facing charges of voyeurism, man now hit with child porn offence
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A Medicine Hat man arrested Nov. 11 and facing voyeurism charges made a court appearance Wednesday on new charges: A single count of possessing child pornography. Crown consented to bail being granted for 24-year-old Davis Eichendorf, with similar conditions to those he already was on. The man also is not allowed the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man gets two years for sex crimes against daughter of woman he was dating
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A southern Alberta man was sentenced to two years in jail for sex crimes against a young girl, committed while he dated her mother. “We feel violated in so many ways,” said the victim’s mother, reading her victim impact statement Wednesday at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Medicine Hat during sentencing. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man gets 15 months for child luring
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Medicine Hat man was sentenced to 15 months in jail Wednesday for luring an underage child through social media. Aaron Curtis Diaz , 38, had pled guilty to the charge earlier this year but sentencing kept being delayed. The charges against Diaz stem from June 2016, when he came under investigation by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First recipient of Lynn Frank Memorial Scholarship announced
By Gillian Slade on December 14th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The Medicine Hat Diagnostic Laboratory Legacy Fund revealed the inaugural recipient of the Lynn Frank Memorial Scholarship in recognition of academic excellence among aspiring medical lab technologists in southeastern Alberta. Heidi Kennedy, a student of the medical laboratory technology diploma program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, was selected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Husband headed to trial for fraud charges against dental clinic, while charges against wife dropped
By Peggy Revell on December 14th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The preliminary inquiry for the case of a couple accused of defrauding a Medicine Hat dental office of more than $80,000 has wrapped up — with the case against the husband proceeding to trial, and the case against the wife dropped. The hearing, which ran on Dec. 11 and 12 at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UPDATED: Proposed wind farm near Whitla a green energy auction winner
By Collin Gallant on December 13th, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Southeastern Alberta will get a windfarm and Alberta is getting a record low price for wind energy as the results of a major green energy auction were announced on Wednesday. The proposed Whitla Wind Farm, a project of Edmonton-based Capital power, won a 20-year supply contract for its near 200-megawatt facility planned for ... Read More »
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