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Local man pleads guilty after selling meth to undercover cops
By Peggy Revell on April 27th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Medicine Hat man associated with a drug house shut down by law enforcement entered a guilty plea Thursday to trafficking methamphetamine Sentencing for Robert Hafso has been adjourned to July 18, as defence counsel requested a pre-sentencing report be put together for consideration. According to the agreed statement of facts read into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After pleading guilty to several offences, man accused of groping young girl on bus gets bail
By Peggy Revell on April 27th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Guilty pleas for multiple property-related crimes Thursday meant a man also charged with sexually assaulting a young girl on a city bus in January is back out on bail. Tyler Stannard, 32, pled guilty to numerous charges spanning incidents from November 2017 to February. This includes pleading guilty to shoplifting $500 in electronic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC instructor receives Alberta Colleges award
By Mo Cranker on April 27th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It’s been a good week for Medicine Hat College instructor Colleen Whidden. MHC announced Thursday that Whidden was named the winner of the 2017 Distinguished Instructor Award by the Alberta Colleges & Institutes Faculties Association. Alongside the announcement, Whidden was also named MHC’s first teaching fellow by the Centre for Innovation and Teaching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Solar panelling so popular now, customers aren’t waiting for rebate
By Collin Gallant on April 27th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant It only took three months for a pot of money to help city power customers install solar panels to be completely spoken for, officials announced last week. Local contractors however, say interest in adding solar arrays is growing so fast that some customers are going ahead without guarantee of a municipal subsidy that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alleged bank robber denied bail
By Peggy Revell on April 26th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Bail was denied Wednesday to a man the Crown alleges was literally caught red-handed after robbing banks in Medicine Hat. Citing the gravity of the offences and the impact granting bail would have on the public’s confidence in the justice system, Judge Ted Fisher sided with the Crown in denying bail to 31-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat to get more than 200 $25-per-day child care spaces
By Collin Gallant on April 25th, 2018
Four daycares in Medicine Hat are among 100 in the province that will begin offering $25-per-day services starting this spring as part of a provincial program to expand affordable childcare. Two local YMCA-run centres — the John Millar and Crescent Heights child development centres — as well as Mother Nature’s Preschool and Pitter Patter Child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat plane suffers loss of power, makes emergency landing on Calgary road
By Gillian Slade on April 25th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A Medicine Hat aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on a Calgary street and is under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB), a spokesperson confirmed. The Piper Navajo twin engine aircraft C-FCWW, owned by Super T Management Ltd/Super T Aviation Academy operating out of Medicine Hat Airport, made an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City CAO done in September
By Collin Gallant on April 25th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Merete Heggelund, the top administrator at Medicine Hat city hall, will retire in September, the News has learned. In a note to staff last week, Heggelund, 57, laid out her plans and on Tuesday confirmed to the News that she plans to fully retire this fall after a new chief administrative officer is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Private clinics blur lines of care versus profit: FoM
By Gillian Slade on April 25th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade In the past two decades there has been a proliferation of private medical clinics that are potentially a violation of the Canada Health Act, said Friends of Medicare at a local public event Tuesday night. Private clinics typically provide medical care with “add-ons,” which blurs the lines. Some charge a membership fee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF worker released from hospital
By Gillian Slade on April 25th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The worker that was taken to hospital Monday evening, after an incident at the Canadian Fertilizer Industries nitrogen complex, has now been released from hospital, the company stated in a press release Tuesday. At about 5:20 p.m. Monday, an incident involving an onsite boiler at CF occurred. The area was secured and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weekends in jail for man who stabbed partner in the leg
By Peggy Revell on April 25th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Medicine Hat man was sentenced to 150 days in jail for stabbing his partner in the thigh with a paring knife. Due to time served, 28-year-old Ricky Chalifoux will have 79 days remaining, with the judge allowing him to serve that on weekends. The incident occurred March 9 when Chalifoux was taken ... Read More »
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