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Guilty pleas entered for child porn charge
By Peggy Revell on December 20th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A guilty plea was entered Tuesday by a former youth summer camp director to a child pornography charge. Nolan Davidson, 25, entered the plea to accessing child pornography with sentencing adjourned to March 14. At the request of defence counsel, a pre-sentencing report will be put together. An agreed statement of facts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County council moves to support Southeastern Sexual Assault Response Committee
By Tim Kalinowski on December 20th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Southeastern Sexual Assault Response Committee received an early Christmas present Tuesday from Cypress County council: Two years of funding to help support SARC’s outreach program in county-based schools. Councillors voted unanimously to use $30,000 of the county’s unused Family and Community Support Services funding for immediate support for SARC, and carried another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retirement home ensures local first responders get traditional Christmas dinner
By Gillian Slade on December 20th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade It could make your heart sing. A local retirement residence cooks a hot turkey dinner for first responders that are working on Christmas Day. We seldom think about first responders until we need them but they are there 24/7, even on Christmas Day. Revera Meadowlands retirement residence says thank-you to first responders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing moved for woman who no-showed
By Peggy Revell on December 20th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A new sentencing date for serious drug charges has been set in 2018 for a Maple Creek woman who skipped out on the original date. Siofean Coderre, 43, appeared in custody and in person Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse, with new defence counsel requesting an adjournment to Feb. 27 so a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New sentencing date for woman caught in $33,000 meth bust
By Peggy Revell on December 19th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A new sentencing date has been set in the new year for a Maple Creek woman who skipped out on her original sentencing date on serious drug charges. Siofean Coderre, 43, appeared in custody and in person Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse, with newly brought on board defence counsel requesting an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City, province strike deal on electricity price cap
By Medicine Hat News on December 19th, 2017
New regulations agreed to by the city and province will mean local power consumers will fall under a provincial price cap for electricity, it was announced on Tuesday. Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd said talks between the two levels of government mean that Medicine Hat customers won’t pay more than a 6.8-cent per kilowatt hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa Claus Fund helps more than 900 kids have Christmas
By Peggy Revell on December 19th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell The final numbers are in, and the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund helped bring holiday cheer to 498 families and 918 kids in need this Christmas season. “We’ve seen nearly a 25 per cent increase over last year,” said SCF executive director Deanna Doerkson, as the program wraps up for another season. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Good news for those dreaming of a white Christmas
By Peggy Revell on December 19th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Despite a balmy start to December, snowfall Monday with more snowfall expected throughout the week means it should be a white Christmas in the Hat after all. A special weather statement was issued by Environment Canada early Monday, saying that Medicine Hat and the rest of southern Alberta could be seeing 10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas is checkstop season for police
By Peggy Revell on December 19th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell The holiday season is here — and with it, the Medicine Hat Police Service’s much-more-visible checkstop program has returned to deter people from impaired driving. “It’s that time of the year, we’re out and about … we just hope that people won’t drink and drive,” said MHPS’s Insp. Joe West. Police stopped about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sexual assault and violence victims facing wait list with response committee
By Tim Kalinowski on December 19th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Southeastern Alberta Sexual Response Committee executive director Christina Johnson says her organization is having trouble keeping up with the demand for counselling services for local victims of sexual assault and violence. There is currently a nine-month wait list for services like counselling and sessional therapy, and SARC has had to shift funding from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More ways to win with Kinsmen Home Lotto this time
By Tim Kalinowski on December 19th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club Home Lotto 35 ticket drive is in full gear with the prize home, located at 80 Hamptons Cres., now open for viewing. According to Adam Thompson, co-chair of the Home Lotto 35 committee, the prize home isn’t the only thing to be excited about this year: There are ... Read More »
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