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Man charged with child porn in custody awaiting lawyer
By Peggy Revell on April 7th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A local man charged with child pornography offences in March by Oyen RCMP remains in custody as he waits to obtain a lawyer. Austin Palmer appeared before the Medicine Hat Provincial Court on Thursday from the remand centre, with adjournment requested to April 26. The court heard that while he has been approved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter’s apartment floods once again
By None on April 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A Medicine Hat woman has been left with more questions than answers after the apartment she rents from Avenue Living flooded Friday for the second time in six months. Carmi Russell moved into 46 Carswell Rd. last April, and her apartment flooded on her and her dog twice, once on Christmas morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!S. Railway work will cause lane reduction April 10-11
By Peggy Revell on April 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Construction means there will be one-lane traffic on April 10 and 11 in sections along S. Railway SE between the Allowance Avenue overpass and Kingsway Drive. On these two days, the contractor will mill the asphalt road surface. The one-lane sections will be short and traffic will be controlled with flag people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Drug Coalition gets $35K for opioid awareness
By Peggy Revell on April 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Drug Coalition was one of several organizations named by the province to receive a slice of $1.4 million for localized public awareness campaign on opioids. The coalition will receive $35,000 for a campaign that will include community events, conversations and city-wide advertising. According to the province, $1.4 million in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local jobless rate drops
By Collin Gallant on April 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The jobless rate in rural southern Alberta fell in March compared to both last month and the same time last year. However, new figures from Statistics Canada state Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region has the highest unemployment rate outside the province’s major cities at 6.5 per cent. That current local rate compared to 6.9 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CJCY sold for $4M, won’t change its format: CRTC
By Collin Gallant on April 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The potential sale of CJCY radio in Medicine Hat is worth $4 million and wouldn’t involve a change of format, according to documents filed with the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. Rogers Communications announced in mid-January it had an agreement to buy the local station from Lethbridge-based owner Clear Sky Radio Inc. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta jobless rate falls but stays above national rate
By Medicine Hat News on April 6th, 2018
The jobless rate in rural southern Alberta fell in March compared to both last month and the same time last year. However, new figures from Statistics Canada state Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region has the highest unemployment rate outside of the province’s major cities at 6.5 per cent. That current local rate compared to 6.9 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officials hope for quick land sale
By Collin Gallant on April 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Administrators in Medicine Hat are hoping to expedite a minor land sale to Cypress County so work to flood-proof the Veinerville water supply system — as well as add new capacity for a planned water co-op — can proceed this summer. Last year, the county received an Alberta Community Resiliency Grant worth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!S. Railway businesses seek better communication
By Collin Gallant on April 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Several business owners on South Railway Street say this year’s effort to finish replacing utility lines and remake the aging roadway is not off to a good start. Desmond Pinder, owner of Ted’s Dental Laboratory, says water service to his facility near the corner of Kingsway Avenue was shut off for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fine, probation and drug court for man guilty in bike chop shop case
By Peggy Revell on April 6th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A $1,000 fine, 12 months probation and the requirement to attend drug treatment court was the sentence handed down to a Medicine Hat man arrested last summer after police broke up a bicycle chop shop. “The issue I have is the undertaking you were involved in the trafficking of bikes from children … ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heal the Hat an annual one-stop shop for alternative health
By Mo Cranker on April 6th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat’s healing expo is back at the end of the month. Heal the Hat will run April 28 and 29 at the Cypress Centre Auditorium, and it will offer Hatters a place to seek alternative health remedies. “We’ve gathered around 45 vendors from the city and the surrounding area,” said organizer Farren ... Read More »
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