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Group hopes prairie drivers use app aimed at keeping wildlife safe
By Tim Kalinowski on November 28th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Wildlife-related vehicle collisions account for more than 54 per cent of rural accidents. The odds are if you live in a rural area in Alberta or Saskatchewan, you know someone who has been killed or badly injured as a result of a vehicle collision with wildlife. Pronghorn Xing (Crossing) is seeking to better ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Making the Christmas season merry
By Jeremy Appel on November 27th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Firefighters from CFB Suffield were outside the Hat’s Wal-Mart on Saturday and Sunday to collect gifts and donations for the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund. The department had one of its yellow firetrucks outside the store, where people could drop off their presents. Aaron Schafer, a Suffield firefighter for the past five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No oncologist in the Hat right now
By Gillian Slade on November 25th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is currently operating with no oncologist. Dr. Soundouss Raissouni, oncologist at the Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre, is now on maternity leave. The position for a locum has been advertised since May but Alberta Health Services has not been successful in filling it, said Dr. J. Dean Ruether, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renowned novelist speaks at library event
By Jeremy Appel on November 25th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Public Library held a special event Friday for donors to celebrate the opening of its newly-renovated theatre, featuring a talk from acclaimed Canadian novelist Terry Fallis. Fallis spoke in the theatre about the inspiration behind his new book “One Brother Shy,” reading a passage from it before taking questions from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four deaths in Alberta to influenza so far
By Gillian Slade on November 25th, 2017
Medicine Hat News There have been four deaths linked to flu this season and one of those was in the south zone, according to numbers released by Alberta Health Services. There have been 694 cases of lab-confirmed influenza A, with 32 of those in the south zone this flu season. A year ago that number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!7-Eleven now open at Strachan Corner
By Gillian Slade on November 25th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Construction activity at Strachan Corner is buzzing. A 7-Eleven convenience store, car wash and gas station are the latest to be unveiled. A new Tim Hortons has already opened. The old Walmart building on site was demolished earlier this year and the new development includes a Save-on-Foods. A building going up closer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motz hopes task force can put focus on rural crime spike
By Tim Kalinowski on November 25th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz is hopeful his new parliamentary Alberta Caucus Rural Crime Task Force will bring greater attention to the issue of increasing rural crime in southern Alberta and across the province. “It is rampant throughout Alberta,” says Motz. “Rural crime has taken off. The Mounties’ resources are stretched. People are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County reeve optimistic about gov’t fire aid
By Tim Kalinowski on November 25th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Cypress County Reeve Richard Oster is hopeful meetings with government ministers last week will eventually yield results for locals near Hilda devastated by the wildfires of Oct. 17. “Last Wednesday we met with Minister of Agriculture Oneil Carlier, and Friday we met with Shaye Anderson, the Minister of Public Works. Both meetings were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Green oil exec splits with Brooks fields
By Collin Gallant on November 25th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A company with large oil lease holdings near Brooks has split with its U.S. investors and new company has formed to handle conventional petroleum production. Privately held Imaginea Energy acquired nearly 260,000 acres of leases from Crew Energy in 2014 with the goal of producing the field and other interests in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!App will tell you all photo radar locations in Alberta
By Jeremy Appel on November 24th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A University of Alberta computing science student has developed an app to track photo radar enforcement in major municipalities across the province, including the Hat. Benjamin Lavin said his app was originally geared toward Edmonton, but in the past few weeks it has expanded to the city’s suburbs and other major cities — ... Read More »
1 responseGrant could mean a micro-grid at Cultural Centre
By Collin Gallant on November 24th, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A canopy of solar panels at the Cultural Centre in Medicine Hat could be charging electric cars next spring, as well as putting power into the Medicine Hat College grid and providing a work space for electricians and IT students. The concept to create a micro-grid was awarded a $215,000 grant from the ... Read More »
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