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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!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!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 »
Be the first to comment!Transition to close palliative care unit already undwerway
By Gillian Slade on November 24th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The transition process for closing ward Six West at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, which includes the palliative care unit, has already begun. Although the official closing of this ward will only take place at the end of December you can’t go from a full ward to nothing overnight, says Alberta Health Services. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman requests federal sentence to access drug programs
By Peggy Revell on November 24th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Medicine Hat woman pled guilty Thursday to trafficking methamphetamine, requesting no credit for time already in custody so she can serve her time in a federal penitentiary. Appearing from the Calgary Remand Centre by closed-circuit TV, Racheal Penner entered a guilty plea and without wanting the assistance of counsel, and sentenced to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat the fifth safest city in Canada to drive in
By Jeremy Appel on November 24th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat motorists can rest assured they live in one of Canada’s safest cities for driving. According to this year’s safe driving study from Allstate Canada, the Hat has the fifth lowest collision frequency rate out of 93 communities in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario with 3.99 per cent. By contrast, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother Teresa School unveils statue honouring newly canonized saint
By Peggy Revell on November 24th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Students walking the hallways of Mother Teresa School now have a life-sized reminder of the importance of service — especially toward the poor and sick — with the unveiling of a new statue of their school’s namesake. “Because she’s praying, it’s like she’s looking out for us,” said principal Erika Bodnaruk, about sculpture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Member wants more oversight for MPC
By Collin Gallant on November 23rd, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant What’s the role of the municipal planning commission — one member of the development oversight body wants to know. Frank Devine, a local realtor who sits as a public member, moved Wednesday to table a proposed bylaw change giving additional approval power to planning staff. That won’t be taken up again until the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail hearing prep still ongoing for man charged in bank robbery string
By Peggy Revell on November 23rd, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell With work still underway to prepare for a bail hearing, it was a brief court appearance Wednesday for a Winnipeg man arrested for two bank robberies in Medicine Hat, three in Regina and one in Saskatoon. Counsel for Stephen Vogelsang, who celebrated his 54th birthday while in custody at the Medicine Hat Remand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Psych evaluation extension given for man accused of extortion
By Peggy Revell on November 22nd, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A four-week extension for further psychiatric evaluation was granted Tuesday for a Medicine Hat man accused of violent extortion, possibly linked to a recent homicide. Robert S. Hoefman made a brief appearance before the Medicine Hat Court by closed-circuit TV from the Calgary Remand Centre, with information from the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry ... Read More »
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