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Safe injection site in Medicine Hat still in early stages of fruition
By Jeremy Appel on October 11th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The local HIV Community Link is still in the preliminary stage of its effort to bring a safe injection site to Medicine Hat, according to the group’s communications specialist Ana Glavan. In May, the group’s executive director Leslie Hill told the News it was in the midst of creating a survey for drug ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Backyard Birding at Police Point this Saturday
By Gillian Slade on October 11th, 2017
Medicine Hat News There are numerous benefits to enjoying birds in your own backyard, and the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is ready to tell you how on Saturday. Fall into Backyard Birding will take place at Police Point Park on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. in the Nature Centre. You will learn how to create a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bomb threat at ATB branch in Crescent Heights
By Medicine Hat News on October 10th, 2017
UPDATE: Medicine Hat police say on Twitter the ATB in Crescent Heights has been cleared and is now safe for the public. —————————— Insp. Joe West of the Medicine Hat Police Service is confirming that a bomb threat was received at the ATB Financial Northlands location at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. A subsequent search of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 20 street-level drug traffickers charged in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on October 10th, 2017
A month-long operation by Medicine Hat police into street-level drug trafficking and property crime has resulted in drug-related charges being laid against more than 20 people. The Organized Crime Section and Priority Street Crime Unit of the Medicine Hat Police Service joined forces in recent weeks for Operation Suppression, an initiative focused on quelling “the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual run raises $55K for drilling water wells in Kenya
By Mo Cranker on October 10th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker More than 200 Hatters gathered at the downtown YMCA Saturday to run for a good cause. The day marked the eighth annual Water Run held in support of Nehemiah Construction Ministries, a group that works in northern Kenya, with funds raised through the event to drill wells. “We are doing a race for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters respond to small outdoor structure fire over long weekend
By Jeremy Appel on October 10th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Firefighters responded to a small outdoor structure fire around midnight on Saturday in the South West Hill neighbourhood. “It wasn’t a big fire,” Medicine Hat Fire Service platoon chief Joe Greenan said of the incident that occurred at a building on 11th Street SW. He said the fire could have come from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Oct. 10-15
By Medicine Hat News on October 10th, 2017
Oct. 10 — Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 — Book Club, MH Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 11 — Roving Gyms, Downtown YMCA, 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 11 — Tigers vs. Everettt Silvertips, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Oct. 12 — Market @ Medalta, 4:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 12 — Stitching in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Congregation in Irvine celebrating a century
By Jeremy Appel on October 10th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The People Peace United Church in Irvine is holding a special service for its 100th anniversary on Oct. 22. Rev. Jan Stevenson of Medicine Hat’s Westminster United Church, who also leads monthly services at the Irvine and Redcliff United Churches, called the Irvine congregation “very small but mighty.” “(It’s) a very welcoming community,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final 2017 planting day for the Daffodil Project approaching
By Gillian Slade on October 10th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Daffodil Project is one week away from its final planting day this season. On Saturday Oct. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. the last 2,500 bulbs will be planted in a new test site. The site is in the triangular area between where the Trans-Canada Highway and Trans-Canada Way meet, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local unemployment at 5.1% for Sept.
By Collin Gallant on October 7th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The jobless rate in southern Alberta continues to run below 2016 levels and remains the lowest in the province despite a small increase from the month before. The unemployment rate for September sat at 5.1 per cent for the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region, down from 6.7 per cent one year ago, but up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LED changeover resumes next week after grant
By Collin Gallant on October 7th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A once-halted project to convert all the city’s streetlights to lower-cost, low energy LED lights resumes next week after provincial grants are put toward the project. The city had completed about two-fifths of the changeovers, moving community by community, in 2014 and 2015 before the five-year program was suspended the following year’s ... Read More »
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