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Stampede store decoration winners
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2017
Medicine Hat News Officials with the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede have released the results of the 2017 Store Decorating Challenge: Institutions and community services — Chinook Village and Age Care Valleyview (tie) Banks — TD Bank, downtown branch Retail stores — UPS Non retail/offices — All Seasons Self Storage Bars/restaurants/hotels/fast food — Cecil Hotel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Day watering taking place at Kin Coulee Park
By Gillian Slade on July 21st, 2017
Medicine Hat News Watering during the day will be taking place at Kin Coulee Park to provide much needed moisture for the grass after some technical difficulties with the irrigation system have been experienced. Day watering will continue until the technical difficulties are resolved, says the city... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wave machine down at leisure centre
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2017
Medicine Hat News A mechanical failure has rendered the wave machine at the Family Leisure Centre Kinsmen Aquatic Park inoperable. Staff has inspected the machine and ordered replacement parts, but the waves will be unavailable through the weekend and until repairs can be completed. The pool remains open, without waves... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body found in Crescent Heights home at centre of explosion, fire
By Medicine Hat News on July 20th, 2017
UPDATE: Police say the explosion and fire are not criminal in nature. Read the full story here —————— Emergency officials have discovered human remains in a house rocked by an explosion Wednesday morning in Crescent Heights. Medicine Hat Fire Service, EMS and Medicine Hat Police Service responded to the area of Hudson Way N.E. following ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lenient sentence for woman who sold undercover cops fake meth but is also primary caregiver for ill mother
By Peggy Revell on July 20th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell “Exceptional circumstances” were cited by a judge for why he chose a lenient sentence Wednesday for a Medicine Hat woman who pled guilty to selling fake meth to undercover police. “On balance, I have been persuaded, and found that the personal family circumstances as they now exist … bring about an exceptional situation,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six months for Manitoban’s part in possessing stolen property
By Peggy Revell on July 20th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell The last of three Manitobans arrested in early June in Medicine Hat in relation to stolen property was sentenced Wednesday to a six-month jail term. Steven James Fontaine, 34, pled guilty to one count of possessing stolen property, one count of theft under $5,000, and one count of obstructing police —charges that stem ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Road work has nothing to so with sinkhole reported in May
By Gillian Slade on July 20th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade It may look as though the city is digging up the road where there was a sinkhole in May but a city spokesman says that is not the case at all. “They are just pulling out the temporary asphalt off the sidewalk there and putting in a new concrete wheelchair ramp,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library and special guests take a ride to launch the Books on the Bus program
By Tim Kalinowski on July 20th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Medicine Hat Public Library launched its “Books on the Bus” initiative Wednesday, fittingly, with a bus ride. Special guests, including Mayor Ted Clugston, Coun. Jamie McIntosh, MLA Drew Barnes, Medicine Hat Rotary Club past president Uwe Krickhahn, MHPL chief librarian Shelley Ross, superintendent of Medicine Hat transit services Karen Davis and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House-shaking explosion heard before three-house fire in Crescent Heights
By Tim Kalinowski on July 19th, 2017
UPDATE: Emergency officials have discovered human remains in a house rocked by an explosion Wednesday morning in Crescent Heights. Read the update here ——————— tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Medicine Hat firefighters responded to a three-house fire at about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday in Crescent Heights. When crews arrived at the location of the fire on Hudson Way N.E., ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harlem Globetrotters coming in September
By Medicine Hat News on July 19th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Get ready for a night of highlight-reel slam dunks, trick shots, tomfoolery and “Sweet Georgia Brown.” The Harlem Globetrotters are trotting into Medicine Hat this fall. The world famous basketball-playing family entertainers bring their one-of-a-kind show to the Canalta Centre on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. The Globetrotters’ star-studded roster includes Big ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After turning himself in for car theft and police chase, addict requests federal prison for treatment access
By Peggy Revell on July 19th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A two-year sentence was handed down Tuesday to a Lethbridge man who turned himself in for vehicle theft after evading police on the Trans-Canada Highway. Wiping away tears from his eyes at times, David Labonte appeared before the Medicine Hat Court by CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre to enter guilty pleas and ... Read More »
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