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New method will give all electors a chance to vote
By Gillian Slade on September 8th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Whether you have a disability or will be travelling on the day of the municipal election there is a way to make your vote count. Special “Express Vote” machines are being made available at the advance polls to address specific requirements for those with a disability, said city clerk Angela Cruickshank, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Commission gaining two public members
By Collin Gallant on September 8th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Police Commission will grow by two public members in 2018. City council approved a recommendation Tuesday to increase the size of the oversight body in hopes of better governance and public confidence in the independent nature of the commission. It will “add diversity and richer decision making,” according to background ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Further delays in murder case while defence waits for autopsy report
By Peggy Revell on September 8th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell With no autopsy report in hand, the case of a city man accused of second-degree murder remains stalled in the Medicine Hat courts. At a brief court appearance Thursday, the next court date for Noah Harrison Bentley was set for Sept. 21. Multiple adjournments have occurred as the defence waits for the coroner’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sunday public ceremony to officially dedicate First World War monument
By Gillian Slade on September 8th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A dedication ceremony of the recently completed First World War monument will take place Sunday at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome. The ceremony for the monument, to be known as the Medicine Hat First World War Monument at Private James Peter Robertson, VC Hill, will include a ribbon-cutting and a symbolic hammering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers work to establish cases in human rights hearing of Muslim man versus a local company
By Tim Kalinowski on September 8th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal A key figure in the Alberta Human Rights Commission’s public hearing for the case of Shaharyar Ahmad versus CF Chemicals Ltd. took to the witness stand Thursday at the Clarion Hotel. Chris Ernst, manager of Workforce Development at CF Chemicals in Medicine Hat, spent the morning being examined by CF attorney Tom Valentine, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friday’s Kidney March raising money for research, support programs
By Gillian Slade on September 8th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Hundreds of people will begin a three-day 100km walk on Friday in the Kidney March to raise awareness and funds for life-saving research, support programs for patients and families as well as organ donation initiatives. This is the eighth year of the march — the only event of its kind in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saretzky disputes sentencing in triple murder conviction, files an appeal
By None on September 8th, 2017
Lethbridge Herald Triple murderer Derek Saretzky is hoping for a new trial. The convicted 24-year-old filed a notice of appeal, via lawyer Balfour Der’s office, Thursday to the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary seeking a “new trial” and “the imposition of a fit sentence.” In court documents filed, the grounds of appeal for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oakes gets 21 months in Saskatchewan
By Peggy Revell on September 7th, 2017
Medicine Hat News A woman who successfully appealed her conviction on second-degree murder charges in Medicine Hat now faces a 21-month sentence in Saskatchewan. Connie Oakes was sentenced on Aug. 24 at the provincial courthouse in Swift Current to 18 months for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats in connection to a stabbing that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motz named deputy shadow minister by Tory leader
By Gillian Slade on September 7th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner has been appointed the deputy shadow minister for public safety and emergency preparedness under Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s official opposition. Conservative MP Glen Motz will work with shadow minister Pierre Paul-Hus, the Quebec MP for Charlesbourg — Haute Saint Charles. “I’m really looking forward to this appointment. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Employment program at Being Human Services paying dividends for participants
By Gillian Slade on September 7th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Stable employment and experience in an enjoyable career path are just a couple of the benefits two young men in the community are relishing from after being part of a special program. Kyle Radford, 27, has a big smile on his face as he remembers wanting to work with his hands and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man gets 2.5 years for cross-border drug trafficking
By Peggy Revell on September 7th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Medicine Hat man arrested in Saskatchewan as part of a cross-border drug trafficking investigation was sentenced Wednesday to two-and-a-half years in jail. Wayne Arthur Shrubsall entered a guilty plea to possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking at the Swift Current courthouse, with the judge handing down the sentence slightly above the ... Read More »
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