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Crime Stoppers investigating break-and-enter
By Tim Kalinowski on September 2nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance with a break and enter incident in Elkwater. Sometime between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14 a person or persons unknown broke into a property and stole $25,000 worth of household items, including a mounted horned owl, porcupine and bear skull. The break and enter occurred ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New power plant is close to opening
By Collin Gallant on September 2nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Workers began flaring gas at the city’s new power station on Friday as the facility nears its in-service date later this month. The facility, known as Unit 16, sits on city land on Box Springs Road where crews have been constructing the 43-megawatt gas-fuelled generation facility since June 2016. Operators fired a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail denied for man charged in New Year’s Eve homicide
By Medicine Hat News on September 1st, 2017
Bail was denied for a man charged with second-degree murder following a New Year’s Eve homicide Justice Dallas Miller presented his decision Friday concerning the release of Leonard Robert Terence Beaulieu Friday at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Medicine Hat. A publication ban prevents the reporting of evidence, arguments, and reasonings put forward during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New photo radar sites established around new school in Crescent Heights
By Medicine Hat News on September 1st, 2017
With the opening of a new school in Medicine Hat comes new photo radar sites. Dr. Ken Sauer School will welcome students next week and in preparation for the increased vehicle and pedestrian in the newly-minted school/playground zone four new photo radar sites were established this week. The locations are on 11 Avenue N.E. northbound ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP candidate stops in the Hat
By Gillian Slade on September 1st, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A United Conservative Party leadership candidate who made headlines a weeks ago for calling the party’s budget deficit “embarrassing,” was in Medicine Hat on Thursday. The UCP wants to establish credibility with the public on the management of its funds, said Doug Schweitzer, 38, a Calgary lawyer specializing in corporate restructuring. “When ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judicial system’s failing of aboriginals scolded during sentencing of young man
By Peggy Revell on September 1st, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A judge chastised a lack of resources put toward addressing aboriginal over-representation in Canadian jails, as he sentenced of a young man Thursday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse. “Aboriginal people will continue to come before the court and be sentenced in higher numbers, and those numbers will continue to grow, simply because while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS warn public of Canada Revenue Agency scam
By Peggy Revell on September 1st, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service is warning the public after receiving complaints of a person falsely posing as being from the Canada Revenue Agency, trying to collect a debt. The male caller has been contacting potential victims in the area, police say, trying to convince them to clear up the debt by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Mental Health Association hosting BBQ downtown for World Suicide Prevention Day
By Gillian Slade on September 1st, 2017
Medicine Hat News In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day, Canadian Mental Health Association is hosting an event Sept. 8, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park on First Street SE downtown. There will be free burgers and a gratitude board where you will be able to acknowledge what you are grateful for. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Country Co-op adds Ag Plus Supply store in Foremost
By Collin Gallant on September 1st, 2017
Medicine Hat News South Country Co-op is again expanding its presence in the local agricultural supply sector and is doing in it in the far southeast of the province. The co-operative retailer states in a release it has come to terms to purchase the Ag Plus Supply outlet in Foremost, making it the latest in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS offering free program to help quit smoking
By Gillian Slade on September 1st, 2017
Medicine Hat News A free Alberta Health Services tobacco-cessation program called QuitCore provides tools and support for people wanting to stop smoking, and the next program in Medicine Hat starts Sept.14. The program takes place on Thursdays from 2-3:30 p.m. Trained professionals teach people how to develop a plan to quit while providing strategies to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police respond to suspected overdose, arrest man in connection to multiple thefts
By Mo Cranker on August 31st, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service has charged one man after responding to what seemed like an overdose call. Around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, the MHPS responded to a suspected overdose call from the 2500 block of 22 Ave. SE. Upon police arrival with EMS, the man was checked medically and cleared by EMS. Police ... Read More »
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