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Farmland continues to increase in value
By Collin Gallant on May 2nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Farmland continues to climb in value in 2017, with buyers of Alberta cropland and range paying 7.3 per cent more for acres last year. In southern Alberta, not including the region directly surrounding Calgary, but the Highway 2 corridor to Lethbridge, as well as the southeast quadrant, the jump was 11.4 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connie Oakes files suit against Medicine Hat police, local prosecutor
By Peggy Revell on May 1st, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Multiple members of the Medicine Hat Police Service and a local Crown prosecutor are being sued for $1 million by Connie Oakes over her arrest, and ensuing years of trial and imprisonment surrounding the 2011 murder of Casey Armstrong. Papers filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench on April 27 allege police and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s natural gas price drops to lowest level in at least 15 years
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2018
The City of Medicine Hat has set its monthly utility rate and the price of natural gas has plummeted to the lowest price in at least 15 years. The posted commodity rate for natural gas sits at $0.796 per gigajoule, down sharply from April’s rate of $2.082, and representing a drop of about 60 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat won’t get any provincial flood protection grants this year
By Collin Gallant on May 1st, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant There will be no money specifically for the City of Medicine Hat in this year’s outlay of provincial flood protection grants, which were announced on Tuesday. Each year since the 2013 floods in Medicine Hat and southern Alberta, city officials have applied to the Alberta Community Resiliency Program as the major funding source ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voluntary water restriction lifted
By Collin Gallant on May 1st, 2018
Medicine Hat News A voluntary restriction that asked city water customers to avoid watering lawns and gardens was short-lived. Utility officials said Monday that a request to conserve water over the weekend was lifted after being implemented to improve quality of water in the South Saskatchewan River. Customers in the city, Dunmore, Seven Persons, Desert ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remorse questioned as taxi assault sentencing delayed
By Peggy Revell on May 1st, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell The question of remorse put the brakes on sentencing for the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and robbed a Medicine Hat cab driver in November 2016. Counsel for Shawn Thomas Baldhead was granted adjournment midway through Monday’s hearing, so authors of reports about Baldhead can be made available for questioning as they had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dahlman takes home prestigious Award
By Medicine Hat News on April 30th, 2018
bpenton@medicinehatnews.com @MHNBrucePenton A solid reputation in the newspaper business and a strong work ethic has resulted in a prestigious award for Prairie Post managing editor Ryan Dahlman. The 48-year-old Dahlman — a 24-year veteran of the community newspaper industry and winner of multiple provincial and national newspaper awards for journalistic excellence — was presented with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar April 30-May 6
By Medicine Hat News on April 30th, 2018
April 30 — Play Mahjong, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. April 30 — Games in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 2:30-4:30 p.m. April 30 — Cinema Politica Movie “To the Ends of the Earth,” MH Public Library, 7 p.m. May 1 — Understanding the Canadian Workplace for Refugees, MH Public Library, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taking auto lessons from a living legend
By Mo Cranker on April 30th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker A group of local automotive customizers got lessons from a legend in the business this weekend, as Gene Winfield is spending three days in the Hat working on a 1950s Buick. “We’re calling this a chop party,” said Jim Sodero, who owns a private garage on Kingsway Ave. “We’ve called in Gene Winfield ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police body-cam pilot extended
By Peggy Revell on April 28th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Originally slated to run for six months, a pilot project outfitting local police with body-worn cameras will instead wrap up after a full year. When the project was launched in September 2017, six officers with the patrol section and traffic unit were lined up to wear cameras, while there were two dash-mounted car ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daffodil site renamed for early supporter
By Peggy Revell on April 28th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell As part of the Daffodil Project’s efforts to recognize those who have stepped up to donate 20,000 bulbs, the planting field near the Medicine Hat College sign has been named “RE/MAX Medalta Meadows.” The idea to name the planting sites came about as a way to hopefully raise more funds for the project, ... Read More »
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