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Semi-automatic rifle found by city police after Calgary pair comes to collect drug debt
By Medicine Hat News on July 4th, 2017
Two Calgary residents who came to Medicine Hat to collect a drug debt on Canada are facing weapon and drug charges. Medicine Hat police say that in the early morning hours of July 1 the pair forced their way into a home in the 800 block of Eighth Street N.W. After being called to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City natural gas rate down for July
By Medicine Hat News on July 4th, 2017
City gas rates are down and electricity rates are up for the month of July. The city utility department’s rate for natural gas in July has been set at $2.34 per gigajoule, down 61 cents from $2.95 in the month of June. The power price for July sits at 3.88 cents per kilowatt hour up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heat wave hits the Hat
By Mo Cranker on July 3rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Extreme heat warnings are in effect for large portions of southern Alberta, including Medicine Hat and locales throughout Cypress County, the counties of Forty Mile and Newell and the Special Areas. The forecasted highs for Medicine Hat for the remainder of the week all top 30 C, with temperatures climbing to 36 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEASAR uses training exercise for one last, unsuccessful search for missing man
By Mo Cranker on July 2nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News South East Alberta Search and Rescue traveled by boat Sunday from Sandy Point Park all the way back to Strathcona Island Park holding a group-training exercise, while searching for the man who went missing in the South Saskatchewan River weeks ago. SEASAR president Paul Carolan says the group has wanted to do ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Update: Stolen truck located in Strathmore, two arrested
By Medicine Hat News on June 30th, 2017
The stolen dark blue 2007 Ford F150 has been recovered by Strathmore RCMP, shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday. Two male occupants have been arrested in relation to the vehicle and its contents. The MHPS is currently working with Strathmore RCMP in an attempt to connect the individuals to the rash of vehicle mischief/thefts within ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First phase of SPCA fundraising drive complete
By Chris Brown on June 29th, 2017
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com @MHNBrown Animals and animal lovers in Medicine Hat have more than just Canada to celebrate this weekend. A last-minute surge of donations following a story in the Medicine Hat News on Tuesday has put the Medicine Hat SPCA over the top in the first phase of fundraising for its Extreme Shelter Makeover campaign. “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in November Crescent Heights homicide to go straight to trial
By Medicine Hat News on June 28th, 2017
A preliminary hearing has been waived by a Medicine Hat man charged with second-degree murder over a November homicide in Crescent Heights, with the case to head directly to trial. An arraignment date of Aug. 11 was set Wednesday for Aaron Raj Anand-Ford, so that pleas can be entered and a trial date set. Anand-Ford ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat man gets 90 days in police impersonation case
By Peggy Revell on June 27th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A former peace officer and British soldier was sentenced to 90 days, time served, for presenting himself as a police officer and offering assistance to a sheriff conducting a traffic stop near Strathmore. Michael John Carolan entered guilty pleas Tuesday to impersonating a police officer, using a badge to cause a person to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second man accused in Dec. 31 homicide has preliminary hearing set
By Medicine Hat News on June 27th, 2017
A three-day preliminary hearing has been set for the second of two Medicine Hat men charged with second-degree murder after a New Year’s Eve homicide. Defence counsel representing Leonard Robert Terence Beaulieu appeared in court Tuesday to officially set a preliminary hearing date for Dec. 13-15. Held before a judge, a preliminary hearing will determine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An act of generosity
By Mo Cranker on June 24th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Birthdays are best spent with your friends and family. Unfortunately for soon-to-be eight-year-old Cole Payeur the group of friends he invited to his birthday party last weekend at the Dunmore Road McDonald’s were all unable to show up for one reason or another. Cole’s mother Brandy says he was pretty sad the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BREAKING: Sears closing in Medicine Hat
By medicinehatnews on June 22nd, 2017
The Sears full-line outlet in Medicine will be closed as part of a corporate restructuring the company announced on Friday morning as it filed for court protection from creditors. Most recent available figures from 2013 state the company had about 80 local employees. Last week the struggling department store chain announced that it had concerns ... Read More »
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