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Update: Crews search specific location for man
By Mo Cranker on June 3rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News The search continues Saturday morning for a man who went missing days ago, after reportedly going swimming in the South Saskatchewan River. As of 10 a.m. Saturday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Sean Maxwell says the search crews are looking at one specific area roughly 11 kilometers up river from the RCMP and Southeast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver, several animals killed after cattle hauler rolls in canal near Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on June 2nd, 2017
Alberta Enivronment is reporting that a cattle hauler rolled into an irrigation canal near Brooks on Friday morning, leaving the driver dead. A report states that the loaded cattle liner was involved in a single motor vehicle accident fatality when it rolled into an irrigation canal. Approximately 400 litres of diesel fuel was spilled into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Storm leaves Hatters without power for the second time in three days
By Collin Gallant on June 2nd, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant For the second night in three, Hatters were left without power for hours after power lines were knocked out in a fast developing storm on Thursday. Power went out for about 8,800 utility customers in the downtown, the Southeast and West hill areas as well as the Flats and Crescent Heights at about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local pharmacists already charged with fraud now face theft charges
By Peggy Revell on June 1st, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Three local pharmacists now also face charges of theft over $5,000, alongside fraud charges. The altered charges were filed Thursday in Provincial Court by the specialized prosecutor for economic crime who is now handling the case. Each were originally charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 — but these charges were withdrawn, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crews searching South Saskatchewan River for missing man
By Medicine Hat News on June 1st, 2017
6:45 p.m. Redcliff RCMP Const. Kirk Fisler says the Medicine Hat Fire workers are searching the river around the point the man was reportedly last seen by a friend, and will continue to task the waters with Southeast Alberta Search and Rescue until it is dark. “For tonight, firefighters are searching around the point where we believe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River rescue a reminder of dangers of rafting and the importance of wearing a life jacket
By Tim Kalinowski on May 31st, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Medicine Hat Fire Service chief Brian Stauth says two young women who were in a rafting accident near Police Point Park on Tuesday are lucky to be alive. “People are rafting, and then when they want to get off and get to shore, they don’t realize how hard it is to overcome the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UPDATED STORY: River accident
By medicinehatnews on May 30th, 2017
According to the Medicine Hat Fire Service, two women were pulled from river late Tuesday afternoon following a 911 call from several witnesses on the shore near Preston Ave. and Police Point Park, who saw the two women struggling in the water beside their raft. One of the women was unharmed; the condition of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff RCMP asking for public assistance in identifying a driver of a motorcycle
By Mo Cranker on May 29th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Redcliff RCMP are looking for public assistance in identifying a driver of a motorcyle who was driving in a dangerous manner over the weekend. RCMP attempted attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Yellow Suzuki TLR Saturday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. on Highway 1 at Redcliff. The driver of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two people charged after more than $33,000 of methamphetamine seized in Medicine Hat
By Mo Cranker on May 29th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Two people have been charged after police seized more than $33,000 worth of methamphetamine in Medicine Hat. ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team made the seizure on May 26 with the assistance of Medicine Hat Police and RCMP investigators following a short-term investigation. ALERT seized 325 grams of meth, along with one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor injuries after collision on Trans-Canada Highway
By Mo Cranker on May 28th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Two people were taken to the hospital Sunday evening after a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near 1 St. SW. For a little more than one hour traffic was slowed due to lane closures in both the east and west bound lanes. Staff Sgt. Darcy Fox says the police do not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motorcyclist suffers non-life threatening injuries after collision with truck
By Mo Cranker on May 28th, 2017
Medicine Hat News One motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after colliding with a truck Sunday morning. The collision happened around 11:45 a.m. at 12 St. NE and Parkview Drive, after a truck made an unsafe left turn into the path of the oncoming motorcycle, according to a Medicine Hat Police Services ... Read More »
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