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BREAKING: Porfoun pleads out to manslaughter
By Scott Schmidt on June 21st, 2017
One of two Medicine Hat men charged with second-degree murder after a November 2016 homicide pled out Wednesday to manslaughter and was sentenced to six and a half years in prison. With days served due to pretrial custody, Jacob Peter Porfoun, 22, has five years and 205 days left to serve. The sentencing was handed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local school boards get provincial funding for classroom improvements
By Scott Schmidt on June 20th, 2017
Medicine Hat News New money for classroom improvements that were a key point in the latest round of teaching contract negotiations will total $1.77 million for three local school boards. Alberta Education released a breakdown of the $75 million province-wide fund that can be used to hire new teachers and support staff, or purchase new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Going the distance
By Scott Schmidt on June 19th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Sometimes life can change in the blink of an eye. For one Hatter, who just over one year ago was struggling to even kneel and walk, her life changed for the better and just last week completed her first ever five kilometre race. Michelle Schneider said the key was to not get ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat man leads police on high-speed chase across southern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on June 15th, 2017
A Medicine Hat man has been charged by the RCMP after they say a stolen truck was used to ram two cruisers then used in a two-hour long, high-speed chase across southern Alberta on Wednesday afternoon. The RCMP Serious Crimes Branch is investigating after detachments in Raymond, Bow Island, Taber, Lethbridge Picture Butte and Coaldale ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charge laid after false report of man falling into the river
By Medicine Hat News on June 15th, 2017
A city man faces a charged of public mischief after making a false report about a man falling into the South Saskatchewan River on June 7. Drew Tweed, 41, is scheduled to appear in court on July 27. After the report was made Redcliff RCMP, South East Alberta Search and Rescue and Medicine Fire Services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Area man found not guilty of three sex charges involving a 15-year-old girl
By Peggy Revell on June 14th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A judge has found a Bassano man not guilty of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl. Leslie Russel Payne had an “honest belief” that the complainant was of legal age, said Judge Ted Fisher, in a decision handed down Wednesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse, finding the man not guilty of sexual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cigarette likely the cause of fire that destroyed three Medicine Hat homes
By Peggy Revell on June 12th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Fire investigators say “errant smoking material” — most likely a cigarette — is the cause behind a fire that destroyed three Southridge homes Saturday. “Our fire investigators have determined that it was errant smoking material that fell through the deck and lodged along some wood, which with the winds that came up — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks man’s manslaughter trial moved to Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on June 12th, 2017
The trial of a Brooks man charged with manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend will be held in Medicine Hat. The trial date will be set at the Court of Queen’s Bench on July 14. A preliminary hearing was held earlier in Brooks, although is under a publication ban. A multi-day trial was also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man to serve two more years for downtown bank robberies
By Peggy Revell on June 8th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A man who robbed two downtown banks last year will be incarcerated for just under two years for the remainder of his sentence. Alebele Negussie confirmed guilty pleas to counts of robbery Thursday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse. As part of a joint submission between Crown and defence, Negussie was sentenced to 21 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drug trafficker asks for more time in jail to get her life straightened out
By Peggy Revell on June 6th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell In a rare occurrence, a woman who pled guilty to trafficking cocaine requested that she not be given credit for time spent in pretrial custody. Krystal Dawn Sawchuk pled guilty to trafficking cocaine and a probation breach Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse and received a sentence of 22-month penitentiary term. The length ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council to talk power generating, flood preparation and other issues Monday evening
By Mo Cranker on June 5th, 2017
Medicine Hat News City council will hear a timeline for improving the long-term outlook for the city’s power generating business at tonight’s council meeting. A steep decline in power prices over the last two years have seen profits mostly dry up from a once booming business of exporting power to the Alberta gird. A report ... Read More »
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