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Hamptons’ next phase ready for development
By Collin Gallant on May 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A further phase of the Hamptons community could be coming on line sooner than expected. The developer, Lansdowne Equity Ventures, has applied to have a new subdivision in the south-end community rezoned to low-density residential use, eventually to become a new cul-de-sac style subdivision near Vista Drive. The municipal planning commission approved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven-month sentence for harassment in case involving February standoff
By Peggy Revell on May 18th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A 38-year-old Hatter pled guilty to criminal harassment Thursday, in a case that led officers to block off a residential street in mid-February to make an arrest. Justin Legasse received a jail sentence of seven months, and 18 months probation — with 66 days left to serve, due to time spent in custody. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The ‘Man Van’ is rolling into Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on May 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Don’t worry guys, it’s a blood test, not a glove test. The Man Van will be at Medicine Hat’s London Drugs (3201 13th Avenue S.E.) on Saturday between noon and 3 p.m., offering free baseline PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood tests to men between the ages of 40 and 80. The PSA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viable no longer, Dunmore Road trees fall victim to chainsaw
By Mo Cranker on May 18th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It’s never a decision the city wants to make, but a group of trees on Dunmore Road had to come down recently because they were no longer deemed viable. “It’s really not much of a story here,” said superintendent of parks maintenance Dave Genio. “We’ve been investigating that area on Dunmore Road for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stolen licence plate, suspicion of criminal acts in S.C. land man in jail for six months
By Peggy Revell on May 18th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A guilty plea was entered Thursday by a Manitoban arrested in Cypress County in a vehicle with a stolen licence plate, and connected to criminal activity that had occurred in Swift Current. Jordan Harkness-Brown was sentenced to six months in jail as part of a joint submission negotiated by defence counsel with both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire guts Vista garage, damages home
By Collin Gallant on May 17th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A garage fire in the southside community of Vista capped off a busy day for emergency crews in Medicine Hat on Tuesday. That evening fire gutted an attached garage after starting at about 7:30 p.m., causing extensive damage to the exterior of the home on Vista Drive, but relatively minor effects inside the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Entrepreneurs cash in at MHC
By Gillian Slade on May 17th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Feeding garbage to worms and turning it into an organic fertilizer was a winning business idea pitched at a Medicine Hat College (MHC) competition on Wednesday. Roxanne Doerksen of T.R.A.D. Worm Industries not only received $10,000 for the purchase of equipment but won the Peoples’ Choice award and the award for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Wanted justice for Tanya … we got it,’ after Dyck pleads guilty to manslaughter
By Peggy Revell on May 16th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Jessie Robert Dyck pled guilty to manslaughter Tuesday for the 2016 death of his girlfriend, Tanya Campbell-Losier in Brooks. “I wanted justice for Tanya, and I believe we got it,” said Lorraine Campbell, the 19-year-old victim’s mother, outside the Medicine Hat courthouse. “First of all, I really wanted Jessie to take responsibility for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Powerlines cut while camper fire on Southeast Hill extinguished
By Collin Gallant on May 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A camper fire in an alley on the Southeast Hill on Tuesday afternoon — one of three fire calls in the city Tuesday — forced utility crews to cut power lines briefly before firefighters could extinguish the blaze which had spread to overhead trees. The call came in to Station No. 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Short delay for in-home medical care program
By Gillian Slade on May 16th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade There will be a small delay in rolling out a program in Medicine Hat that will see four additional paramedics hired to provide more in-home medical care rather than always transporting patients to hospital. The community paramedic service was initially rolled out as a pilot program in Calgary in 2012 and in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kingsway Avenue gas bar being rebranded as a GasKing
By Collin Gallant on May 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News GasKing is moving ahead with a second location in Medicine Hat — the seventh in total for the Lethbridge-based fuel and convenience store company in Southern Alberta. Company officials confirmed on Tuesday that the high-traffic Kingsway Avenue location they have owned and operated for a year will be under major renovations as ... Read More »
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