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Cypress agricultural conference to return annually
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 7th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Following the success of last year’s Ag Connections Conference, put on by Cypress County, council has approved the event to be hosted every year. The November conference was initially planned to be a much smaller event, said Beth Cash, economic development officer for Cypress County, but had the “great problem” of expanding exponentially throughout ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barnes, a proponent of recall laws, says they’re too hard to achieve
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 7th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Opponents of Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek will have to collect more than half a million signatures to force a new election, a requirement that local “recall” advocate Drew Barnes says is proof of the impractical hurdles in the legislation. Another Hatter, Mayor Linnsie Clark, who faced an unsuccessful recall challenge last fall said she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man from Minnesota gets eight years for trafficking after being caught with 100 fentanyl pills in 2021 Montana traffic stop
By Medicine Hat News on February 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A man convicted of buying 100 fentanyl pills in Havre, Mont. has been sentenced to eight years in prison for drug trafficking, the Montana District of the U.S. Attorney’s office has announced. Rembrandt Carlos Kemp, 33, of Fridley, Minn., was found guilty by a jury at trial last fall of drug dealing in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Property crime rising in Cypress County, Redcliff RCMP report
By Medicine Hat News on February 7th, 2024
Redcliff RCMP presented their enhanced officer report to Cypress County on Tuesday, covering both the July-September and October-December quarters. Property crime has increased drastically, said Staff Sgt. Michael Courty during the report, with a 102 per cent increase from July to September, compared to previous years, with these mostly being theft of vehicles or of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pembina looks to add solar production at Empress plant
By Medicine Hat News on February 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Pembina is planning to add solar power production at its Empress straddle plant to supplement a massive natural gas unit commissioned two years ago. The pipeline company applied Feb. 2 to the Alberta Utilities commission to expand its industrial facility designation and build a 4.9-megawatt solar system at the facility in northeast Cypress County. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress Fire focusing on core skills for 2024
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 7th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Emergency services co-ordinator Jason Linton is looking to the past for answers on how to better approach responses in the future. The report made to Cypress County council on Tuesday covered from 2020-2023, collecting information that Linton notes in some cases had not been previously recorded. “In the last couple of years, we’ve gathered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!El Salvador visit highlights impact of Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
By Brendan Miller on February 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Residents in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge donated nearly 4,000 shoeboxes in 2023 that have since been distributed to children in need. Medicine Hat residents donated more than 1,600 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child, and Samaritan Purse Canada officials say they have seen the positive impact shoeboxes have for children in El Salvador. Frank King, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police looking to find owner of championship ring
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
Police are looking for the owner of a men’s championship ring embossed with “Taylor Cup Championship Ring” and bearing a San Diego Gulls logo. Police recovered the gold ring after responding to a report of a suspicious individual trespassing in a yard at Iris Court just after 6 a.m. on Feb. 3. The suspect was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s up with this weather? Meteorologist says expect dry conditions in spring
By Brendan Miller on February 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com From a bone-chilling polar vortex in January to the warmest December on record, the weather in southeastern Alberta has been all over the map the past couple months. Last Friday, Balzac Billy predicted six more weeks of winter weather on Groundhog Day, however the El Niño weather pattern could prove his prediction wrong. Environment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City elects to cut losses with old food bank location, will list at half its value
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 6th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Staff say other considerations came into play when the city acquired the former food bank location nearly four years ago, but council agreed Monday it should be sold at a loss now to avoid more monetary costs. The idea to list the building at 532 S. Railway St. – valued at $500,000 in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police seek driver in hit and run
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2024
Police are investigating a hit-and-run collision involving a youth pedestrian that occurred Feb. 1. Police say a group of youths were walking eastbound in the crosswalk at the intersection at Division Avenue and 12th Street NE around 3:30 p.m. when a white SUV heading westbound turned left onto Division Avenue and struck one of the ... Read More »
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