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Transportation Safety Board releases report on south Sask. plane crash
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 17th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A plane that crashed near Shaunavon 18 months ago hit a telecommunications tower, shearing off its wing, before hitting the ground, killing the two men aboard, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has ruled. The crash occurred at about 10 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2022, about 10 kilometres south of Shaunavon, as the Cessna ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Debate lineups leave many wanting after NDP candidates pull out
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Organizers are disappointed and opponents are critical that local New Democrat candidates pulled out of three election debates that kicked off Tuesday in southeast Alberta ridings, but a political science professor says the effect on the race may be negligible. Officials with the Gwendoline Dirk and Cathy Hogg campaigns said they will miss the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Push continues for local fix, release program to tackle feral cat issues
By KENDALL KING on May 17th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat could see introduction of a trap-neuter/spay-release program in coming months – a program animal welfare advocates say is much needed to address the overpopulation of feral cats. Potential introduction of a TNR program has been a topic of considerable discussion in Medicine Hat for upwards of 10 years, as animal advocates and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province quietly appoints pair to local police board
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The provincial government added two members to the Medicine Hat Police Commission late last month, but they won’t be formally introduced until after the election is over, the News has confirmed. The News has independently confirmed two appointees are among more than a dozen people named by the province under new powers it gained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health and Wellness Fridays to start at Mother Teresa School
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Principal Aura Street of Mother Teresa School presented to the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education this week a new initiative called Health and Wellness Fridays that will see full implementation in the fall of 2023. The initiative will be a first of its kind within MHCBE with the aim of putting the focus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Masterpiece residents treated to spring market, with all proceeds to local bunny rescue
By KENDALL KING on May 17th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Residents at Medicine Hat’s Masterpiece Southland Meadows retirement home were all smiles as they took part in a spring market at the home on May 12. The market, hosted by the Mom Market Medicine Hat, was, in part, a fundraiser for local non-profit organization, Bunny Run Rabbit Rescue, but was also an opportunity for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crescent Heights students take their skills to provincial stage
By SAMANTHA JOHNSON on May 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Grade 12 Crescent Heights students Garrett Hanson and Asher Davey received first place in the automotive category at the South East Regional Skills Canada Competition in Medicine Hat on April 21. As a result, they travelled to Edmonton to compete in the provincial competition on May 3-4 against 19 high school and 14 post ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair charged after drug, weapons seizure by police
By Medicine Hat News on May 17th, 2023
Police have seized roughly $50,000 worth of drugs, a firearm and other weapons, and have arrested two Medicine Hat residents following a search at a Crescent Heights apartment. A drug trafficking investigation led members of the local Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team and Medicine Hat Police Service to conduct a joint search of the apartment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police ask for assistance locating assault suspects
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Police are looking for two men who fled the scene of a “serious assault” late Friday night near Ross Glen and are asking for any home security camera footage that may have caught their escape. Medicine Hat police say they responded to the assault, at the rear of the Medicine Hat Lodge on Dunmore ... Read More »
1 responseGroup aims to revive burrowing owl population
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 16th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Populations of burrowing owls have declined by more than 90% since the 1990s, and the species was listed as endangered in June 2003. Some of the challenges facing the species are roads, conversion of native prairie to crop, a decline in mammals that dig burrows the owls live in and a different community of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crop seeding on the prairies playing catchup
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 16th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Producers in southwest Saskatchewan are looking for more rain, especially near the Alberta boundary, according to that province’s first crop report of the season. The entire region’s seeding sits at just 13 per cent on May 8, about one-third of the five-year-average, but “producers are not worried about getting all of their acres seeded.” ... Read More »
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