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RCMP investigate B&Es; first responders battle two fires in Bassano
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com This week Brooks RCMP responded to two separate break-and-enter calls and are actively seeking suspects in both matters. Officers responded to the first call on Monday, shortly after 2:30 p.m., after receiving a report of a suspicious male inside the Crosstown Trucking yard who was captured on surveillance footage. Police say the male suspect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three people sent to hospital following collision in Brooks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com First responders in Brooks attended a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon that sent three people to hospital for precautionary evaluations. Brooks RCMP say they responded to the collision at the intersection of Cassils Road and Fourth Street W shortly after 2:45 p.m. alongside Brooks Fire and EMS. According to officers a southbound van attempted to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local educational support workers likely to seek similar wage packages to striking workers say union
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 22nd, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com More than 6,000 educational support workers across the province have voted in favour of higher wage settlements in nine collective agreements reached this week, however more than 250 workers with CUPE local 829 have yet to reach a deal with the Medicine Hat Public School Division. Last week members with CUPE local 829 voted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province says new partnership will improve cancer care in Alberta
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 22nd, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The province has announced a partnership with private company Siemens Healthineers and the Alberta Cancer Foundation, aiming to improve cancer care in Alberta. “Albertans living with cancer deserve access to the latest medical technology to receive the most effective treatments possible,” said the province. To further this end, the province is investing $800 million ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japanese company invests in helium firm
By Medicine Hat News on March 22nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews A Japanese petroleum firm has invested in a Canada helium company targeting helium-laced nitrogen deposits in southern Saskatchewan and controls exploration areas near Leader. ENEOS Xplora, formerly known as Nippon Oil and Gas, announced on March 11 that it has invested C$2.7 million in Helium Evolution. That Calgary-based firm has ongoing joint project near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional Happenings: Former two-term southern Alberta MLA Broyce Jacobs passes away at age 84
By Medicine Hat News on March 22nd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Former Taber-area MLA Broyce Jacobs has died, the Alberta legislature was informed Wednesday. Jacobs served two terms as the MLA in the provincial riding of Cardston-Taber-Warner, having won elections in 2001 and 2008. Speaker Nathan Cooper told the legislature that Jacobs passed away on March 14 at the age of 84. Jacobs was also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No shovels this year but several southeast Alberta highway projects will head to engineering and design phases
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The 2025 plan for Alberta Transportation shows design and engineering work advancing on several projects in the southeast corner of the province, but only several moving to the construction phase this year. The project-by-project listing was published Feb. 28, after the recent budget, and will see $363 million over three years dedicated for areas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil company in receivership sees assets put to market
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The assets of an oilfield company with 89 wells in southeast Alberta are now being marketed to clear up debts of Cleo Energy after it moved into creditor protection in late 2024. Those are among 2,000 wells and facilities owned in part or in whole by the Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say they have seen an increase in vulnerable people downtown
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Police Services Downtown Patrol Until says it has observed an increase in the number of vulnerable individuals in the downtown area this year, according to a report released to the Medicine Hat Police Commission on Wednesday. Since the end of February, officers downtown have responded to more than 320 calls for ... Read More »
2 responsesCity seeking two members of public to serve on homelessness task force
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The city is accepting applications from members of the public to sit on a new Resilient and Inclusive Task Force that was founded in response to growing concerns in the community related to public disturbances and “anti-social behaviours.” The task force is composed of local and provincial politicians and local social service agencies, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag minister says feds need to resolve trade dispute leading to additional tariffs
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Canadian canola producers are feeling the effects of a new set of tariffs imposed at 100 per cent, not by the U.S., but by China on Canadian canola products. The tariffs went into effect Thursday on Canadian canola oil and canola meal and is in response, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce, to tariffs ... Read More »
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