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Terri Super wins national aviation award
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 22nd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com For her decades of experience and contributions to the world of aviation, Medicine Hat’s Terri Super has been awarded the 2024 Elsie MacGill Trailblazer Award. The award is one of eight handed out by the Northern Lights Aero Foundation each year to celebrate and honour outstanding women in aviation and aerospace in Canada, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three kids in life-threatening condition after head-on Hwy 3 collision
By Medicine Hat News on August 22nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews LETHBRIDGE Investigation is continuing into a late night head-on collision on Highway 3 at the interchange of Highway 3A west of Coaldale that put six people in hospital, including three minors in serious condition. When RCMP, fire and EMS staff arrived on scene after being dispatched at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, they found one vehicle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coun. Dumanowski speaks out on council riff
By Collin Gallant on August 22nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant The longest serving member of Medicine Hat city council says he stands by the decision to sanction Mayor Linnsie Clark, though there will be “no clear winners or losers” in the controversy that he says been obscured for the public. In a long statement to the News, Coun. Robert Dumanowski writes that Clark has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court Briefs: Local man gets 30 days for drug-induced tirade with police
By Medicine Hat News on August 22nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A man who said he was high on meth when police pepper sprayed him earlier this month was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in custody for mischief and resisting arrest. Court of Justice at Medicine Hat heard that Jason Fraser Waddell, 48, was arrested Aug. 11 after a woman reported to police that he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO helps to locate kayaker safe after she was reported missing
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 22nd, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com HALO Air Ambulance has located 40-year-old Aldea Tillmans safe during an aerial search along the South Saskatchewan River on Tuesday at 6:50 p.m. following a missing persons report. Several organizations including local RCMP, Lethbridge Area Search and Rescue and South Eastern Alberta Search and Rescue, Lethbridge Police and HALO were involved in search and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aiming for bullseye; Local dart duo ready to represent Canada at World Masters
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 21st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Two talented dart players from Medicine Hat are getting ready to represent Canada at WDF World Masters held in Budapest, Hungary this October – an event that typically attracts more than 1,000 participants from 70-plus countries. Seventeen-year-old Sofie McFarlane and 12-year-old Mya Kochie will be representing the country at one of the oldest and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spattered and stuck in the mud: Annual Mud Bog event draws large crowd
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 21st, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com This weekend drivers at the Medicine Hat Drag Strip weren’t just gearing up for speed, instead they tuned their boggers specifically to handle mud – large amounts of mud. On Saturday more than 45 drivers successfully and unsuccessfully navigated their vehicles through a 200-foot pit of mud approximately 30 inches deep and 20 feet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man gets three months after trying to sell stolen goods online
By Medicine Hat News on August 21st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Hat man will spend three months in jail after he was caught by a homeowner selling tools taken from her garage on Facebook Marketplace this month. Court heard Tuesday that the Ross Glen area homeowner discovered on Aug. 9 that her garage door was open and items missing. She reported the crime to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Correction: Incorrect company name given for proposed solar field
By Medicine Hat News on August 21st, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Incorrect information appeared in an article in the Aug. 20 edition of the Medicine Hat News. The company proposing to build a 150-megawatt “Blue Bridge” solar array near Empress in Cypress County is EDP, a Spanish renewable energy company not, as stated EDF (Electricite de France). EDP-Renewables North America was the company behind the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multi-family residential driving construction numbers in 2024
By Collin Gallant on August 21st, 2024
@@CollinGallant New apartment and condo construction is pacing the Medicine Hat development market through the first seven months of 2024, statistics reveal. At July 31, the city’s planning and development office had processed seven permits for substantial residential projects that cumulatively represent 96 new units. The estimated budget for all sits at $13.9 million, more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early estimates point to above-average harvest for Alberta crop producers
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 21st, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com With harvest season officially begun throughout Alberta, the province issued a statement to wish farmers a safe, successful and productive season. The agricultural sector faced many challenges this year with drought concerns, as well as late spring rains and high temperatures. “Fortunately, Alberta farmers are resilient and early reports show that yields are in ... Read More »
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