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Hat man accused in aggravated assault secures lawyer
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man accused in an aggravated assault involving a gun last November has secured a lawyer to answer that charge, and another lawyer to handle separate accusations that he threatened to burn down a house. Jeremiah Amero was arrested in late November in Calgary after local police say he was involved in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional jobless rate rises, but remains better than last year
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The regional jobless rate rose in January compared to the end of 2021, but sits four percentage points better than this time one year ago. New data for last month from Statistics Canada states the unemployment rate in the combined Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region sat at 7.5 per cent. That is one point higher ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHWSS working with schools, youth centres to promote healthy relationships
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com In recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is working with local schools and youth centres to inform teens about the different types of dating violence and promote healthy relationships. “Teen dating violence is very similar to the violence which adults may be going through,” Peggy Revell, MHWSS community ... Read More »
1 responseCity: Answers, relief on power bills soon
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters can expect an in-depth explanation of utility fees soon, as well as some relief options before council to ease the sting of sky-high power and gas bills, a city committee heard on Thursday. Utility commissioner Brad Maynes said a number of factors have caused bills to spike this winter – mainly colder weather ... Read More »
1 responseMotz asks blockade organizers to stand down
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant MP Glen Motz says he’s talked with organizers of a blockade of the U.S.-Canada border near Coutts and told anti-restriction protesters that it’s time to end the stoppage of trade. “I said the message that they’re trying to get out is getting lost,” said Motz, whose riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner includes Alberta’s only 24-hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cases down, hospitalizations up in SW Sask.
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 4th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Cases are down but hospitalizations are up in southwestern Saskatchewan where the provincial government is reading a plan to lift most pandemic health restrictions. In areas around Maple Creek and Swift Current on Thursday, positively identified active cases fell again, to 175, continuing a trend down from an all-time high above 400 cases on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC welcomes new chaplain George Koopmans
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College welcomes a new chaplain, George Koopmans, following the retirement of Rev. Kristy Reimers-Loader in October of 2021. Koopmans is originally from B.C. but moved to Medicine Hat 17 years ago to take over ministry of the city’s Christian Reform Church. Koopmans, who studied at Olds College and the Mid-America Reformed Seminary, ... Read More »
1 responseMotz supports Conservative vote for party change
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz supported a movement to remove Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole and on Thursday told the News the move will provide renewal within the party. One day earlier, about two-thirds of Conservative Party of Canada’s 119 MPs voted to remove O’Toole, who became leader in late-2020 but leaves after the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local artist finds passion, recognition, through accidental hobby
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A local artist is gaining recognition for her watercolour paintings, many of which depict scenes and buildings from Medicine Hat and area. Michele Winger first picked up a paintbrush four years ago, having no prior experience with art. Since then, she has spent countless hours learning the basics of sketching and colour theory, as ... Read More »
2 responsesLocal sports helping Root Cellar fill food inventory
By JAMES TUBB on February 4th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Root Cellar food and wellness hub is looking for emergency food donations, and two local hockey teams are doing their part to help. Both the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers and HJHL’s Medicine Hat Cubs are partnering up with the Big Brothers and Sisters of Medicine Hat and are doing separate cereal drives at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waste water readings show COVID still spiking in the Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 4th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A key measure of COVID prevalence in communities is on a downward trend in many Alberta towns and cities, but not Medicine Hat, where it is rising sharply. Sample testing of sewage provides researchers a broad view of how much material related to the coronavirus is circulating. It is used as a forward indicator ... Read More »
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