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Local NDP allies want Notley remembered for what she accomplished
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 17th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local New Democrats are lauding their leader, former premier Rachel Notley, who announced Tuesday she will step down once a new leader is chosen. The NDP fell five seats short of winning back government last May, but they will likely be best remembered for issuing out the Progressive Conservative dynasty with a surprising majority ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say woman is using stolen credit cards to buy lottery tickets in the area
By Medicine Hat News on January 17th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews RCMP have warned they are looking for a woman they say is committing credit card fraud throughout southwest Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta. Mounties with the Swift Current municipal detachment say the woman appears to target Co-op gas stations and uses “manually entered” stolen credit card numbers to purchase lottery tickets. She is driving a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public meetings on health-care restructure begin next week in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on January 17th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Public meetings about the provincial government’s plans to change the health-care system will begin next week in Medicine Hat and southern Alberta. Telephone town halls have been happening since last month, but now 40 in-person meetings at locations across the province have been set up to garner public input as provincial officials prepare a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Autopsy report shows Alfred Belyea was stabbed to death
By medicinehatnews on January 17th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A forensic medical examiner told the court Alfred was fatally stabbed seven times during the sixth day of a second-degree murder trial for Deborah Belyea, who stands accused in the homicide of her husband. The prosecution called Dr. Andreea Nistor to the stand to testify as the Crown rested its evidence in the second-degree ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede announces summer night show lineup
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 17th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A little bit country, and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll… or, make that a whole lotta both in the lineup or the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’s grandstand shows this summer. Country acts Washboard Union and the James Barker Band will headline the annual night-show lineup, unveiled Tuesday morning, while ’80s rock legend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Day requests could lead to multiple fireworks shows
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 17th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant July 1 will be a special day in 2024, with a special process for groups seeking city grants to stage Canada Day festivities and – potentially – two separate fireworks displays. The situation arises after council approved a recommended list of festival and event grants in December, but agreed with administrators to consider more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evidence gathered by RCMP connect crime scene and Belyea’s home: court hears
By medicinehatnews on January 16th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Evidence was linked between Deborah Belyea’s Suffield home and a crime scene in Piapot, Sask. where her husband Alfred’s body was discovered, as two RCMP forensic identification officers took to the stand during the fifth day of her second-degree murder trial. RCMP Corp. Jacques Neri told the court he obtained a search warrant for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emergency alert, city deals idle Hat’s bitcoin mines
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Two bitcoin mines in Medicine Hat curtailed operations during Alberta grid alerts last weekend that called for reduced use to avoid rolling brownouts in the province during a record-setting cold snap. Two operations – Hut 8 and the lesser known, much smaller, Modern Mining – told the News they reduced operations as power production ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters navigate record-breaking cold ahead of predicted milder week
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The Hat weathered record cold over the weekend as temperatures sunk past previous marks set 19 years ago. Three daily records were officially set while Monday – the start of a warming trend – started off colder than the same day in 2005 when a cold snap was one for the history books. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD lining up career options for students at pathways forum
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 16th, 2024
reporter@medicinehatnews.com More than 40 community members braved the cold Thursday evening to attend a Career Pathways Forum held at the divisional office of the Medicine Hat Public School Division. “There is definitely a changed emphasis provincially around career pathways for students,” said Corey Sadlemyer, associate superintendent of learning. “We talked about the Advanced Education Mandate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose and MHC announce trades program for high school students
By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 16th, 2024
Rural high school students will be exploring new hands-on opportunities in the trades thanks to a new partnership between Medicine Hat College and Prairie Rose Public Schools. An announcement in the trades wing of the college was made Monday in regards to the creation of the South Alberta School of Trades, which will begin this ... Read More »
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