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Kenney names Hat as ‘hub’ prospect for digital wave
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Rural Alberta – and specifically Medicine Hat and Lethbridge – have a place in the digital economy, Premier Jason Kenney told a conference of county leaders on Wednesday, citing southern Alberta’s two mid-sized centres as potential “hubs” of interest to expanding digital companies. The comments came near the end of speech to the Rural ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As usual, local golf season into the swing earlier than most
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 18th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Golfers are already hacking up the fairways and yelling ‘fore’ at one Medicine Hat golf course, while the rest prepare to open for the 2021 season. Paradise Valley Golf Course, the city’s par-3 club, has been open to the public since March 6. “We’re actually the first golf course to open in Alberta, so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police testimony details items on seized computer
By medicinehatnews on March 17th, 2021
A Medicine Hat police computer specialist went through a long list of items found on a computer seized from the home of the accused in a 2017 murder and extortion during testimony Wednesday. Robert Hoefman, 59, is accused of the first-degree murder of James Satre in October 2017 as part of a plot to extort ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Health says family gatherings helped to spike COVID cases
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 17th, 2021
Alberta Health has identified family gatherings as a significant factor in the high rate of COVID cases in the province, but it is not clear whether Christmas contributed. In one week, March 8-14, the number of active cases in Lethbridge increased by more than 160. There have been outbreaks in seniors’ residences this year contributing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence questions police technique at Hoefman trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 17th, 2021
A Medicine Hat court heard Tuesday how a city police officer took weeks to reassemble a shredded letter recovered at the home of a man accused of a 2017 first-degree murder. Robert Hoefman, 59, is accused of the homicide of James Satre on Oct. 10, 2017 as part of an extortion scheme to garner $1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rural bus service needs provincial backing to survive
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Highway 3 Connector bus route between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge was wound down at the end of last month and likely won’t be revived without new financial support from the province, City of Medicine Hat officials say. The twice-daily bus route, operated by Southland Transportation, was a pilot project announced in 2018 by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trial begins in Lethbridge for man charged in record-breaking border cocaine seizure
By Delon Shurtz Alberta Newspaper Group on March 17th, 2021
A two-week trial has begun for a northern Alberta man accused of trying to smuggle a record amount of cocaine through the Carway border crossing three years ago. The Court of Queen’s bench jury trial for Bradley Michael Gaudrault began Monday at the Yates Memorial Centre, but without jurors, who were selected in the morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yuill says Rogers, Shaw deal an ‘obvious situation’
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Bill Yuill is no longer on the board of the Shaw Communications, which announced a blockbuster deal Monday to be acquired by Rogers, but as a major shareholder he “absolutely” backs the proposed sale. “The two companies have been talking for sometime about what’s an obvious situation,” Yuill told the News on Monday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scouts Hall would fall for private-sector townhouse project in sale plan
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The former Scouts Hall on Cuyler Road could be demolished to make way for new townhouses, according to an outline of a potential sale agreement presented on Monday to city council. The facility, which sat on a city-owned parcel, was acquired by the municipal land department last summer for $1 from Scouts Canada while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cops recap letter trail at Hoefman trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 16th, 2021
The murder and extortion trial of Robert Hoefman continued Monday with the jury hearing more details on items seized from the accused’s home and letters from the million-dollar shakedown plot. Hoefman, 59, is accused of the first-degree murder of 63-year-old James Satre to further a million-dollar extortion of an individual who can’t be named due ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local paramedic says certain hospital workers left out of vaccine rollout
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 16th, 2021
A paramedic and board member of the Health Science Association of Alberta says only some members of trauma teams at hospitals across the province have had the opportunity to get a COVID vaccination. Jason Soklofske says when a patient is brought into the emergency department, a trauma team is often assembled to provide medical care. ... Read More »
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