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Local homebuilders celebrate annual awards for first time under BILD banner
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local homebuilders celebrated their annual awards on Friday night for the first time under the BILD banner. Formerly known as the Canadian Homebuilders Association, the group rejoined their related provincial association this winter. That group rebranded itself with the new name after amalgamating with the Urban Design Institute in 2017, while local wing chose ... Read More »
1 responseFlight academy students hoping to take their work to the skies with construction of plane nearing completion
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 19th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Students at the Dave Rozdeba South Alberta Flight Academy are hoping to take to the skies this summer as they near competition of a plane they have began constructing in 2020. The academy, which is offered in partnership with Super T Aviation, provides students at Prairie Rose Public School’s Eagle Butte High School the ... Read More »
1 responseSEAWA hosting World Water Day event at Connaught Pond
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2022
The South East Alberta Watershed Alliance is inviting Hatters to take part in their World Water Day Volunteer Event, happening Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Connaught Pond. The event aims to provide education about water and its relation to the local environment. Participants will learn how to propagate plains cottonwood trees and ... Read More »
1 responseCop found not guilty in sexual assault case
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A suspended Medicine Hat police officer was found not guilty of sexual assault which he argued was an ill-advised prank to put cannabis in waitress’s front pocket. That verdict caused members of his family to break into tears in the courtroom, while the waitress later told the News she is “extremely disappointed” and wants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta, MHPS increase addiction treatment and support in Hat
By JAMES TUBB on March 19th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hatters now have more access to recovery-oriented services while battling the illness of addictions. Mike Ellis, Alberta’s associate minister of mental health and addictions, announced multiple approaches to help battling addiction and the opioid crisis in the city of Medicine Hat and southeastern Alberta during a press conference at the Medicine Hat police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarification to March 18 story
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 19th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The article “Local webcaster charged with criminal harassment,” published March 18, includes incorrect information on a secondary point of the complex story. The subject of the article, Thomas Fougere, claims the News has miscategorized an incident that took place between him and a local firefighter on Dec. 10. That incident is not the subject ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat man enters guilty plea in murder case
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Medicine Hat man has pleaded guilty to murdering his common-law wife in a vicious attack with a box-cutter last October. Timothy Faulkner, 56, had attempted to plead guilty at his first court appearance shortly after the body of Corrine Schneider was discovered by Medicine Hat police in the couple’s apartment on Third Street. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilty plea in murder case; man admits to vicious assault on wife
By admin on March 18th, 2022
COLLIN GALLANT cgallant@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: CollinGallant A Medicine Hat man has pleaded guilty to murdering his common-law wife in a vicious attack with a box-cutter last October. Timothy Faulkner, 56, had attempted to plead guilty at his first court appearance shortly after the body of Corrine Schneider was discovered by Medicine Hat police in the couple’s ... Read More »
1 responseHydrogen coming fast and here to stay, city officials say
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A report into the potential for southeast Alberta to become a hydrogen production hub is due soon, but a council committee Tuesday was apprised of a high level overview of the rapidly advancing sector. The utility and infrastructure division heard a presentation from top administrators which was recently provided to a group of Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local webcaster charged with criminal harassment
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local web broadcaster Tom Fougere has been charged with criminal harassment of a Medicine Hat firefighter who Fougere claims assaulted him by touching his camera at the site of house fire last December. First appearance on the charge, laid earlier this month, took place Wednesday morning in Medicine Hat Provincial Court where it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CAPE School to benefit from $72M charter commitment
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 18th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The government of Alberta provided further information on its $72-million investment in public charter schools and collegiate programs Tuesday, as first announced in the 2022 budget. Medicine Hat’s CAPE School is one of 16 charter schools in Alberta set to benefit from the investment; something CAPE superintendent Teresa DiNinno says is long overdue. Between ... Read More »
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