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Rattler Run making plans for another virtual event
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 19th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The 42nd annual Rattler Run at Medicine Hat College will be held virtually for the second consecutive year. Organizers are encouraging people to get outside on April 24 to run, walk or roll and be a part of the Rattler Run tradition. “We had about 400 to 450 people take part last year, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Ridge YMCA easing into reopen
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2021
The YMCA of Medicine Hat is starting the gradual reopening of its South Ridge location on Monday. The facility – on 644 Spruce Way – will be open Monday to Friday from 2:30-9 p.m. All Alberta public health regulations will be in place, which means members will need to book appointments according to the intensity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2021 could be good year for home starts: developer
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A major developer in Medicine Hat expects a surprisingly stable 2020 for home construction to continue to lift in 2021. Don Sanford, of Enclave Ventures, has said the local market performed remarkably well last year – when early uncertainty gave way to positive momentum by year end. He said Thursday activity is building, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasses at murder scene had Hoefman’s DNA
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 19th, 2021
An expert testified to DNA samples matching both a murder suspect’s and homicide victim’s genetic profile found on evidence collected in the investigation, during testimony at Medicine Hat Court of Queen’s Bench Thursday. Robert Hoefman is accused of the first-degree murder of 63-year-old James Satre on Oct. 10, 2017. The 59-year-old is also facing charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One year ago: First cases of virus were creeping into the South zone
By Gillian Slade Southern Alberta Newspapers on March 19th, 2021
One year ago, the first COVID death was reported in Alberta and the first cases were announced in the South zone. Below is a chronological order of events as they unfolded that week. March 16, 2020 – Schools and daycares were closed. – Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, revealed that two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adopt national plastics program, Varga says
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Medicine Hat city councillor is renewing his support for a program to collect fees from large paper and plastic packaging companies to potentially cut local recycling fees. Two years ago Brian Varga secured unanimous support from local council to push the province to enrol in a nationwide “extended producer liability” system. That would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spring runoff report for local regions
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2021
Spring runoff is complete in the plains region between Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Brooks and the U.S. border, according to the snow course assessment Alberta Environment and Parks completed in mid-March. The document also predicts a normal amount of runoff from the spring thaw still coming from the Cypress Hills and areas along the Saskatchewan boundary. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laptop contents get spotlight at Hoefman trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 18th, 2021
A Medicine Hat police computer specialist, during testimony Wednesday, went through a long list of items found on a laptop seized from the home of the accused in a 2017 murder and extortion. 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!New principals coming to both public high schools
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 18th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Medicine Hat High School and Crescent Heights High School will both be under new leadership this July. Dean Brown, vice principal at Hat High, is taking over for Boris Grisonich who is retiring after 32 years at the school – 15 as principal. “Boris has worked so hard with the modernization of building the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!Local hero honoured for efforts to save injured teen
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 18th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Medicine Hat man who came to the aid of a cyclist with a broken neck near Altawana Drive last fall was called a local hero Wednesday. Stephen O’Brien was returning home from work last October when he was flagged down by a teenager seeking help for his badly injured brother. He quickly called ... Read More »
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