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Prominent ‘grandparent’ scam on the rise in Redcliff and Bow Island
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 15th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com RCMP say they have received several recent reports of the attempted grandparent scam calls being received by residents in Redcliff and Bow Island. During the scam call, the suspect claims to be a ‘lawyer’ for their loved ones who have recently been hurt or incarcerated and require money for bail. Police say the suspect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe soldier’s story to be featured on BBC war history series
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 15th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Prior to enlisting in the Great War in 1916, Mike Mountain Horse served as a scout with the North-West Mounted Police in Lethbridge and came from a family of warriors of the First Nations Blood Tribe. At that time most Canadian soldiers were English-speaking of British descent, however according to the Hill 70 Memorial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat man faces multiple charges following large drug bust in Piikani Nation
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 14th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Police seized a substantial amount of fentanyl, weapons and other narcotics following a traffic stop conducted by Piikani Nation RCMP last Friday, leading to the arrest of five individuals, including a Medicine Hat man. RCMP say four occupants were in vehicles at the time of a traffic stop as they left a residence in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee seek clarification on legality of new code of conduct policy
By BRENDAN MILLER on August 14th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The conversation around a possible framework needed to address disruptive behaviour at call hall and toward city staff and members of council continued Tuesday between members of the administrative and legislative review committee and city staff. The committee accepted the draft of a new code of conduct policy back in February that aims to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!S. Boundary trail closing until early September for underground power line work
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 14th, 2024
The pedestrian trail along S. Boundary Road will temporarily close starting today between Southridge Drive and Vista Drive for underground power line replacement. During the work, crews will be replacing the existing S. Boundary feeder cables along this section of S. Boundary Road. The feeder cable supports the residential, commercial and industrial customers in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medalta revisiting storied legacy with upcoming cookie jar exhibition
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 14th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com During Medalta’s earlier years as a bustling factory, it was once renowned for its cookie jars; a legacy that is being revisited with the latest artistic installation. Artist Elaine Zimmer “revisits, reviews, redirects and condenses the classical urn form of the Medalta cookie jar,” in the upcoming collection, Collection Recollection: A Cookie Jar Exhibition. ... Read More »
1 responseBarbs traded during sometimes heated judicial review of Mayor Clark sanctions
By Collin Gallant on August 14th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council is “biased” against Mayor Linnsie Clark, and the city manager is a “liar,” according to the lawyer for Clark, who is asking a judge to review and eliminate sanctions placed on her this spring. Grant Stapon told a King’s Bench hearing Tuesday hat his client felt “threatened” following an Aug. 21, 2023 ... Read More »
1 responseArtefact from Esplanade to be used in BBC Two program
By Medicine Hat News on August 14th, 2024
An Indigenous artefact currently housed at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre will be featured in an upcoming series on BBC Two. The artifact, the Mike Mountain Horse Story Robe, will be featured in a four-part program led by British Historian David Olusoga, which takes a broad look at the British Empire. One of these ... Read More »
1 responseDecision of judicial review on mayor’s sanctions expected Sept. 30
By Collin Gallant on August 14th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Lawyers for Mayor Linnsie Clark told a review hearing Tuesday that sanctions against her are “outrageous” and would chill municipal politicians from oversight obligations, while the legal team for the City of Medicine Hat called penalties proportionate and the controversy one of Clark’s own making. The one-day judicial review heard at the Calgary Court ... Read More »
1 responseFraudster on the lam in U.S. finally caught
By Collin Gallant on August 13th, 2024
@@CollinGallant A former pastor who defrauded dozens of Hatters among thousands of Albertans for millions in a failed real estate company has been apprehended after he left the country prior to his sentencing date last fall. Ronald James Aitkens, whose firm owned the Cimmaron land development in Medicine Hat, was arrested Aug. 8 with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration pathway bringing medical professionals to Alberta
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 13th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday, the province of Alberta gave an update on the Dedicated Health Care Pathway and how this has been used to bring medical professionals to communities where they’re needed. The program, which started in 2023 as part of the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, works to bring international health-care professionals to Alberta in order ... Read More »
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