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CF’s new logo reflects new direction
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 24th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant CF Industries has a new logo to go along with a stated new direction toward net-zero fertilizer and ammonia production. The Illinois-based firm that operates the largest fertilizer production facility in Canadian in northeast Medicine Hat released its 2020 sustainability report. “We will decarbonize our network and aggressively scale our ability to produce green ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College Art & Design grad show available in virtual tour
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 24th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Medicine Hat College Art and Design grad show exhibit will open to the public April 9 – but you will only be able to walk through it virtually. A 3D video walk-through of the gallery will be recorded, and the virtual exhibit will be available on freeformshow.ca for visitors to navigate. “The change ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta unveils overdose response app
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 24th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Alberta government will be testing a new Digital Overdose Response System (DORS) mobile app in Calgary this summer in hopes of preventing overdose deaths in the province. In 2020, 1,128 people died in Alberta from opioid overdose, and the province’s substance use surveillance data shows COVID-19 continues to have a large impact on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat News proudly welcomes its newest reporter
By Medicine Hat News on March 24th, 2021
Kellen Taniguchi had been making a name for himself as a rising young reporter in his home province of Manitoba, and the Medicine Hat News editorial board is thrilled to introduce him as the newest addition to the team. Taniguchi joins the News after completing his studies with the University of Winnipeg and Red River ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police release name of suspect wanted in domestic assault, stolen truck
By Medicine Hat News on March 24th, 2021
Police are searching for a Medicine Hat man with a history of violent behaviour and fleeing from cops. Gerald Mohr has been named the suspect in an alleged domestic violence incident on March 18, at which point a truck was stolen and driven off by a man. Anyone with information about his whereabouts should contact ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reasonable doubt, says Hoefman’s counsel
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 24th, 2021
Medicine Hat’s chief Crown prosecutor put the pieces of the puzzle of who killed James Satre together during closing arguments Monday, painting a picture for the jury of Robert Hoefman’s guilt. Hoefman’s DNA on a pair of glasses linked to him that were splattered with the blood of Satre found at the scene of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cops search for Hat man with violent history
By Collin Gallant on March 23rd, 2021
Medicine Hat News Police are searching for a Medicine Hat man with a history of fleeing from police and violent behaviour. Gerald Mohr has been named as the suspect in an alleged domestic violence incident on March 18 at which point a truck was stolen and driven off by a man. A picture of Mohr ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Vibrancy Board to take on big role
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 23rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council will begin next month the process of collapsing a group of advisory boards into one “Community Vibrancy Board.” The mandate for such a board, approved in concept last fall, is still to be determined, but the nine-member board of council appointees would take on special projects and also determine grant outlays. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whitla’s third phase OK’d, will be built concurrently with phase two
By Medicine Hat News on March 23rd, 2021
Capital Power has received the OK from regulators to proceed with its second expansion project for the Whitla Wind Farm, and now construction is set to begin this spring in southeastern Alberta. The Edmonton-based power producer completed “Whitla 1” – a 202-megawatt wind farm located south of Bow Island – in late 2019, and immediately ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Closing arguments coming today in Hoefman trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 23rd, 2021
Testimony in the first-degree murder and extortion trial of a 59-year-old Medicine Hat man ended Monday with prosecutors resting their case and the defence calling no witnesses. Robert Hoefman is accused of killing James Satre, 63, in 2017 as part of a $1-million extortion plot of another individual who can’t be identified under a publication ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cougar sighting at Elkwater prompts urge for public caution
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 23rd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi There was a cougar sighting at Elkwater Townsite last Monday, according to Zach Doan, conservation officer with the environmental enforcement branch, Medicine Hat district. “We have a healthy population of cougars and we have sightings every year in Elkwater, especially in the winter when it’s a lot quieter over here,” he said. “This cougar ... Read More »
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