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St. Joseph’s palliative getting assist from Google
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 22nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi St. Joseph’s Home in Medicine Hat will be adding new technology Thursday when it receives five Google Assistants for long-term care patients in the palliative care unit. The Alberta South East Region’s Canadian Mental Health Association is donating the five devices and its executive director says she hopes one day a Google Assistant will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCoy’s virtual fundraising concert bringing back some familiar faces
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 22nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Fiona Chisholm, substitute french horn player for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is taking part in the Friends of McCoy virtual concert fundraiser and says she’s excited to give back to Monsignor McCoy High School where she graduated in 2008. Donations raised are being put toward a new building by the school which includes a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drive-thru job fair packed with employee hopefuls
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 22nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local employment agency says its drive-thru job fair on Wednesday was the best-attended since the YMCA Employment Centre began hosting the unusual hiring fairs last spring. A dozen employers, including several major employers, connected with applicants at the parking lot of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede grounds during the day and held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing set for May 31 for man guilty of dangerous driving causing death
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
Sentencing for a man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a 72-year-old and injuring another individual outside Brooks in 2019 will take place next month. Gavin Petrie was charged five months after the June 3, 2019 collision that occurred near the JBS plant west of Brooks. Mounties at the time charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Child pornography charges are up: ALERT
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
The province’s integrated police unit is reporting 24 individuals charged with child pornography allegations in the first quarter of 2021 – including two men from Medicine Hat. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team says the latest slew of charges comes during a record number of cases over the 2020-2021 fiscal year, which topped 2,100. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID case at Crescent Heights High
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 22nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Alberta Health Services has identified a positive case of COVID-19 at Crescent Heights High School, according to a statement released by the Medicine Hat Public School Division on Tuesday night. The school will stay open and all close contacts of the positive case have been identified and are already in quarantine. “It appears that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tenants displaced after fire guts unit at Flats four-plex
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
An overnight fire on Bridge Street has put all tenants of a four-plex in hotels but wound up only gutting one unit. Fire crews responded to the call at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, finding a substantial fire climbing up the rear of the building on the 900 block of Bridge Street. “When they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missing youth found by searchers in Ross Glen area Tuesday
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
The Medicine Hat Police Service say they were searching for a youth in the Ross Glen area on Tuesday and they safely located them and they’re safe with family. The South Eastern Alberta Search and Rescue Association assisted in the search. “We are a volunteer organization, strong team and a strong commitment from the team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cows ‘traumatized’ by rustling
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
Police recovered four calves among a cache of stolen property near Rocky Mountain House last week, and authorities are including the financial costs of the premature weening as long-term impacts of the case. RCMP from the region unit and livestock section say the cattle were taken from a property near Caroline and were found during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community has high expectations of police, Hat’s chief says
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 22nd, 2021
From the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement as a reaction to police shootings in the States, to scrutiny in this country of how law enforcement deals with racialized communities, to actions of the Lethbridge police closer to home, there is a far greater spotlight being shined on cops. Medicine Hat police chief Mike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused pleads guilty to indecent act involving hotel worker
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 21st, 2021
A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday at Medicine Hat Provincial Court to committing an indecent act at a city hotel last year. Steven Gregory Atkins was charged Nov. 16, 2020 after a female hotel worker contacted police to report being flashed when delivering room service. The court heard Atkins opened the door to his hotel ... Read More »
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