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Stolen car chase ends with fleeing driver stonewalled
By Medicine Hat News on March 10th, 2021
Police say a Calgary man drove a stolen car over a retaining wall and crashed down onto Division Avenue in Crescent Heights to avoid capture on Monday night. “We think it’s a matter of not being familiar with the city, thinking there’s an easy out and all of a sudden you’re going over a wall,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury hears police testimony in Hoefman trial
By medicinehatnews on March 9th, 2021
The 13-member jury hearing evidence in the Robert Hoefman trial heard police testimony Tuesday morning focused on the chain of custody of exhibits. Hoefman, 59, is accused of a million-dollar extortion scheme that involved the first-degree murder of 63-year-old James Satre on Oct. 10, 2017. The target of the extortion can’t be identified due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blackmail laid out in 2017 letter to News
By Medicine Hat News on March 9th, 2021
A letter sent to the News in October 2017 arrived days after a murder in Medicine Hat and describes a ransom payoff gone wrong. Because of it, 43 more people would die, it read. Addressed to “the one reporter who wants the story of the year,” it names an extortion target, and refers to an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phillips says public trust in Lethbridge Police broken after accessing personal records, surveillance
By Tim Kalinowski Alberta Newspaper Group on March 9th, 2021
Lethbridge law enforcement officers are once again getting damaging national scrutiny after ASIRT revealed last month it was investigating five LPS officers, including Deputy Chief Scott Woods, and one LPS civilian employee, who accessed Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips’ personal records eight times over an 11-month period for no apparent police purpose. Phillips confirmed Woods’ ... Read More »
1 responsePlanned highway projects will move to design phase this year
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Two high-profile highway projects in southeastern Alberta – announced as COVID Stimulus work last summer – will only move to design phases in 2021, while ground will break on a separate revamp of major roadways in Medicine Hat. The 2021 Alberta Transportation work plan, released Monday, says the planning will proceed this year to ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID one year ago: Virus severity begins to come to light as cases rise
By Medicine Hat News on March 9th, 2021
One year ago, on March 8, 2020, the third and fourth “presumptive” cases of COVID-19 in Alberta were announced, and within days the numbers doubled and one was admitted to hospital. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical of health for Alberta, informed the public that the new cases identified were still travel related. One was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Records show excessive lobbying to rescind 1976 Coal Policy
By Tim Kalinowski Alberta Newspaper Group on March 9th, 2021
Government records and other sources document the Alberta and international coal industry’s intense lobbying attempts to change Alberta’s regulatory system in the months leading into the changeover to the United Conservative Party government and in the year after, which eventually led to rescinding the 1976 Coal Policy. According to documents filed by the Coal Association ... Read More »
1 responseHoefman trial continues with further details on trail of letters
By medicinehatnews on March 8th, 2021
Medicine Hat police officers described details of following a trail of letters to a million-dollar extortion drop-off spot and briefly losing track of a duffle bag containing the payoff, according to testimony in the trial of Robert Hoefman on Monday. Hoefman is charged with extortion of an individual as well as the first-degree murder of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salvation Army fighting for Medicine Hat’s most vulnerable people
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2021
The Salvation Army says the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are challenging for everyone, but are particularly difficult for the most vulnerable and those experiencing homelessness. “People are losing hope,” said Capt. Lorenda Dale with the Salvation Army in an interview at the Community Resource Centre, currently located in the basement of Fifth Avenue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bread-crumb letter trail highlights Hoefman murder trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 6th, 2021
A Medicine Hat court heard of a series of letters providing instructions for the target of a million-dollar shakedown plot to follow and “finish the game,” during testimony on Friday at the Court of Queen’s Bench. Robert Hoefman, 59, is accused of being behind the plot to leverage $1 million from the extortion target or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Co-op dealings in a virtual world
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 6th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant When South Country Co-op members were presented with the possibility of online voting and remote attendance at its 2019 AGM, it was the start of a long confusing night at the Chinook Village ballroom. It was explained as a way to better connect the expanding entity and bolster participation in the entire southern Alberta ... Read More »
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