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Cypress Hills Sheepdog Trials forced to cancel due to pandemic restrictions
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 24th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade If it had not been for COVID you could have enjoyed the Cypress Hills Sheepdog Trials this weekend. The event was to have taken place today and this weekend but due to health guidelines because of the pandemic, the event has been postponed. It takes stamina, skill and determination to herd sheep across a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SW Saskatchewan communities cash in on infrastructure funds
By Medicine Hat News on July 24th, 2020
The Town of Maple Creek will receive nearly $300,000 for its community fire hall through the latest round of Municipal Economic Enhancement funding from the Saskatchewan government, while Shaunavon will receive close to $246,000 for a variety of projects. The province announced the $150-million program in May, and this week’s announcement brings the total projects ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City police nab suspect wanted by cops in Winnipeg
By Medicine Hat News on July 24th, 2020
On Wednesday evening Medicine Hat Police Service, working in partnership with the Winnipeg Police Service, responded to a report of a stolen BMW SUV approaching the city. MHPS conducted a high-risk vehicle stop and arrested a 24-year-old male from Calgary without incident. A search of the vehicle also revealed stolen property that is possibly from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cielo’s biodiesel refinery faces opposition in Cypress County
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 24th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Opposition is being raised against a proposal to build a waste-to-diesel refinery near Dunmore, with a major agricultural firm stating it is “vehemently opposed,” though the developer says its plans are misunderstood. Cielo Waste Services has plans to build the facility that would transform organic waste, like municipal trash and potentially railway ties, into ... Read More »
1 responseTattered rural church tells an historic story
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 24th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Turn off Highway 3 heading toward Etzikom and a little historic church near the side of the road paints a fascinating picture of life for farmers in the area more than a century ago. An architecturally interesting wooden church is showing its age and is no longer in use but there is also a ... Read More »
27 responsesPhotographer crushes donation goal for health foundation
By MO CRANKER on July 24th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker When Hatter Bradley East started his Porch Portrait Sessions earlier this year, he hoped to raise a couple hundred bucks for the Medicine Hat and District Health Foundation. Now that he is finishing up the photography sessions, East has raised more than $2,000 that will be donated to the organization. “In my mind I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PTSD pivot bears new business: Military vet opens doughnut-selling food truck
By MO CRANKER on July 24th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Bradley Russell’s journey to becoming a food truck owner has been a rollercoaster ride. After serving in the army for more than 10 years and driving trucks for 22, Russell was diagnosed with PTSD and needed something new. “I did about five years in the reserves here in Medicine Hat with South Alberta Light ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire department investigating small back-alley blaze on SE Hill
By Medicine Hat News on July 24th, 2020
Medicine Hat Fire Services responded to the scene of a fire on the Southeast Hill on Thursday morning. Scott Hanelt, fire marshall and chief investigator, says the fire took place in the back lane between homes on Sixth and Seventh streets in the 200 block. The main area of the fire appears to have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planners propose sweeping changes to development rules
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 24th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City planners are proposing a batch of changes that could make it easier to build secondary suites, infill housing developments and what’s allowed in “live-work” residences, but planning commission members wonder how small is too small. At the municipal planning committee meeting Thursday, staff argued that several main changes are needed as it’s become ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye doctors want to negotiate on their own
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
The Eye Physicians and Surgeons Association of Alberta called on the Government of Alberta to negotiate directly with a group of its physicians rather than with the Alberta Medical Association. Minister of Health Tyler Shandro said the previous government had appointed the AMA as the exclusive representative of physicians in legislation in 2018. In order ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedestrian in motorized wheelchair struck and killed by vehicle on Tuesday
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 23rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade At about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening Medicine Hat Police Service responded to a call after a pedestrian was hit by a motor vehicle on Anson Avenue in Tower Estates near the airport. The 71 year-old male pedestrian was transported to hospital and later died from his injuries. Insp. Brent Secondiak says the person, ... Read More »
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