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Southeast Alberta takes biggest hit in education tax hike
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Property owners in southeast Alberta will see some of the highest education tax increases in the province in 2020, according to changes in this week’s provincial budget. Each year the province tells municipalities how much the Education Fund requires, and it is up to cities, towns and counties to adjust local rates and collect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hulgaard pleads guilty to charge of wilfully promoting hatred
By Jeremy Appel on February 28th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Loki Hulgaard has pled guilty to wilfully promoting hatred and a Firearms Act violation. Hulgaard, who was arrested in August 2018 after attempting to circulate currency with anti-Semitic slogans printed on it, was slated for trial Feb. 26-28, but pled guilty on what was supposed to be the first day of the trial. Upon ... Read More »
1 responseMan accused in mall stabbing still in custody in Calgary
By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2020
A man accused of a non-fatal stabbing at the Medicine Hat Mall is still in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre, court heard Thursday. Defence counsel Bradley Bellmore asked for a brief adjournment to bring Paul Fabreau, 41, back to Medicine Hat for a bail hearing in provincial court. Fabreau, who resides in the Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man in custody after police find weapons, plus stolen property, documents
By JEREMY APPEL on February 28th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel A man is in custody after police found stolen items, identity documents that didn’t belong to him, drugs, brass knuckles and a butterfly knife at his residence. The Medicine Hat Police Service priority street crimes unit executed a search warrant Tuesday on a residence in the 500 block of Fifth Street SE frequented by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Concerns raised and heard at unique joint public hearing
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A public hearing into how Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress County should regulate development along common boundaries drew more than 100 citizens and 20 of their elected representatives to the Esplanade studio theatre on Thursday. The most contentious issues were limitations on acreage development on the outskirts of Medicine Hat and how existing landowners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba man faces charges from August fatal pile-up near Oyen
By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2020
Half a year after a fatal collision involving 11 vehicles on Highway 9, the Oyen RCMP has laid charges against a driver from Manitoba. The collision occurred Aug. 20 at 3:30 p.m. near Range Road 72, resulting in three deaths. It took firefighters until 8 p.m. to extinguish the blaze that resulted from the pile-up. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doc says maternity clinic in jeopardy over fee cuts
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local physician from the Family Medicine Maternity Clinic says its ongoing viability is in jeopardy because of cuts to physicians’ fees. Dr. Gerry Prince says he helped to establish the clinic in Medicine Hat about 17 years ago to address a shortage of physicians willing to do obstetrics. It was not financially feasible ... Read More »
19 responsesCities avoid deeper budgets cuts
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Municipalities that braced for the worst last fall with the United Conservatives’ first provincial budget, largely avoided new cuts in the second. That document, tabled Thursday just four months after the 2019-20 Alberta fiscal plan, was billed by Finance Minister Travis Toews as “continuing the work” laid out last fall to contain expenses, trim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rubble finds his forever home
By Mo Cranker on February 27th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Months after being abandoned at a local boarding kennel, seven-year-old Fila de Sao Miguel Rubble now has a home. Hatters Kevin and Jayne Heinrich picked the dog up from Pet Park Boarding Kennel early Thursday afternoon, which was an emotional goodbye for boarding kennel staff and members of the Southern Alberta Humane Society. “We’ve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta will no longer cover non-urgent out-of-country health care
By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2020
The provincial government will no longer be covering out-of-country health care if it is non-urgent. Effective April 1, Albertans travelling in another country will no longer be covered for elective, non-urgent health services and routine lab tests. Currently only Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador provide out-of-country coverage for elective, non-urgent health services. For “emergency health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC’s new vice president academic unafraid of job-oriented programming
By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2020
Medicine Hat College has hired a new vice president academic. Vicky Roy is leaving her position as the associate dean of marketing management programs at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver to take up her post at MHC. She has a PhD in education technologies and Master of Business Administration, both of which ... Read More »
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