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Events Calendar Aug. 5-11, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on August 5th, 2019
Aug. 6-8 – Monoporead, MH Public Library, 10 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4 p.m., ages 10-12 only Aug. 6 – Play Guides, Parent Link Centre, 10 a.m. Aug. 6 – The Ernestine Hatpin Show, MH Public Library, 10-11 a.m. Aug. 6 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 6 – Mavericks vs. Okotoks, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rock and Lapidary Club celebrates 30 years
By MO CRANKER on August 5th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat Rock and Lapidary Club held a shop and tailgate sale as well as an open house Saturday afternoon to get more Hatters involved with the group. The club is celebrating 30 years in the community and member John Cherwonogrodzky says it is always looking for new people. “I love this club ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Update: CP reopens rail line after derailment, styrene leak
By Mo Cranker on August 3rd, 2019
MO CRANKER @MHNMoCranker CP Rail has reopened a rail line near Irvine after a derailment Friday evening. The rail line was closed and residents in a six-kilometre radius around the hamlet were evacuated around 4 p.m. Friday. The concern was a styrene leak of around eight litres on the tracks — CP Rail says it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crews continue to clean up Irvine derailment, backlog of trains building
By Mo Cranker on August 3rd, 2019
Medicine Hat News With the highway open and Irvine-area residents allowed back home, crews continue to clean up a train derailment that happened Friday evening. The train derailed Friday after 3 p.m. and a chemical spill forced the evacuation of everyone in a six-kilometre radius of Irvine. Access to the Hamlet reopened after 10 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sheriff under fire for comments on addicts
By Medicine Hat News on August 3rd, 2019
A local court sheriff caused a stir on social media over the past few days after making disparaging remarks about drug addicts, and now his employer says they’re looking into the matter. “They should be lined up and (have) needles thrown at them like darts,” Mike Schmidt commented on a since-deleted post on the Official ... Read More »
5 responsesAppeal court sides with condo owners over sewage station
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 3rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Medicine Hat condo owners and ordered the city to take responsibility for a disputed lift station that services several adjoining properties. The decade-long, often testy legal battle involves the River Ridge Condo Association, which argued in court last fall it unwittingly became the owner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heald Pool coming out, future plans being laid
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 3rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The demolition of Heald Pool is well underway, while plans to improve the nearby park are still in the planning stages, city parks officials stated on Wednesday. The pool site, which will be torn down and dug up this summer, will become the new site of the high-board skating rink located across the street ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lantic Sugar to save $1M in Taber during carbon tax-free window
By Medicine Hat News on August 3rd, 2019
Lantic Sugar expects to save $1 million at its Taber processing facility in the window between a cancellation of the Alberta carbon levy in May and the federal price coming in next January, according to its third-quarter financial statements. At the same time it calls the amount “minimal” for fiscal 2019 as the majority of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A plastics breakdown (in some cases, quite literally)
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 3rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Pivoting from petrochemical production to plastic, a roundup of notable items have a similar theme running through this week’s long-weekend musing. It starts with furthering plans to build a biodiesel refinery that can eat plastic as feedstock, and major retailers are now ridding their operations of single-use bags of their own volition. It also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Point Park weekend exhibit honours the region’s pollinators
By MO CRANKER on August 3rd, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Police Point Park is hosting a Pollinators in our Backyard event this weekend with the hopes of spreading education and awareness on the importance of the world’s pollinators. The event is running Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nature Centre and is free for everyone. “The pollinator display will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing moved for convicted restaurant robber
By JEREMY APPEL on August 3rd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel One of two men who pled guilty to robbing the Spice Hut restaurant while wearing masks has had his sentencing adjourned three months due to a miscommunication with the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre. Michael Mingo was scheduled for sentencing Friday in provincial court, for which a pre-sentencing report and psychiatric assessment were ordered. ... Read More »
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