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Family dispute in Brooks leads to stabbing, charges
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2020
Charges have been laid after a man was stabbed and another hit over the head in a family dispute, according to RCMP in Brooks. Authorities were alerted when a shirtless man walking near a convenience store on Sutherland Drive appeared to be bleeding from the chest. An investigation determined that another man was suffering head ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC students taking care of local bees
By Medicine Hat News on January 31st, 2020
A new initiative at Medicine Hat College will have students research optimal living conditions and develop habitats for local bee populations that are crucial to agriculture. The project, “To-Bee-Continued,” is a partnership between Enactus MHC and the school’s environmental technology program, which is funded by a $5,000 donation from the RBC Foundation and Community Foundations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man stabbed during family dispute in Brooks
By medicinehatnews on January 30th, 2020
BROOKS Charges have been laid after a man was stabbed and another hit over the head in a family dispute, according to RCMP in Brooks. Authorities were alerted when a shirtless man walking near a convenience store on Sutherland Drive appeared to be bleeding from the chest. An investigation determined that another man was suffering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Medicine Hat News would like to talk to you about mental health
By Medicine Hat News on January 30th, 2020
Wednesday was Bell’s Let’s Talk Day to encourage conversations about mental health issues. It is an initiative Bell began in 2011 to address the “silence” and resulting stigma around mental health, said Premier Jason Kenney in a statement. “Few things in life are as universally relatable as mental illness – one in five of us ... Read More »
1 responseCurriculum recommendations are in
By JEREMY APPEL on January 30th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Education Minister Adriana LaGrange released the curriculum advisory panel’s recommendations at a Wednesday morning news conference, touting an “exciting new milestone” she contrasted with the previous government’s purportedly “secretive, closed-door” review. The panel, which was convened four months ago and has no active teachers on it, made a series of broad recommendations, for which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Semi driver faces charges in highway collision that claimed child’s life
By Medicine Hat News on January 30th, 2020
A semi-truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving causing death stemming from a crash this summer near Oyen that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy. Three other members of a family were injured when their SUV collided with a tractor trailer on Highway 9 near Range Road 60, on Aug. 7, 2019. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supervised consumption panel says it looked at Portugal’s method of decriminalization
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 30th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta has taken a look at the way Portugal addressed its issues with drug addiction over the past two decades. “The SCS (supervised consumption site) Review Committee examined a wide range of evidence and strategies, including the Portuguese model, as part of its work,” said Kassandra Kitz, press secretary for the associate ministry of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No chance for city supervised consumption funds: mayor
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 30th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The mayor says it’s not the responsibility of the city to address the needs of people in the downtown core that were going to be serviced by a supervised consumption site. “This is health care and a provincial issue. I would suspect that this city council wouldn’t give a dime and rightly so,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nominations open for annual Alberta Order of Excellence call
By Medicine Hat News on January 30th, 2020
Nominations for the province’s highest honour are now open until the middle of February. Each year the Alberta Order of Excellence announces new members who have provided lasting contributions to the province through “outstanding and distinguished” service. Local members include former MLA and cabinet minister Jim Horsman, artist Jim Marshall, city alderman and civic booster ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hut 8 CEO plans to step down once replacement is found
By Medicine Hat News on January 30th, 2020
The head of Hut 8 Cryptocurrency will remain the CEO while a replacement is found, the company which has major operations in Medicine Hat announced this week. Andrew Kiguel was named CEO shortly after the company announced it would build a major data-processing facility in Medicine Hat in early 2018. On Wednesday the company outlined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fentanyl among drugs seized in ALERT bust
By Medicine Hat News on January 30th, 2020
Three people have been arrested and $30,000 worth of drugs seized after ALERT wrapped up a two-month investigation over the past couple weeks. The arrests were made Jan. 10 and 24 in Medicine Hat. The suspects are accused of being part of a network transporting drugs from Calgary and distributing them in southeastern Alberta. Investigators ... Read More »
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