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City Notebook: Tied up in a new-age dress code
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 28th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant It’s been a 12-month meditation for your author after the late-2018 announcement that Cancarb would expand its local production plant. The question being: if the CEO of a major Japanese company doesn’t have to wear a tie to a press event, why do reporters? Make no mistake, the president of Tokai Carbon, Hajime Nagasaka, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspects arrested in Christmas Day break-ins
By JEREMY APPEL on December 28th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Police responded to a pair of Christmas Day break-ins – one at a residence in the morning and the other a business at night – successfully arresting suspects in both cases. “Christmas Day is typically pretty quiet for us,” Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Brent Secondiak told the News Friday. “To have two B&Es ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FLC gears up for its annual New Year’s Eve family fun day
By MO CRANKER on December 28th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker The City of Medicine Hat is once again hosting its annual family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration Tuesday at the Family Leisure Centre. The event kicks off at noon and runs until 4 p.m. – there is a $2 admission fee. Families will be able to bring their skating gear and glide around the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man struck by semi truck on TCH in hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries
By JEREMY APPEL on December 28th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel A 44-year-old pedestrian has been hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a semi truck on Boxing Day. At 10:56 p.m., a male who had been boosting his motor home that had broken down was struck by the truck on the westbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway near Seventh Street ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget issues galore for local school boards
By JEREMY APPEL on December 28th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel With the election in April of a new government committed to reducing public expenditures, budget uncertainty was the education story of 2019. Medicine Hat College, the Medicine Hat Public School Division, the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education all felt the crunch. However, the Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence charter school received a ... Read More »
1 responseSales attract customers on Boxing Day
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 27th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade It’s early morning on Boxing Day and at Leon’s a salesperson is already helping a client place a large TV in the trunk of his vehicle. There was a small lineup even before the store opened, said Trina Towner, manager Leon’s. “This year feels different,” said Towner who believes Black Friday sales, just a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Once was lost but now is found
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 27th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local resident has forged a strong connection with a relative he had never heard of until his remains were found in an unidentified First World War grave. Paul Edmundson calls it an “emotional connection” to his relative, Pte. Thomas Telford Edmundson, who died in Belgium on April 26, 1915 at the age of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in Review: Busy 2019 for law enforcement
By JEREMY APPEL on December 27th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel From drug busts and sex crimes to convictions for large-scale theft and murder, in addition to police saving somebody from attempting suicide, law enforcement had a busy 2019. In May, former Medicine Hat Police Commission chair Rolf Traichel was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $999,000 from the Medicine Hat Catholic Board ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First flu-related death of the year reported by AHS
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 27th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first flu related death in the south zone has been recorded, according to Alberta Health Services data released this week. Across the province there have been six flu related deaths, considerably less than other years at this stage of the flu season. Last year there had been 12 deaths province-wide and 10 of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jewish Hatters and friends celebrate Hanukkah
By JEREMY APPEL on December 26th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel While many people were rushing to get their Christmas shopping done on time, Medicine Hat’s Jewish community began celebrating eights days of Hanukkah Sunday evening. The Hat had a synagogue – Sons of Abraham – until it closed in 1999. Now, a group of local Jewish people are attempting to reinvigorate the community, hosting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A very Kiwanis Christmas
By JEREMY APPEL on December 26th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Kiwanis Club hosted its annual afternoon Christmas dinner Wednesday, providing some food and company for those who had nowhere to go for the Holidays, or simply wanted a free meal. “You can see a lot of people with their happy faces,” said John John, a long-time Kiwanis Club member who serves ... Read More »
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