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Promoting hatred trial date won’t be set until late November
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2019
A trial date for a Medicine Hat man accused of inciting racial hatred along with several weapons offences won’t be set until late November. Scheduling the trial was to take place Wednesday at Medicine Hat provincial court, though defence counsel for Loki Holger Hulgaard appeared to ask the matter be put over to Nov. 20. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Battle of Hong Kong veterans honoured
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 31st, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Canadians who fought in the Battle of Hong Kong and spent years in brutal conditions of internment camps have their story told in a new plaque at the Legion in Medicine Hat. It was placed there on Wednesday night by families of the veterans who are working to ensure knowledge of their particular sacrifice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Solar play near Oyen officially opposed by nearby landowner
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2019
A solar project planned in partnership between a developer and the Town of Oyen will be challenged by a landowner in regulatory proceedings this fall. The Alberta Utility Commission announced Wednesday it will conduct a written hearing on the Oyen Community Solar Project, a proposed 15-megawatt solar array to be 2.5 kilometres from the town. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s portfolio spikes in 2019
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 31st, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The sails of the city’s new investment fund have billowed as the stock market rose in 2019, but administrators warn that the same fears of a global slowdown – which shrunk the fund last year – are still in play. Financial statements released this week show that the fund, managed by provincial investment management ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Semi trucks collide on TCH near Suffield, drivers taken to hospital
By Medicine Hat News on October 31st, 2019
The drivers of two semi trucks were taken to hospital Wednesday after a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Suffield. RCMP say both semis were travelling east “when one appears to have collided with the rear of another.” One of the drivers was transported to hospital via HALO Air Ambulance, the other via ground ambulance. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pot store set to open in Redcliff
By Medicine Hat News on October 30th, 2019
One year after the legalization of marijuana, Redcliff is about to see its first cannabis retail outlet open. That adds to 11 approved marijuana stores in Medicine Hat, making for a dozen in the greater Hat area opened over the past 12 months. The Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis Commission list of licensed retailers now ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City reports $42M in power plant profits
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 30th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A second year of supersized power plant profits will give the City of Medicine Hat wiggle room to pay for a plan to wean the city budget off utility revenue, according to new mid-year financial statements. Three years ago city budgeters launched “Financially Fit for the Future” – an effort to fill a $23-million ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!October recognizes registered vet technicians
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 30th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Registered veterinary technologists play an important role working alongside veterinarians to provide pet health care. If you have ever taken your pet to a veterinary clinic and they have been taken to “the back,” an RVT has no doubt been involved in your pet’s care. It is an RVT who is often the one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff council officially signs on for gas well tax relief
By Medicine Hat News on October 30th, 2019
The Town of Redcliff has approved a $2,100 tax refund to the City of Medicine Hat’s Gas utility as part of a provincial program to reduce the tax burden on natural gas producers. The city and other rural municipalities that are home to shallow gas wells have the ability to cancel education portions on certain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Survivor dedicates life to helping others kick their addictions
By JEREMY APPEL on October 30th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Ryan Oscar has a somewhat unique asset in counselling drug addicts with the Medicine Hat Police Service — he used to be one. “I know what that feeling is like when you’re desperate, you’re at the end and the darkness is there, you’re lonely and have that feeling of hopelessness. I know what that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community comes together for kitchen build
By MO CRANKER on October 29th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker For most people, nightmares end the second they wake up. For Carrie Renshaw, her renovation nightmare lasted months. Earlier this year Renshaw hired a contractor she knew and trusted to renovate her kitchen, but he eventually ended up abandoning the project – leaving her kitchen with a bunch of jobs poorly completed and the ... Read More »
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