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Pair arrested in transport of meth from Medicine Hat to Swift Current
By JEREMY APPEL on February 12th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Police in southwest Saskatchewan have arrested two men accused of attempting to traffic methamphetamine from Medicine Hat to Swift Current. Officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit and the Saskatchewan Highway Safety Patrol pulled over a vehicle driving east along Highway 1 near Swift Current because its mud flaps weren’t equipped. Upon searching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Near normal runoff expected in southwest Saskatchewan
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
Near normal runoff is expected in southwest Saskatchewan this spring despite lower than usual snowfall and thanks to a wetter than average fall, the province’s Water Security Agency has announced. The outlook for 2020 states the southern portions of the province received well-above-normal precipitation in the autumn as freeze-up occurred, which will increase the runoff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IPC reports profitable production increase at its Suffield block plays
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
The major oil company operating on the Suffield block saw profits and production rise there during 2019, according to the year-end financial report of International Petroleum Corporation released on Tuesday. The global producer recorded a 2 per cent production increase in the field it purchased two years ago from Cenovus while prices nearly doubled compared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic division expanding religious education resource next year
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
A new religious education resource for Grade 7 Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education students will be available in time for the 2020-21 school year, trustees heard at Tuesday’s board meeting. “Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ” is a resource developed by Canadian publisher Pearson that is also in use in Ontario and Saskatchewan Catholic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS looks to privatize laundry
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The privatization of hospital laundry services is on the table for the entire province, including Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Alberta Health Services has notified the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees of its plans asking for ideas and suggestions. “We are considering the outsourcing of linen services as one of the many opportunities presented in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Red-tape feedback needed: Hunter
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Members of the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce came to hear the man charged in cutting red tape in Alberta, who in turn said he wanted to hear from them. Grant Hunter, the province’s associate minister of red tape reduction, spoke to about three dozen chamber members prior to their quarterly policy meeting on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge police search for murder suspect also wanted for killing in Edmonton
By TIM KALINOWSKI Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2020
The Lethbridge Police Service is confirming a man wanted for Lethbridge’s first homicide in two years is also wanted for a second murder in Edmonton two days later. Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of Toronto, is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in west Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local student returns from Ottawa after week of everything politics
By MO CRANKER on February 11th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Local student Nicholas Samuelson recently returned from Ottawa where he took part in the Forum for Young Canadians. Samuelson spent most of a week in Ottawa this month learning about Canada’s political system and meeting people with similar interests as he does. “Every year there’s three sessions with 100 people each – they get ... Read More »
2 responsesSprinkler subsidy suggested for Coulee Ridge fire-response issue
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 11th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new south-end subdivision sits outside a fire department response time zone, administrators said Monday while suggesting grants toward home sprinkler systems could avoid the need to build a new fire station. One councillor called the idea “the responsible thing to do,” which could be expanded to cut down the need for new fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede unveils 2020 Night Show acts
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 11th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The 2020 edition of the Medicine Hat Stampede is “a work in progress” but that also means there’s “more to come,” teased general manager Jim McArthur at a Monday morning press event detailing the year ahead. Chief on that list is the main fair that will be held July 22-25 with fairgrounds, rodeo and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island family settling in after arriving to Canada in November
By Alberta Newspaper Group on February 11th, 2020
Syrian mother Najah and her three boys Yo’rob, Asad and Ayham Brimo have settled into Bow Island nicely since arriving in the town back in November after being in Lebanon as a refugee family for eight years. The opportunity was made possible when Shayla Hopkins started the Bow Island Refugee Committee in August, and with ... Read More »
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