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Medalta’s Black and White Gala offers online tickets
By MO CRANKER on October 12th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Medalta is getting ready to host one of its biggest fundraisers of the year and it still has tickets on sale. The Black and White Gala is taking place Oct. 19 and it makes up for a good portion of the group’s fundraising for the year. “The Black and White Gala made up for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta unemployment up a full half point
By Medicine Hat News on October 12th, 2019
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta was up sharply in September while the provincial and national rates fell. The jobless rate in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat rose to 7.6 per cent during the month, up half a percentage point from August, and well above the 4.8 per cent recorded in the region during Sept. 2018. The Alberta number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trio banished from reserve after robbing co-op, scheming to make guns
By Medicine Hat News on October 12th, 2019
Three men charged with robbing a rural co-op have been banished from the Siksika Reserve after they were also charged in a scheme to make and sell guns on the reserve, the band council announced this week. The three are not members, but one resided on the reserve with his common-law spouse. A release dated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shelter may be warm but outside offers peace
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 12th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Part two of a two-part series. Read part one here A local homeless man says the overnight shelter staff are kind and welcoming but if you want a “peaceful” night then outside is your best choice. Bobby Moore, 42, who has had no income since January and has been homeless in Medicine Hat since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Woman’s history connects stories a half-century apart
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 12th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new biography is aiming to preserve the knowledge and know-how of prolific amateur, Hope Johnson, the knowledge of local ancient and natural history she spent her life revealing. It is said that newspapers are simply history told in present tense, and it’s being proven again this fall with two stories that are 50 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teen arrested as 7-Eleven robbery suspect after police release photo
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
Police have arrested a 15-year-old male for allegedly robbing the Carry Drive 7-Eleven in a gorilla mask. A culprit walked into the convenience store brandishing a weapon on Sept. 30 around 1:10 a.m. and demanded cash from an employee, leaving the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise. No injuries were sustained in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forty Mile County reaches deal with its unionized workers
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
The County of 40 Mile and its unionized workforce have a new four-year deal in place. About 70 members of CUPE Local No. 3395 voted down a proposed contract offer in March, but agreed to a new negotiated settlement in late August, according to the latest collective bargaining summary provided by the Alberta Labour Ministry. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workshop in Taber will tackle plant protein production and how to boost it
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
Boosting value-added plant protein production will be the topic of a workshop hosted next month in Taber by economic developers in South-Central Alberta. “Fractionation 101” is presented by Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta, and several Taber-area ag-centred development agencies, as well as Farm Credit Canada. Industry and government officials will discuss the potential for economic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Agrium fined for leak that injured worker
By Medicine Hat News on October 11th, 2019
A fertilizer producer has been fined after an anhydrous ammonia leak at its plant near Carseland, Alta., two years ago. Agrium will pay nearly $29,000 in fines, including a victim surcharge for the incident that “seriously injured a worker” but was not reported for four weeks. According to an agreed statement of facts, serious chemical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gala will check pants at the door for men’s health
By MO CRANKER on October 11th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Food, live music, underwear – can anyone name a better evening? Those are the three key ingredients to an upcoming Pants Off for Mental Health event taking place next month, which will raise money for men’s health initiatives. “The pants-off gala theme is that you’re fully dressed from the waist up in your shirt, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Living on the streets: Poverty a hole many can’t get out of
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 11th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Part one of a two-part series. Read part two here A man who has been homeless for the first time in his life says living on the streets of Medicine Hat since June has left him embarrassed and ashamed. “It’s a hole of poverty, and the stigma of homelessness covers you. I didn’t care ... Read More »
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