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New deputy police chief joins MHPS on Monday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2025
news@medicinehatnews.com On Monday the Medicine Hat Police Service will welcome Rajnish Saini as the new deputy chief of police, joining the service following a 25-year career in policing with the Brantford Police Service and Nelson Police Department. Police chief Alan Murphy explains the service has used different categorized structures for its high-ranking officers responsible for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nomination period officially open for fall municipal election
By Collin Gallant on January 4th, 2025
@@CollinGallant The lead-up to the 2025 city election has officially begun, though few potential candidates were out of the gate when the nomination period opened Thursday morning. Only Calvin Isaac Maltin, the owner of Issac’s Barbershop on S. Railway Street, stated in a social media post on New Year’s Day that he would run for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Briefs: Ranching couple from Bindloss inducted into Alberta Herefords Association hall of fame
By Medicine Hat News on January 4th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Bindloss ranching couple Peggy and Bill Herman have been honoured by the Alberta Herefords Association with an induction into the breed group’s hall of fame. The couple began ranching in the 1960s and built up a purebred herd that sent bulls to the sale in Medicine Hat from 1982 to 2007, the year after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province to work with city to move homeless shelter out of residential neighbourhood
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A joint statement released by the province and City of Medicine Hat on Friday states that the city’s two current Mustard Seed locations are “not ideal” homeless shelters and will collectively search for a new permanent location. Local MLA Justin Wright told a city committee Dec. 19 that a provincial plan to move the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!YEAR IN REVIEW: Chief of police says tensions were high in 24, hopes for unity in 25
By BRENDAN MILLER on January 4th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com As the Medicine Hat Police Service celebrated its 125th anniversary throughout 2024, members responded to an increased number of firearm related calls, conducted several significant drug busts and assisted first responders through a deadly summer on local roads. Local officers also conducted more than 300 visits to encampments located throughout downtown and the Flats ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evergreens take centre stage at upcoming nature walk
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2025
news@medicinehatnews.com Local conifer trees will be the main subject during an upcoming nature walk held by the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program later this month. During the hour-long walk visitors will learn about evergreen trees and how they play a vital role in the local ecosystem as well as their introduction to the prairies. “It will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff man faces commercial break and enter charges
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 3rd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Utilizing a drone as well as a K9 team, Medicine Hat police on Jan. 1 arrested a 38-year-old man from Redcliff following a report of a break and enter at a commercial property. Police responded to a robbery in progress call shortly after 11 p.m. in the 1500 block of Brier Park Road and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility cost drops as payback fee expires
By Medicine Hat News on January 3rd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The power price in Medicine Hat will remain at a floor price of 7 cents per kilowatt hour in January but still decrease, as a charge to recover provincial deferral program costs from 2023 are eliminated. The city brought in blanket pricing based on Alberta market wholesale pricing in late 2023, but the switch ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters reminds motorists to avoid hose lines
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 3rd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Fire Services is asking drivers not to drive over their hose lines while members are working at an emergency scene, posting the reminder to its Facebook page on Thursday. “Please do not drive over our hose lines,” states the online post that explains motorists can damage and cut off water supply during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Industry specific equipment stolen Christmas Eve from helium processor near Patricia
By Medicine Hat News on January 3rd, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Thieves who cut “a large hole” in the side of a helium processing facility near Patricia on Dec. 24 made off with several highly specialized pieces of equipment, RCMP report. Authorities responded to the Royal Helium industrial site in Newell County on Christmas Eve, and said in a release on Tuesday that the stolen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Important dates, tuition deadline, for new college students
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 3rd, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College is highlighting several upcoming dates in the new year as students return to campus Monday. The college is hosting a social insurance number clinic Monday for international students with valid student permits that will provide in-person support, as well as a CRA Table and information session on the same day. The ... Read More »
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