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Arrest made after pursuit regarding stolen cash machines along Highway 9
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
Following a pursuit “throughout eastern Alberta” the RCMP have arrested one suspect in smash-and-grab cash machine robberies on Highway 9. The Hanna Detachment announced late Sunday that they had one person in custody near Consort following a chase that involved officers from multiple detachments from Wainwright to Oyen. The suspect is not being named until ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominence not enough for police to publicly report
By JEREMY APPEL on November 26th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The June arrest of Wayne Smith on child pornography charges wasn’t publicized at the time because he didn’t work in a position of trust with kids, according to an ALERT spokesperson. Smith, 65, the former executive director of the City Centre Development Agency from 2012-2016, was arrested in June for accessing and possessing child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP shutting down seniors advocate office, folding it into health advocate portfolio
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 26th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The seniors advocate’s office in Edmonton will no longer exist effective Dec. 24, a spokesperson for the office confirmed on Monday. This office was established in 2014 and Sheree Kwong See was appointed for a three-year term in September 2016. According to a news report the five remaining staff and some of the budget ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2019
Nov. 25 – Christmas Market, First Assembly of God, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 25 – The Offspring, Sum 41 and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Nov. 26 – Grasslands Naturalists meeting, Police Point Park nature Centre, 7 p.m., followed by guest speaker Alyssa Friesen on the Calgary Zoo’s Conservation Work Nov. 27 – Roving Gyms, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber of Commerce introduces its new president
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
The Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce has a new president. Tracy Noullett works as a chartered accountant with MNP and has sat on the Chamber board for the past few years. She says the position of president rotates annually and the nominee has to have sat on the board for three years. “It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hemp, cannabis misconceptions addressed
By JEREMY APPEL on November 23rd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Hatters had the opportunity Friday to learn about the region’s burgeoning cannabis and hemp industry at Medicine Hat College. The Cannabis and Hemp Conference – organized by APEX – included five regional speakers from the industry, who then convened in a panel moderated by Tracy Stroud, the college’s manager of business development. Stroud told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of councillors to host public questions at Town Hall meeting
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
Two councillors will field questions from residents next week in a third annual Town Hall meeting. Phil Turnbull made it an election promise in 2017 to hold a public meeting annually to hear the concerns of residents, and this year, Coun. Darren Hirsch will also take part. “The agenda is simply for citizens to ask ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beet slicing shortened by months after harvest cut short
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A disastrous sugar beet harvest will not only hit farmers in southeast Alberta, but drastically shorten a heavy production period at the Lantic Sugar Facility in Taber. Early this month the company that produces Rogers Sugar announced that frost and cold weather in October led it and its contracted growers to leave as much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Street opens to traffic after months of repair work on water, sanitary lines
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
First Street SW is open to through traffic once again from Division Avenue heading west. After about five months of this section being closed to accommodate the repair and replacement of water and sanitary lines, the job is complete. New water and sanitary sewer mains will help to provide adequate fire protection and increased reliability ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown foot patrol off for the winter
By JEREMY APPEL on November 23rd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service’s downtown foot patrol unit is going into hibernation for the winter. Insp. Brent Secondiak says that although the initiative was largely successful, police resources could be better spent elsewhere in the winter months, since there are fewer people out on the streets in the cold. Downtown is defined by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional junior oil companies report good third-Q numbers
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
Two junior oil companies in the southeast are citing success in third-quarter financial statements while drilling rights auctions for oil-seeking companies in the region have been active. Prairie Provident announced that an extremely conservative capital program for 2019 has brought one new well to production, according to third-quarter reports. In a subsequent release, a second ... Read More »
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