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Whitla’s third phase OK’d, will be built concurrently with phase two
By Medicine Hat News on March 23rd, 2021
Capital Power has received the OK from regulators to proceed with its second expansion project for the Whitla Wind Farm, and now construction is set to begin this spring in southeastern Alberta. The Edmonton-based power producer completed “Whitla 1” – a 202-megawatt wind farm located south of Bow Island – in late 2019, and immediately ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cougar sighting at Elkwater prompts urge for public caution
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 23rd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi There was a cougar sighting at Elkwater Townsite last Monday, according to Zach Doan, conservation officer with the environmental enforcement branch, Medicine Hat district. “We have a healthy population of cougars and we have sightings every year in Elkwater, especially in the winter when it’s a lot quieter over here,” he said. “This cougar ... Read More »
1 responseClosing arguments coming today in Hoefman trial
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 23rd, 2021
Testimony in the first-degree murder and extortion trial of a 59-year-old Medicine Hat man ended Monday with prosecutors resting their case and the defence calling no witnesses. Robert Hoefman is accused of killing James Satre, 63, in 2017 as part of a $1-million extortion plot of another individual who can’t be identified under a publication ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary’s Rose Bowl winner shines in a virtual event
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 23rd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The show must go on. The 66th annual Rotary Music Festival wrapped up Sunday, and Josie Hoffarth, 17, was crowned the Rose Bowl champion for her piano performances. “I was super excited when I found out,” said the Crescent Heights High School senior. “I was kind of shocked and overwhelmed. Just the experience of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lynn Macwilliam, local political hopeful, dies at the age of 68
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2021
Lynn Macwilliam, who ran to represent the Brooks-Medicine Hat constituency in 2019, has died. Macwilliam also sought to win the federal riding of Bow River that year and had been a Town of Bassano councillor. An obituary for (Kathryn) Lynn Macwilliam states she died on Feb. 24 at age 68, according to Thom’s Funeral and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After 50 years, Faichuk says goodbye to the News
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2021
If you didn’t get a paper his morning, don’t call Larry Faichuk… unless he’s your neighbour. The News’s long-serving circulation district manager, who’s taken calls, managed routes and delivery accounts for the last 50 years, retired on Friday. Faichuk will still handle his own delivery route – his own block came open a few years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters now fighting for vaccine
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2021
City officials say quickly evolving vaccination groupings led them to incorrectly believe some city firefighters would be scheduled soon for priority shots. At the same time, the Alberta Firefighters Association says the province should move all its professional members up in priority as well as “thousands more” volunteer firefighters in rural areas. Included in Phase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gillian Slade takes on new, broader role with Southern Alberta Newspapers
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on March 20th, 2021
Pivoting into a transitional role as a regional reporter for Southern Alberta Newspapers, Gillian Slade brings a wealth of experience to readers of the Lethbridge Herald, Medicine Hat News, and our chain of rural weeklies. “It is a wonderful opportunity to broaden the scope of stories, editorials and columns, to bring a wider perspective to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC prepping for in-person fall semester
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on March 20th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Medicine Hat College has been given the green light to prepare for in-person classes for the upcoming fall term. “We are so looking forward to welcoming students back on campus,” said MHC’s president and CEO Kevin Shufflebotham. “We’ve missed their energy and excitement and I can’t wait to be able to see their faces ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Water Day falls on Monday
By Medicine Hat News on March 20th, 2021
Local environmentalist groups are inviting the public to observe World Water Day while they work at their new “Adopt a Pond” project on Saturday and announce new projects. Members of the Grassland Naturalists and the Southeast Alberta WaterShed Alliance will be onsite at Connaught Pond beginning at 10 a.m. for a general clean up. Resilient ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man tops $184K in Poker Lotto win
By Medicine Hat News on March 19th, 2021
Medicine Hat News A local man’s $1 addition to a lottery game multiplied his $10,000 winnings by more than 18. Charles Forbes purchased a Poker Lotto ticket in February from the Southridge Husky Market on Strachan Road, choosing to add the All In option for an extra dollar. One of the hands on his ticket ... Read More »
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