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Erratic male pepper sprayed in MHC classroom
By JEREMY APPEL on March 21st, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Police used pepper spray Wednesday morning in a classroom to subdue an erratic male causing a disturbance at Medicine Hat College. “Today started with a bit of unusual activity at Medicine Hat College,” Mark Keller, the school’s director of advancement, told the News. Around 8 a.m., staff and students expressed concern about the behaviour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters won’t have to pay for iron IV infusions anymore: AHS
By GILLIAN SLADE on March 21st, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Patients in Medicine Hat have been obliged to pay up to $400 for iron IV infusions even though in other parts of the province there is no charge, but Alberta Health Services says that is changing. “AHS recognizes that coverage for IV iron products has varied across the province,” reads an AHS statement that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s shelter hosting an evening of local photography
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2019
The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is hosting an art open house at its outreach services office tonight, featuring the work of local photographer Elaine Freedman. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., is intended “to celebrate the diversity and strength of women in our community and beyond,” according to a news release from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Law Day will honour centennial of local Court of Queen’s bench
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2019
Saturday is Law Day across Canada, but the annual event has a special significance in the Hat this year. It’s the centennial of the 1919 construction of the local Court of Queen’s Bench. “I’ve heard it described by judges in Alberta as the crown jewel of courthouses in the province,” said Darren Cahoon, a local ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extension added to Kinsmen Home Lotto
By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2019
The Kinsmen Home Lotto deadline has been extended in hopes of selling more tickets for the annual fundraising raffle. Each year the service club raffles off a new home in order to raise money that pays for free swimming and skating, community projects and programming. This year’s draw was to take place on April 1, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business booming for regional rail
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 19th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Three independent rail projects in southeast Alberta are boasting big news in 2019 – at the same time their lobbying association is arguing for new support in today’s federal budget. New freight contracts for Forty Mile Rail, a logistics yard in Oyen and a propane hauling contract for the Great Sandhills line were held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Taking silly to a new level
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 16th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant They call pre-election periods the silly season, but what in the world would you call what’s happening in Alberta? There are enough government announcements to use up a forest of newsprint, and enough opposition policy rollouts to break the internet. You almost need a plumber to figure out how it all fits together. This ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary radio show will broadcast from Medicine Hat on Thursday afternoon
By Medicine Hat News on March 16th, 2019
A Calgary drive-home radio show will emanate from downtown Medicine Hat on Thursday. CBC radio’s “the Homestretch” will broadcast live from Inspire Cafe, on the 600 Block of Second Street on March 21, it was announced Friday on the show’s website. Personalities Doug Dirks, Jenny Howe and Dave Waddell be on scene between 3 and 6 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunting licences just got a little harder to get in SW Sask.
By Medicine Hat News on March 16th, 2019
Hunters and anglers will no longer be able to purchase their Saskatchewan licences in person in Leader, Maple Creek or Shaunavon, that provincial government announced Friday. Field offices in those locations are among 19 in the province that will see staff reductions and an end to walk-in service to the public. Eighteen part-time and full-time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dropped butt results in burning vehicle
By Medicine Hat News on March 16th, 2019
A car was engulfed in flames Friday as a result of a dropped cigarette butt. Firefighters and police were called to the scene at Southridge Boulevard and 13th Avenue around 10:20 a.m. Captain Jeff Kozakewich, who responded to the call, says the driver had just minor cuts to his hand, so there was no need ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PRSD’s Redcliff Mennonite school to move to old St. Thomas d’Aquin building
By Alberta Newspaper Group on March 16th, 2019
The Redcliff Mennonite Alternative Program School (RMAP) will have a new home in the coming month. Prairie Rose School Division and the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education approved at their March 12 meetings the relocation of RMAP to the old St Thomas d’Aquin School building in Medicine Hat, which has sat vacant since last ... Read More »
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