Local News
Semi truck collides with sedan on Hwy 41; no further details available Monday
By Mo Cranker on January 8th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Redcliff RCMP are investigating a two-vehicle collision semi truck and a sedan on Highway 41 N near Township Road 132. “We’re not releasing any information right now, we just wanted people to know to avoid the area,” said Staff Sgt. Sean Maxwell. The RCMP is asking people to avoid the area for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest man after he evaded traffic stop
By Mo Cranker on January 6th, 2019
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service has one man in custody after he evaded a traffic stop Saturday afternoon. The man was known to police to be on two driving bans through a Conditional Sentence Order from a conviction for flight/evade police and a second pre-trial order prohibiting driving. According to a MHPS ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UPDATE: Police looking for man who allegedly touched preteen at FLC swimming area
By Mo Cranker on January 5th, 2019
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service is asking for public assistance identifying a man after a young girl was allegedly touched inappropriately Friday evening in the pool area. According to a MHPS release, the girl notified pool staff of the incident and police were called to investigate. Police are investigating this incident as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local jobless rate down 1.4 per cent over last year
By Collin Gallant on January 5th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Unemployment fell in most of Alberta’s seven major economic regions during December, including a 1.4 percentage point drop in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area year-over-year, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. The local region’s jobless rate of 4.5 per cent for last month is below the 5.9 per cent figure from December 2017, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New ER entrance opens Tuesday
By Gillian Slade on January 5th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A new entrance to the emergency department will be ready to use Tuesday morning revealing renovations that include 26 treatment beds in private rooms. Starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday anyone needing the ER should go directly to the new entrance located near the entrance that leads to the atrium at Medicine Hat Regional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More pot stores ready but unable to open
By Collin Gallant on January 5th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant At least half a dozen storefronts in Medicine Hat are renovated and ready, all they need is permission to sell reefer. However, there’s no timeline on when provincial cannabis licensing system will be restarted after supply concerns closed down the processes in late November. That means that some applicants are entering their third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents left grieving after toddler drowns in Montana
By Gillian Slade on January 5th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The family of a little boy from Walsh are grieving his loss after he drowned in a river. Joey and Leah Hofer and their family from Spring Creek Colony in Walsh were spending some time in Montana over the Christmas season. In the afternoon of New Year’s Eve they were preparing to walk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wind knocks out power for 500 in Redcliff
By Collin Gallant on January 5th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Wind that pushed tree branches on to a powerline and transformer is being blamed for a power outage in Redcliff on Friday afternoon. With most of southern Alberta under a high wind advisory for much of the day, about 500 addresses in the the northeast portion of the town lost power at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief lays out MHPS goals for 2019
By Jeremy Appel on January 5th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat police chief Andy McGrogan spoke to the News about the force’s priorities for 2019, many of which were laid out in its four-year strategic plan prepared for city council in 2018. The Medicine Hat Police Service is down one officer from last year and reduced its operating budget by about 3.5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO gets one-time $1M grant
By Gillian Slade on January 4th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Long awaited government funding for HALO has been announced. The local helicopter rescue organization is to receive a one-time government grant of $1 million to help meet its operating budget. “It’s pretty significant. We’ve been doing this for 12 years. It’s been a long dark tunnel and when you come out and see ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local restaurant warns others to watch out for vandalism
By Jeremy Appel on January 4th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Skinny’s Smokehouse suffered a minor act of vandalism to its backup smoker on Christmas Day. The restaurant posted a surveillance screenshot on its Facebook on Wednesday in an effort to warn the public about the vandal, who could be targeting other properties in town. Jeff Brewster, a co-owner of Skinny’s, says the ... Read More »
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