Local News
EMS gets much needed boost
By Gillian Slade on December 8th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Another ambulance for Medicine Hat plus a crew of eight to man it 24/7 was announced by the minister of health on Friday. “Like all communities there has been an increase in volume, and through our analysis of the province it’s been one of the largest increases and required an additional ambulance to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City Kiwanis helps essential Flats group spread Christmas cheer
By Mo Cranker on December 8th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The North Flats Neighbourhood Association held its annual Christmas party Wednesday — made possible by the Gas City Kiwanis Club. The association has been working in the Flats since 1995 and offers a number of services to families in its community — including free-of-charge after-school programs for kids in Grades 1-6. The group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Traffic interruptions at Black and White Trail while road work occurs
By Collin Gallant on December 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Portions of the Black and White Trail south of Medicine Hat are closed or subject to alternating lane traffic until the middle of the month to accommodate road and bridge work. Cypress County officials say the portion of the route between township roads 120 and 114 was closed Dec. 6 and won’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police seek assistance locating B&E suspect
By Jeremy Appel on December 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Police are seeking public assistance to identify a break-and-enter suspect caught on video. Medicine Hat Police Service responded to an intrusion alarm at a residence on Calder Crescent in the Southview neighbourhood on Dec. 5 at 3:26 p.m. Upon arrival, police discovered a cash box with funds raised for the Linden Cup ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ANG publisher on to the next chapter
By Jeremy Appel on December 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Alberta Newspaper Group publisher Mike Hertz has entered retirement after 22 years with the company. When he joined the company in 1996, he said, the newspaper industry was at a crossroads, as it is today. “It was a pretty big turning point in the industry, because newspapers had to get closer to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Falling jobless rate shows coming employment issues
By Collin Gallant on December 8th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Recent jobs numbers are providing evidence that Medicine Hat may be facing a labour crunch ahead of major new industry opening next year. That’s contrary to much of the general conversation occurring over the past several years, when complaints of flat economic activity and concerns about joblessness were high. However, economic developers are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City notebook: Hey, we like hockey too
By Collin Gallant on December 8th, 2018
Edmonton and Red Deer will jointly host the 2021 world junior hockey tournament, it was announced this week. Such news could spur some Hatters to throw up their hands and wonder, “Boo-hoo, what about us?” It should set more industrious minds toward securing a neutral site exhibition game for the tournament. Or, as some media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC entrepreneurs pitch ideas Dragon’s Den-style
By Jeremy Appel on December 8th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat College entrepreneurship students had the opportunity to pitch business ideas to a Dragon’s Den-style panel of judges Friday, the culmination of a semester-long project. Miranda Davies, the MHC business instructor who organized the event, says the course is done in conjunction with Calgary’s Mount Royal University, whose students are participating in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UPDATE: Body of missing Swift Current man found
By Medicine Hat News on December 8th, 2018
UPDATE: RCMP in Swift Current say the body of Colton Koop was found Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in the creek near where his truck went through the ice. —————————— Medicine Hat News Swift Current Municipal RCMP are asking for help locating Colton Koop. The last confirmed sighting of Koop, 26, was in the early morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment rate in southern Alberta below 4 per cent
By Medicine Hat News on December 7th, 2018
The unemployment rate in southern Alberta fell even further in November and now sits at 3.9 per cent in the local region, according to figures released Friday morning. That figure for the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region is down one-and-a-half percentage points from last autumn, and lower than the previous month’s rate of 4.1 per cent. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victims of gender-based violence honoured
By Mo Cranker on December 7th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were killed while attending school in Montreal — to this day it is still Canada’s largest mass shooting. The massacre was an act of gender-based violence, and groups around the country, including here in Medicine Hat, get together each year to remember the victims. “We get together ... Read More »
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