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Judge allows ‘crucial’ evidence in Hotchen trial
By Jeremy Appel on December 4th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Evidence gathered from a late 2017 police raid of an acreage near Seven Persons has been deemed admissible. Although Medicine Hat Provincial Court Judge Paul Pharo agreed Aaron Hotchen’s rights were violated under section 8 of the Charter, which guards against unreasonable search and seizure, he deemed the value of the evidence to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC instructor wins Digital Alberta award
By Mo Cranker on December 4th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker An instructor at Medicine Hat College recently won a provincial award for a digital art installation he did as part of his Masters program at the University of Edinburgh. James Kuehn teaches in the visual communications program as well as the built environment engineering technology program and he was recently celebrated at Digital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil cuts backed by all parties
By Gillian Slade on December 4th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Capitalists favouring government limiting oil production means three political parties are in agreement and it removes one contentious issue in the upcoming provincial election, says a local political science instructor. It kind of works for the NDP because everybody is on the same side, said Jim Groom political science instructor Medicine Hat College. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff man enters into peace bond over charges of sexual misconduct with a minor
By Jeremy Appel on December 4th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A Redcliff man accused of sexual offences with a person under 16 years of age entered into a one-year peace bond Monday. As conditions of his peace bond, Derrick Steeves, 55, must attend counselling on functioning family relationships, refrain from contacting the complainant, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, and is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Half a dozen rail cars derail in Medicine Hat but no cause for public concern
By Gillian Slade on December 4th, 2018
Six railcars were derailed in Canadian Pacific’s Medicine Hat rail yard on Sunday night. It happened about 8 p.m. and a total of six rail cars were derailed. None of the affected rail cars were loaded with any product at the time, said a spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. in an emailed response to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s shelter holding memorial service Thursday for Montreal Massacre victims
By Mo Cranker on December 4th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is holding a memorial service Thursday to honour the victims of the Montreal Massacre and gender-based violence. From 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Medicine Hat College’s Centennial Hall Hatters can drop by to create tissue paper flowers with a message of hope attached. The memorial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clay District thinking of going solar
By Mo Cranker on December 4th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Medicine Hat’s Historic Clay District is mulling over the possibility of adding a number of solar panels to its building with the hopes of potentially cutting electricity costs completely. “We received money from the Community Energy Capacity Building Program to do a feasibility study and we’re going to look at that soon to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa for Seniors continues to grow each year
By Mo Cranker on December 4th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Anyone looking to brighten the day of a senior citizen this Holiday season can do so by purchasing them a gift and donating it to the Santa for Seniors program. Santa for Seniors has a number of trees covered in tags at various businesses around the city — each tag has the name ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Natural gas rate down for December, power rate capped again
By Medicine Hat News on December 3rd, 2018
There’s a little bit of nice and a little bit of naughty for when it comes to December utility prices in Medicine Hat. The natural gas rate has been set at $1.969 per gigajoule, down from $2.285 in November. On the flip side, power will go up slightly. The December price has been set at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More traffic at weekend market during postal strike
By Mo Cranker on December 3rd, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Thousands passed through the annual Something for Everyone Christmas Market, held this year at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. “It’s been a great year for us,” said market operator Monica Kallis. “We had our busiest market ever in September but this weekend’s market will be our busiest ever for sure. “Our record ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Learning centre honoured provincially
By Mo Cranker on December 3rd, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker When it opened two years ago the people in charge at the Little Owl Learning Centre set out to change the lives of children locally. The group was honored Friday during a ceremony in Edmonton and was named as one of the recipients of the Minister’s Award of Excellence in Child Development — ... Read More »
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