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City updating 104-year-old bylaw to better define its relationship with public library
By Collin Gallant on December 12th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant After 104 years, the Medicine Hat Public Library and City of Medicine Hat are formalizing their relationship. That includes a new bylaw to replace one passed in 1914 that allowed for a referendum to establish a library under provincial legislation, and which remains one of the oldest bylaws in the city that hasn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic trustees look at allowing termination appeals
By Jeremy Appel on December 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education agreed at its Tuesday meeting to look into allowing staff members who have been fired the right to appeal to the board. “It’s interesting, because some school divisions have terminations being the role of the superintendent or their representative, then there’s some that have grievances and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wedding rings lost: Family hopes for a Christmas miracle
By Collin Gallant on December 12th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A Medicine Hat family is hoping for a Christmas miracle with the return of wedding rings that were lost this week. Audrey Baillie took off the rings she’s worn for 48 years while she was making Christmas decorations in the fibre arts guild room at the Cultural Centre. They were snagging on ... Read More »
1 responseAccused refers to drugs as ‘personal stuff’ during more than 30 hours of recorded phone calls
By Jeremy Appel on December 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The trial of Aaron Hotchen is almost through listening to more than 30 hours of phone calls the accused made from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre. Tuesday was the 12th day of the Medicine Hat Provincial Court trial, where Hotchen is accused of possession for the purposes of trafficking and firearm offences. Hotchen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s recreation facility partnership program paying off through padded project budgets
By Collin Gallant on December 11th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Budgets for several city parks projects are again being bolstered by a new partnership program in recreation facilities. About $100,000 in new provincial grants will go into three projects that fall under a community partnership initiative launched by the City of Medicine Hat, a committee heard Monday. “It’s paperwork, but it’s good paperwork,” ... Read More »
1 responseFour arrests made after weekend impaired driving crackdown
By Jeremy Appel on December 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Police made four arrests over the weekend after conducting stepped-up impaired driving enforcement. Medicine Hat Police Service Traffic Unit and Patrol Section checked more than 1,000 vehicles as part of the Enhanced Alberta Checkstop Program. A man was charged with impaired driving, exceeding 0.08 Blood Alcohol Content, dangerous driving and evading police after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘If death can be beautiful…’
By Gillian Slade on December 11th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade After witnessing the excruciating death of her mother eight years ago, it was the complete opposite experience for a local woman’s husband who chose medical assistance in dying earlier this year. “He went to sleep and just stopped breathing,” Snookie Welling says of her husband Jeff. Welling’s mother was in hospital with bowel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public school division releases education report
By Jeremy Appel on December 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Public School Division recently released its annual education results report. Assistant superintendent Corey Sadlemyer says results combine data from MHPSD’s accountability pillar survey, which each school board must complete, with the division’s three-year plan for implementing the survey’s findings. The accountability pillar data is culled from surveys filled out by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Helping With Haircuts offers new dos to those in need
By Mo Cranker on December 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A Helping With Haircuts event is being held Monday afternoon at the Salvation Army and will offer a free haircut to anyone in need. The inaugural event is running from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army. “Basically it’s an event for anyone in need that needs a bit of help,” said organizer ... Read More »
1 responseBrain Injury Relearning Services hoping to gain support through A Light to Remember
By Gillian Slade on December 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Roughly 5,000 new brain injuries occur in Alberta each year. Coping with a brain injury can be particularly difficult and Brain Injury Relearning Services is lighting up its annual “A Light to Remember” — a fundraiser and awareness campaign that provides opportunity to honour and acknowledge those impacted by brain injury. You ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas Bird Count needs skilled helpers
By Mo Cranker on December 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is holding a Christmas Bird Count Sunday and the group is hoping to get Hatters involved. Every year citizen scientists across North America take part, making it the longest running wildlife survey in the world. The Interpretive Program is hoping to get as many people involved as ... Read More »
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