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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!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 »
Be the first to comment!Sex assault charges stayed
By Jeremy Appel on December 7th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Charges against a local doctor accused of molesting a developmentally disabled patient were stayed Thursday after court heard contradictory testimony from the complainant. Dr. Ian Gebhardt faced charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation in relation to a June 6, 2017 appointment, where the complainant alleged the doctor forced him to perform a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City planners want to close roadway splitting flood-prone land
By Collin Gallant on December 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Planners are moving to close a roadway that separates parcels of flood-prone land near Ross Creek, which the city purchased over the course of the past decade. A city committee heard Wednesday that bare lots on Porcelian, Shale and Iron avenues bisected by an alleyway comprise the area, but planners would like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City schedules special transit vehicle to run on Christmas
By Gillian Slade on December 7th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Those who depend on special transit to meet their physical requirements to get from place to place will still have that option on Christmas Day. One special transit vehicle will be available Dec. 25 “for those who absolutely require it,” said Simon Amos, the city’s manager of community access. “We take bookings from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local real estate officials optimistic after November ‘rally’
By Collin Gallant on December 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Local real estate industry officials are still looking to the relative stability in the Medicine Hat market as a positive, but say several questions remain to be answered about what’s happening in the sector. “It hasn’t been a banner year, but we still have pretty consistent numbers,” said Medicine Hat real Estate Board ... Read More »
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