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BATUS keeps zero-tolerance policy on weed for its soldiers
By Collin Gallant on October 13th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Sorry, Mate, the British Army is maintaining its zero-tolerance drug policy even for soldiers based in Canada, where marijuana will be legal for adult use next week. That includes about 10,000 UK soldiers stationed for training at CFB Suffield each summer and arrive in Medicine Hat on leave for rest and relaxation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s firehall shuffle complete
By Collin Gallant on October 12th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Dignitaries cut the ribbon at the new No. 1 fire station on Thursday, and at the same time put a bow on the six-year plan to relocate two facilities to improve response times without adding operating costs. The station, at 401 Parkview Dr. near the intersection with Altawana Drive, is only blocks north ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest, charge three people over restaurant robbery
By Jeremy Appel on October 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service has arrested three people in connection with last week’s robbery of the Spice Hut Indian Cuisine restaurant. At 11 a.m. on Oct. 5, two men wearing masks entered the restaurant within the Travelodge Hotel, producing a pellet gun and demanding cash from a staff member. Both suspects fled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex won’t try for grants
By Collin Gallant on October 12th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Methanex will not take part in a current round of a provincial grant program meant to help spur new petrochemical plant construction, company officials tell the News, stating the timelines for a possible local expansion don’t line up. The local methanol producer lauded an initial 2016 round of the Alberta Petrochemical Diversification Program, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emergency testing at Methanex Friday
By Collin Gallant on October 12th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Emergency drills will take place at the Methanex manufacturing plant in northwest Medicine Hat on Friday morning, the company states in a release. The exercises will commence at about 10 a.m. and are part of routine training and testing of the emergency response plan and equipment. Officials with the methanol producer were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$70M boost to Legal Aid seen as important step
By Jeremy Appel on October 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The executive director of the Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic, which is responsible for co-ordinating legal services for low-income people in Medicine Hat, says the provincial government’s Thursday announcement of $70 million in additional funding for Legal Aid is a clear step in the right direction. The funding increase is slated to occur ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat woman among arrested in Cardston for weapons, drugs
By Jeremy Appel on October 12th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A Medicine Hat woman was arrested by the Cardston RCMP on Oct. 6 after a routine traffic stop uncovered a sawed-off shotgun, replica handgun, drugs and paraphernelia. Stephanie Rouzes, 34, was arrested along with two Lethbridge women at the intersection of Highways 2 and 5. They face one charge each of possession ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Hatter and addict now travels country sharing his story
By Mo Cranker on October 12th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Former Hatter Tarrant Cross Child is back in the city and speaking at a number of schools before heading back to Saskatoon. Cross Child spent 13 years in Medicine Hat and is a Hat High graduate — he moved to Saskatoon and has spent all of his years there since. “It’s great to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$38K Kinsmen donation will fund more free swimming, skating
By Mo Cranker on October 12th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club presented a cheque for more than $38,000 to the City of Medicine Hat Thursday at the Family Leisure Centre to fund free public swimming and skating programs. The Kinsmen Club has been funding the free skating program for 34 years and the swimming program for 25. “This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local schools welcome new K-4 curriculum
By Jeremy Appel on October 12th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The province’s draft K-4 curriculum has the approval of Medicine Hat’s public and Catholic school boards. “We have been waiting and are so excited to finally have draft curriculum available to engage in it, according to the messaging, in quite a short time,” said Joanne Pitman, the Medicine Hat Public School Division assistant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extra power cash saves the day
By Collin Gallant on October 11th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Summer power sales for the City of Medicine Hat beat already beefed-up profit forecasts according to a new report to the council’s audit committee this week. That is also pushing up a projected dividend from the entire utility operations to $42.9 million — about $10 million more than was projected in early June ... Read More »
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