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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!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!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!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!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 »
Be the first to comment!‘Look. Listen. Learn.’ And prevent fires
By Jeremy Appel on October 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel It’s Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 7-13 and the Medicine Hat Fire Department is collaborating with the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year’s campaign, entitled “Look. Listen. Learn.” Carter Gramlich, a local fire prevention officer, says awareness is key, as most fires are started by accident. “They’re the result of some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enrolment decrease at PRSD, albeit smaller than anticipated
By Jeremy Appel on October 11th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Prairie Rose School District’s enrolment decreased this year, but the numbers were greater than anticipated. “It’s the curse of rural education,” superintendent Roger Clarke said Wednesday at the board’s meeting. “All over rural Alberta we see declining enrolment — more kids graduating, less kids coming into the system.” Many students’ parents move to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Landscaping condition could see seniors’ apartment go forward
By Collin Gallant on October 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A $24-million planned seniors’ housing facility will be allowed to go ahead with a higher than usual roofline, if the developer agrees to plant a row of trees to protect the privacy of nearby residences. The municipal planning commission on Wednesday approved a development permit for Canalta Real Estate to build a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Allegro Band performing at Esplanade
By Gillian Slade on October 11th, 2018
Medicine Hat News In celebration of the centenary of the armistice the Allegro Band of the Medicine Hat Concert Band Society will present a concert – We Will Remember Them. The event takes place Nov. 10, 2 p.m. at the Esplanade. Everyone is welcome and there is no admission charge... Read More »
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