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Just two cannabis-impaired charges laid thus far
By JEREMY APPEL on June 22nd, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service have arrested just two people for cannabis-impaired driving since legalization in October 2018. This constitutes half the drug-impaired driving charges laid in the time span, Insp. Brent Secondiak told the Medicine Hat Police Commission at its Thursday night meeting. The other two were for driving under the influence of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City money locked in limbo
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 22nd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Barring an emergency ratification of the North American free trade deal, the House of Commons is done its business for the spring and likely before the October election. That means that the pre-campaign period of program and spending announcements should begin soon (indeed, some say, it’s underway). However, the lining up of elections may ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Though it never actually closed, Police Point interpretive centre hosts grand re-opening with new look
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 22nd, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant After two years of construction, the upgrades to the Police Point Park interpretive centre are complete – and if you hadn’t been paying attention, or seen the previous incarnation, you’d think it was a brand new 37-year-old building. “We chuckle that its a grand re-opening but we never closed,” said Corlaine Gardner, the park’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After ‘perfect’ proposal, Porter to start planning Medicine Hat wedding
By medicinehatnews on June 21st, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown MacKenzie Porter plans to say her vows in Medicine Hat next summer. “My fiance is from South Carolina and he – like most guys – doesn’t care as much as I care where it is,” Porter said Friday. “I have such a big family and he’s got a bit of a smaller family so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local river level sits well below average
By medicinehatnews on June 21st, 2019
Heavy showers in the foothills west of Calgary and a forecast of up to four inches of rain in some parts of the Bow River Valley have led river forecasters to expand a high stream flow advisory on the Bow River. That now extends to the Carseland Weir, west of Gleichen on the Bow, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Step ‘n Stride walk in September will support Parkinson disease
By Medicine Hat News on June 21st, 2019
An annual fundraising event for Parkinson Association of Alberta takes place Sept. 8 and there is still time for you to register to participate. The Flexxaire Step ‘n Stride takes place in Kin Coulee Park at 11 a.m. with an opportunity to register starting at 10 a.m. “Join walkers in Medicine Hat as they support ... Read More »
2 responsesHemp processor moving ahead with Edmonton-area expansions
By Medicine Hat News on June 21st, 2019
A hemp processing company with ties to Aurora Cannabis is moving ahead with the second and third expansion of its Edmonton-area facilities that will process plant mass grown in Medicine Hat. Radient Technologies extracts CBD oil out of cannabis and hemp plant material which in 2017 signed a partnership to process the lucrative byproduct for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec co-op will have majority stake in local wind farm
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 21st, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Canada’s largest financial co-operative is set to acquire a majority ownership stake in a wind farm project southeast of Dunmore, it was announced late Wednesday by the Desjardins group. The Quebec-based credit union will buy a 40.5 per cent share in the wind farm after it is built next summer by EDF Renewables. That ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Pat’s Church hosting bazaar and tours to celebrate Friday’s summer solstice
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 2019
St. Patrick’s Church is celebrating the summer solstice Friday with a bazaar from 3-6 p.m. and will be providing tours of the national historic building as well. The church building was constructed between 1912 and 1914. The bazaar will offer a variety of new and used goods, there will be food trucks on site, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public outcry won’t curb parks cuts yet
By Collin Gallant on June 18th, 2019
City council members say they’ve heard public reaction about a plan to trim the parks budget by reducing mowing, fertilizer or watering in some less used areas, but will wait until fall to pass judgment. “(The department) is asking for a two-month opportunity to try some things with operations and their environment,” said Coun. Julie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 700 Albertans have died by medical assist
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 16th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade It is three years since federal legislation made medical assistance in dying legal – June 17, 2016. During this time 709 Albertans have chosen this way to die, according to Alberta Health Services records. Dr. Jim Silvius, AHS medical director, says it has gone smoothly in large part to the months of preparation in ... Read More »
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