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City land sale plan strikes nerve at Connaught open house
By Collin Gallant on September 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The city’s land department is embarking on a plan to sell excess land, it was announced Wednesday just as residents in Connaught were hearing a proposal to convert greenspace near the upscale community into a lot for multi-family housing. Connaught residents packed an open house on site at 532 Primrose Dr., as administrators ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!135 days in jail for man guilty of publishing nude photo of ex
By Jeremy Appel on September 7th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man who pled guilty to publishing an indecent picture of his ex-girlfriend without her permission and assaulting her, as well as causing mischief and failing to stop at the scene of an accident from a separate incident, received a 135-day jail sentence and $1,500 in fines. Justin Kleinsasser, who has the word ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire Station No. 1 officially opens on north side
By Collin Gallant on September 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Fire trucks pulled out of the Maple Avenue Fire Station for the last time at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday — moving day for Platoon 3 to the new station located north of the South Saskatchewan River. An official grand opening of the new Fire Station No. 1 is planned for mid October, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homebuilders more eager to go green
By Collin Gallant on September 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Medicine Hat homebuilders are warming to solar energy as a selling feature in new builds, according to officials with the city’s HatSmart energy conservation rebate program. In an update of the $210,000 program to the city’s utility and energy committee on Thursday, program manager Jaret Dickie said funds to lower the cost of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miywasin likely to apply once again for crime reduction funding
By Jeremy Appel on September 7th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat’s Miywasin Friendship Centre is likely to apply for this year’s crime reduction grant, according to its youth co-ordinator. The Miywasin Centre received funds as part of last year’s grant, which lasts two years, but Carol Syrette says they will apply again so they can having funding for the next two years. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress Hills Winery finally busts through the border into Alberta
By Collin Gallant on September 7th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A longstanding plan to sell the fruits of the Cypress Hills Winery in Alberta has come to fruition. The winery located near Maple Creek has always planned to stock its wines across the boundary for customers in Medicine Hat and southeastern Alberta. The vineyard has now announced its products are available at South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local artists look to spread awareness of suicide through semicolon tattoo event
By Mo Cranker on September 7th, 2018
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker One of Medicine Hat’s better known tattoo shops is holding a semicolon tattoo event Monday in support of World Suicide Prevention Day. Multiple artists from Monsters’ Ink will have their needles and ink ready from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to tattoo a number of small, semicolon-based tattoos for Hatters wanting to spread ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!911 call centre: Not for everyone, but never boring
By Gillian Slade on September 7th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade There is never a dull moment at the Medicine Hat 911 call centre, and they come 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Calls come in from across Medicine Hat, Cypress County and County of Forty Mile. Dispatching police could mean Medicine Hat Police Service or the RCMP, and a fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Telus warning customers of email scam
By Jeremy Appel on September 7th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Telus is warning customers to be skeptical of emails asking for personal information, while purporting to be from the company. Telus Western Canada spokesman Doug Self says the company does its best to “employ robust, state-of-the-art technologies to help identify and filter out spam, malware and other threats so they never reach our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Packed Parade of Homes excites builders
By Collin Gallant on September 6th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The 2018 Parade of Homes is underway in Medicine Hat with those in the local homebuilding sector hoping a bigger field this year belays better times ahead for the industry. A total of 11 homes from 10 builders will be open to the public for viewing this month — double last year’s total ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused threatens to sue the Crown
By Jeremy Appel on September 6th, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man arrested in late August after a three-hour standoff with police that ended in his being pepper sprayed is threatening to pursue civil action against the Crown prosecutor for what he calls his “unlawful confinement.” David Marthaller, 40, appeared Wednesday in Medicine Hat Provincial Court via CCTV from the local remand centre. ... Read More »
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