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Pot stores zoned, but more to do
By Collin Gallant on July 18th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Setting up a cannabis retail store is now a legal use of land in the City of Medicine Hat after council passed a zoning bylaw Monday night. But that’s only one more step toward the eventual legal sale of the long prohibited drug this fall. Council voted 6-1 to accept an overlay map ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victim impact statements show lingering trauma for cab driver who was kidnapped and assaulted in 2016
By Jeremy Appel on July 18th, 2018
Southern Alberta Newspapers A taxi driver who in 2016 was sexually assaulted, robbed, kidnapped and taken to Calgary by a man posing as a fare was held by her two daughters Tuesday as she cried during her victim impact statement at Medicine Hat Provincial Court. The woman said she thought she was simply helping somebody ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local poli-sci instructor says UCP’s lack of vetting Beasley could bite them
By Gillian Slade on July 18th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The UCP’s delay in fully vetting Todd Beasley until about a week before the vote could come back to haunt the party, says a political science instructor. “The obvious answer is to vet everybody before … right at the beginning,” said Jim Groom, political science instructor at Medicine Hat College. Beasley submitted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor’s endorsement of UCP hopeful strictly geographical, he says
By Collin Gallant on July 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston says he took the unusual step of endorsing a candidate in a provincial party nomination contest because he wants a local candidate in the new riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat. Clugston was quoted in a social media campaign post last week for Michaela Glasgo, one of three candidates, ... Read More »
1 responseChair says Stampede visual arts show will be the ‘coolest place on the grounds’
By Gillian Slade on July 18th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A full show of original works by regional artists is what visitors to Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede can look forward to this year. “It’s the coolest place on the grounds,” said Leslie Mayer, chair of the visual arts show. “I think this year the quality of the entries is superb.” The ... Read More »
4 responsesStampede’s all-breed horse show begins July 21
By Medicine Hat News on July 18th, 2018
Southern Alberta Newspapers The festivities of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede continue on the weekend of July 21-23 with an all-breed horse show. Each day’s events start at 8 a.m., with a Dressage and Western Dressage on Friday, English classes on Saturday and Western classes on Sunday. With the Dressage, riders complete a test ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pamphlets distributed on windshields claiming immigration is ‘white genocide’
By City Desk on July 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Days after posters that stated “immigration = white genocide” appeared on a church in Medicine Hat, pamphlets proclaiming much the same were tucked under windshield wipers in another community on Tuesday morning. The paper slips are titled “Stop Immigation (sic)… Stop White Genocide” and include phrases “White self-hate” and “Jewish supremacy,” directing ... Read More »
2 responsesHut 8 completes 10-acre facility
By Collin Gallant on July 17th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Hut 8 Cryptocurrency says it has now completed its Medicine Hat facility — a sprawling 10-acre site on the wind-beaten prairie where super computers the size of train cars seek out and verify online financial transactions. The company stated Monday it has installed the last of 40 planned “block box units” two months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beasley stands by comments
By Gillian Slade on July 17th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Two comments that Todd Beasley made on May 23, 2017, on a Geert Wilders supporters Facebook page, has brought an end to his bid to be the next United Conservative Party candidate in the Brooks-Medicine Hat riding. “… Muslims i.e. Fools who are really worshiping Satan,” reads Beasley’s first post in part. ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil OK’s local zoning for pot stores
By Collin Gallant on July 17th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council has passed land-use regulations that would confine recreational cannabis outlets to some major commercial corridors and industrial parks, but without distance requirements from liquor stores and other pot sellers. The bylaw, including a map passed 6-1, was called a “careful” approach to allowing sales of soon-to-be legal marijuana this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anti-immigrant messages posted on church
By Jeremy Appel on July 17th, 2018
Southern Alberta Newspapers Rev. Chelsea Masterman of Westminster United Church returned after a joint Sunday service with Fifth Avenue Memorial to discover her church had been defaced with racially charged, anti-immigrant posters. The materials read “Immigration = White Genocide,” a slogan associated with a white supremacist conspiracy theory. This was particularly distressing for Masterman, given ... Read More »
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