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Around and around we go
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The united voice of two advisory committees at the public services committee meeting to keep the new transit system was perhaps misleading, says the chair of the transit advisory committee. A unanimous vote from the Social Development Advisory Board and the transit advisory committee did not have the support of chair Tracy ... Read More »
Transit terminal will be used as was after switchback
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The transit terminal in downtown Medicine Hat may be sitting empty at the moment but that is not going to be the case for long with the old transit system to be reinstated, the city says. “We have clear direction from council that we are to reinstate the old transit system,” said ... Read More »
Hollett champing at the bit
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Jordan Hollet is champing at the bit. It’s been 128 days since the Medicine Hat Tigers acquired the 18-year-old in a trade with the Regina Pats, and while he’s still yet to make his debut in orange and black, that date is finally drawing near. “The whole summer I wanted to play right ... Read More »
Fischer could return to Tigers this weekend
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Reinforcements are on the way. Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston says goal-scoring enforcer Zach Fischer could be ready to return from a concussion this weekend, while defenceman Kristians Rubins and goaltender Jordan Hollett are just a few days behind. “I think we’re getting real close,” said Clouston. “(Fischer) ... Read More »
Rock Ramblings: Autumn on the Prairies wouldn’t be the same without fall suppers
Of my very limited and non-existent pieces of paper under framed glass stating that I’m an expert on any topic, food is not one of them. Regardless, after 40-plus years of ingesting food that’s grazed, swam, flown,been pulled up from the dirt or pulled down from the sky, reaped from what’s been sown or created ... Read More »
After Dark Sept. 28-Oct. 4
THURSDAY – Karaoke, Oly’s Alehouse and Eatery, Johnny with Dynamite Sound, win a $100 gift certificate, 9 p.m., 403-548-6597 – Live jam, Cecil Hotel, 9 p.m. – Ride the Mechanical Bull, Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse, 9 p.m. – Top 40 DJ music with Renn Davies, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – Intimate with ... Read More »
Parks and rec tackles beaver issue
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Beavers are felling large trees in several areas of the city this year, and Medicine Hat Parks and Recreation staff are now actively engaged in a trapping program to prevent more damage, says David Genio, superintendent of parks maintenance at Medicine Hat parks and recreation. “In some places we have had to use ... Read More »
Local UFCW votes today on unification
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A proposed combination of two wings of the same Alberta union would put most large-scale meat production in the province under the same labour relations roof. The United Food And Commercial Workers union represents about 32,000 workers in the province — including more than 4,000 beef plant workers. It’s the largest private sector ... Read More »
Information session tonight on powerline upgrades
Medicine Hat News With crews about to begin residential area construction of powerline upgrades in the south end of the city, an open house today will spell out the project to residents of South Ridge, Vista and Hamptons. Lines on the south and southwest of town were scheduled to be upgraded, raised and restrung with ... Read More »
Delmas denied bail while he awaits a new trial for sex assault
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Bail was denied Wednesday to a Medicine Hat man Crown prosecution wants designated as a dangerous offender. Following a hearing at the Medicine Hat Courthouse, Judge P.G. Pharo refused to release Michael Christopher Delmas, who has been in custody for two-and-a-half years, but whom the Court of Appeals recently sided with to allow ... Read More »
20 months in jail for New Year’s Eve stabbing
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A 20-month jail sentence was handed down Tuesday to a man arrested for a New Year’s Eve stabbing outside a north-end pub. Jerrad Wayne Schneider, 32, entered a guilty plea at the end of June to a charge of aggravated assault, while the agreed statement of facts was read into the court record ... Read More »
