Watchful season as drink driving warned in Alberta
Alberta officials urge restraint during December as authorities plan intensified checks for drunk drivers. Last year over 300 alcohol related traffic deaths prompted police in Redcliff Medicine Hat and RCMP to heighten spot checks and breathalyser use. Officials stress common sense and taxi options to avoid court or accidents while citing education programs showing gradual declines over a decade.
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Alberta
Pearce
RCMP
Greaves
Alberta Impaired Driving Convictions Tie to Course
Alberta rules impose six month licences for a first impaired driving conviction and a year for a second. Convictions require attendance at a course run by AADAC with about 13 000 participants annually. In Medicine Hat the course saw 366 attendees April 1980 to March 1981, 298 so far this year. Lecturers include police and insurance staff. The program aims to curb drinking and driving, reveal problem drinking, and offer safer driving advice.
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Alberta
Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission
Stan Weins
Medicine Hat
AADAC
Second ID councillor resigns creating a second vacancy
Improvement District No 1 advisory council loses Stan Aberle as Division No 2 member due to private business and teaching schedule. His resignation, effective end of the week meeting, leaves two vacancies with nomination day set for December 16 and potential by election January 13.
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Improvement District No 1
Stan Aberle
Aberle
Schuler
D Advisory Council
ID Advisory Council
George Lewandoski
Division
Tide Lake District
Perschon
Council
Minister of Municipal Affairs
Youth fined for stealing gas in Medicine Hat case
In provincial court Trevor Michaud 16 was fined 350 for taking gas and merchandise valued over 250 dollars from E Broney Turbo station on First Street S.W. Between June 1 and Nov 9 he and friends filled tanks without paying. Judge Wambolt ordered 250 dollars restitution to the station.
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Trevor Michaud
Greenwood Crt
S.W
E. Broney
First St. S.W
Michaud
Bill Cocks
Philip Wambolt
Three face pot charges in Medicine Hat court
Three city residents, Robert Steven Mowatt Gary Lorne Tackaberry and Cynthia Louise Martel all of 304 Ninth St S W charged with possessing marijuana for trafficking choosing trial by judge and jury in provincial court. Mowatt and Martel 28 and 27 will have preliminary hearings Feb 11 1982 Tackaberry 29 has hearing Feb 12 1982 all released on varying bail sums.
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Robert Steven Mowatt
Gary Lorne Tackaberry
Cynthia Louise Martel
Ninth St. S.W
Medicine Hat
Mowatt
Martel
Tackaberry
Energy bus tours Medicine Hat firms for savings
A provincially and federally funded energy conservation bus visits Medicine Hat with engineer and two technicians to audit plants. They mail a questionnaire, collect data on lighting and furnace efficiency, and print a on board cost versus savings analysis.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Brian Weir
Weir
Energy Conservation Branch
Medicine Hat College
Mild hepatitis spreads in Medicine Hat cases
Eleven confirmed hepatitis cases in Medicine Hat are described as Type A mild with no lasting liver damage. Health officials caution against panic while confirming the contagious nature and noting that jaundice may be absent in mild forms. Viral samples are tested in Calgary and Edmonton.
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Medicine Hat
Paul Racette
Medicine Hat Diagnostic Laboratory
Racette
Calgary
Edmonton
Ken Clementi
Clementi
J. M. S. Dixon
Chander Annan
Dixon
L. J. Phillips
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Efficiency will guide Medicine Hat Christmas lighting contest
The Medicine Hat Jaycees will add an energy efficiency prize to their annual Christmas lighting contest. Past president Dr. Derek Werner says the extra award rewards best use of energy in home lighting to promote conservation. Entries close December 18 with judging December 19 and presentations December 20.
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Medicine Hat Jaycees
Derek Werner
Jaycees
Werner
Two Vehicles Damaged in Trans-Canada Highway Crash
A two car collision at the Trans-Canada Highway and Third Street N.W. caused about 3000 in damage. Mark Nering 23 Randall Crt N.W. and Bernard Petke 417 Fourth St N.W. were the drivers, with Petke's car at 2000 damage and Nering's at 1000.
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Mark Nering
Randall Crt. N.W
Third Street N.W
Bernard Petke
Fourth St. N.W
Petke
Nering
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Freda Elaine Stevenson
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City Rcmp
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