City plans for Medicine Hat courthouse-scale project delayed
Medicine Hat faces a delayed courthouse build with a target completion of May 1985 for the new provincial courthouse and 1991 to 2001 space projections. The city hall opening remains set for 1983 but the province may add an annex to the old Court of Queen's Bench, meeting local preservation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Pedersen
Medicine Hat
Preservation Committee
Historical Society
Ted Grimm
Remmer
Lethbridge
Hirsch
Wetaskiwin
Red Deer
Court of Queen's Bench
Ottawa defence deadline tests federal response in gas tax suit
The city of Medicine Hat presses Ottawa over the excise taxes on municipally produced natural gas arguing the federal levy is ultra vires. A defence deadline looms as council weighs next steps and possible hearings early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Coyle
Jack Smith
James Crawford
Calgary
Crawford
Justice Department
Smith
Medicine Hat
Ald
Ken Sauer
Utilities Committee
Council
Bob Ardiel
Justice
Jean Chretien
Nominations Open for Civic Recognition Awards
The Culture and Recreation Advisory Board invites nominations for outstanding achievement in the performing arts visual arts sports or volunteer services. Submissions cover 1981 achievements and awards will be presented early 1982 by the city’s community services division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culture and Recreation Advisory Board
Community Services Division
Police seek owners of lost wallets and purses
City police urge owners to call extension 21 at 527-2251 or visit to identify lost wallets and purses found with ID but no addresses. A list of names includes Paulette Murdoch Erin Ebach Belinda Savich Shelley Kirkpatrick Carla Sharpe and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pocsik
City Police Department
Robin Schlaht
Larry Brink
Brink
Paulette Murdoch
Erin Ebach
Belinda Savich
Shelley Kirkpatrick
Carla Sharpe
Elly Hopkins
Susan Payne
Joanne McPherson
Marilyn Drummond
Gabriel Rojas
Blain Gorgichuk
Gordon Danielson
Dean Stuber
Douglas Galloway
Scott Allen
Charles Lawrence Tait
Ken Verpy
Glen Vonau
Robert Brown
Gaetene Laura Pomerleau
Stephen Bell
Francis Melting-Tallow
Donald Ward Gunson
Nelda Wetherell
Drew Curry
Brian Sibley
Maria Baldwinson
Brian Chase
Jim Liland
Dorothy Lavigne
David Caughlin
Allan Schussler
Mark Paton
Tom Spark, Jr
Darlene Genge
Dean Davis
Colleen Keck
Raymond O'Brien
Gregory Bogart
Richard Donnelly
Cindy Fischer
Brenda J. Pierce
Medicine Hat court annex eyed to modernize historic building
Alberta’s attorney general weighs an annex to Medicine Hat’s Court of Queen’s Bench to add holding cells and extra offices for a unified two-court complex. A decision hinges on the annex plan, with risks of abandoning the historic brick courthouse if not approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Attorney General's Department
Medicine Hat
Court of Queen's Bench
First Street
S.E
Remmer
Edmonton
Provincial Court
Park facility swaps at Southview and Crestwood plan
After trades, about 30 residents and park staff agreed on three new parks near Southview and Crestwood. A public meeting reviewed 32.5 acres of greenspace with plans for lighting, tree barriers, and a reduced pond. Residents traded a tennis court for a spray deck to be funded by the saved money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Pedersen
Parks Department
Southview
Crestwood
Armouries
Cairns Way
Bruce Croucher
Len Novak
Stampede Grounds
Cuyler Road
Carry Drive
S.E
Southview Drive
Novak
Seven Persons Creek
Croucher
Central Park
Clear case of assault on Walsh man shocks provincial court
Judge Philip Wambolt found 59 year old Fritz Sauer guilty of common assault after a brief provincial court trial. Sauer was fined 300 dollars for grabbing and shoving a woman in Sauer's General Supplies Ltd store amid a dispute over a landlord tenant matter. Witnesses said Sauer attempted to keep the complainant from leaving the lot and grabbed her arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Wambolt
Walsh
Fritz Sauer
Wambolt
Sauer
General Supplies Ltd
David Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grant Rombough
City Preservation Committee
Rombough
Ottawa
Rob Remmer
Court of Queen’s Bench
Frank Webber
Ken Reeder
James Heitrich
Seventh St. S.E
Heitrich
Tom Matsui
Second St. N.E
Matsui
John Hoff
Southview Dr. S.E
Hoff
Foundry Street
Carter
Sears
13Th Ave. S.E
Gordon Olson
Irene Watson
Kennedy Fitzgerald Waldron
First St. S.E
Manitoba
Alexis Joseph Desjardins
Finlay Bridge
Division Avenue S.E
Desjardins
Andres Dennis Ham
Cypress Way
Ham
Maple Avenue
Medicine Hat City
Lawrence Thompson
Clinton Bell
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