Medicine Hat Tigers Deliver Hampers for Santa Claus Fund
Medicine Hat Tigers players helped deliver 22 hampers to local families as part of the Santa Claus Fund drive. The charity faces a record 654 hampers with about 2 000 residents affected and nearly 100 volunteers delivering hampers Friday morning. The fund is $20 000 behind in donations and urges more support at Santa's Attic or by mail to the Medicine Hat News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Tigers
Santa Claus Fund
Alan Poirier
Poirier
Allowance Ave
Medicine Hat
Dunmore Road
Deddeda Stemler
Tigers Clarke MacArthur
Ben Thomson
Darren Reid
Chris St. Jacques
Steve Marr
Train drives away hunger in the Hat Hatters support fed food bank
The CPR Holiday Train added $893 and 2700 kilograms of food to the Hat food bank. Donna Goyer says the donations translate into about 150 hampers. This year’s haul surpassed last year’s totals and the program since 1999 has raised 73 tonnes of food and nearly $900,000 for food banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPR
Tom Jackson
Beverly Mahood
Amanda Stott
Duane Steele
Patricia Conroy
Food Bank
Donna Goyer
Suspect Returned to Alberta After Saskatchewan Sentencing
Steven Paul MacLeod, 33, was sentenced in Swift Current Provincial Court to two months and two days for assault drug possession and breach of recognizance. He awaits Medicine Hat court after an armed standoff with Redcliff RCMP south of the city last May. His bail was revoked and he is being moved back to Alberta for further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Redcliff Rcmp
Steven Paul MacLeod
Swift Current
Photo radar planned for Medicine Hat locations
Police will set up photo radar at various spots in Medicine Hat including Cape school playground and Industrial Avenue S.E. on Tuesday December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape School
Industrial Avenue
S.E
Medicine Hat
Sam Ferrier
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
Medicine Hat Fibre Arts Society
Waste removal update and local voting notice
Residents in Zone 2 will have garbage pickup rescheduled to new dates. The paper prompts readers to vote for best story of 2002 and to submit a form on Page A4 or online at medicinehatnews.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicinehatnews.com
Overseas field trips under review amid terrorism risk
The public school board weighs a policy on overseas trips as insurance coverage remains void in terrorist acts. Trustees face potential lawsuits and large costs if trips proceed or are canceled, with Medicine Hat High School planning a Thailand visit this spring depending on tonight’s decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public School Board
Doug Pudwell
Public Division
Sea of Cortez
Germany
Hawaii
Thailand
Pudwell
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Canada
Red Deer
Learning
Lyle Oberg
Colleen Brownlee
Medicine Hat High School
Sue Moench
Moench
City Centre Development Agency budget approved amid tax concerns
Aldermen approved CCDA's budget but Alderman Duane Roset voiced worries over downtown tax funding and future city support. The agency relies on business taxes and has $70,000 remaining from an original city grant for one time projects like a downtown hotel feasibility study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Centre Development Agency
Duane Roset
Downtown Business Association
North Railway Exchange
Roset
CCDA
North Railway
Ald
Wayne Craven
Council
Alicia Waller
Craven
Michael Bering
Waller
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Wood
Medicine Hat News
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!