Five year old dies on slide during Safe Kids Week near Edmonton
A five year old girl died after clothing snagged on a slide at a residence near Elk Island Park east of Edmonton. Police note strangulation risk on playgrounds, urging ongoing safety and supervision beyond Safe Kids Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe Kids
Elk Island Park
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Children’s Health Centre
Alisha Sims
the News
Asims
Medicinehatnews.com
Flying Follies and Flight Changes in Medicine Hat
Lutz Perschon of the community editorial board reflects on air travel evolution in Medicine Hat from Time Air and early Shorts boxcar flights to Dash 8 and Dash 7 services. He notes crosswinds, longer check ins, Edmonton transfers, and higher costs reducing flyers and shifting travel to driving two hours to Calgary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Time Air
Canadian Airlines
Canadian
Air Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Lutz Perschon
Push the price of gasoline down
Andrew Coombes of Medicine Hat urges action to lower fuel costs citing crude oil at 57 dollars per barrel and gasoline at 89.9 cents per liter. He proposes a no-purchase protest to pressure oil companies and criticizes the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Coombes
Medicine Hat
Electees and the duty to stay true to voters
A reader questions democracy when MP Belinda Stranach crosses the floor arguing elected representatives should resign and face a byelection if they no longer align with their constituency. The letter links party loyalty, voter choice, and the cost of byelections to voter apathy and trust in representation.
Disgruntled Fan Seeks Second Sokyrka Show in Medicine Hat
A Sakyrka fan criticizes Medicine Hat JazzFest for planning errors around Theresa Sokyrka at Medicine Hat College Theatre on June 21. The letter argues the venue lacks capacity, tickets sold out early, Sokyrka not included in package pricing, and urges adding a second show or moving to a larger venue with more tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Theresa Sokyrka
CTV
Hatter Kalan Porter
Sokyrka
Porter
Medicine Hat College Theatre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flying’s Follies
Lutz
Perschon
Belinda Stranach
Sakyrka
Youre
Tam
The
Medicina Hat News
Dunmore Road
Alberta Press Council
Alberta
B. Archel
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!