Medicine Hat Hosts Canada Day Festivities and Reunions
Thousands of former residents return to Medicine Hat for Canada Day weekend celebrations at Athletic Park and Lions Park. The events include a raft race, sailings for 16 sternwheelers, an Olympic-style day of speeches, dances, ethnic performances, and a fireworks finale. Alumni from Alexandra High School and St. Theresa's Academy join weekend reunions with tours and a large Saturday banquet. A pilots reunion from No. 34 SFTS also unfolds Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Athletic Park
Kiwanis Riverside Park
Trans-Canada Highway Bridge
North Western Coal and Navigation Company
John Bokstein
George Rambeitz
Lions Park
Canada
Kambeitz
Trans-Canada Highway
South Saskatchewan River
Redcliff Pumphouse
O Canada
Betty Sorensen
Culture and Recreation Department
Bert Hargrave
Ted Grimm
al Hagan
Shortgrass Saam
Des O’coffey
Kathleen McKay
Amancay
Chile
Zirka
Unisphere
Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Butte Copper Kings
Shelley Giesinger
Ning
Alexandra High School
St. Theresa’s Academy
United States
South America
Saudi Arabia
New Zealand
Betty Maddaford
Maddaford
Fred Bailey
Calgary
No. 34
SFTS
Service Flying Training School
Biker Gunther Denied Bail in Conspiracy Case
Hans Gunther 30 of 111 Anson Ave S W was refused bail after a review in Court of Queen's Bench. He faces charges including conspiracy to traffic stolen handguns and other crimes tied to a city motorcycle gang following a wiretap by city police and RCMP.
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Hans Gunther
Queen’s Bench
Gunther
Anson Ave. S.W
RCMP
William Anhorn
Anhorn
Allan Kay
Kay
Hit truck driver fined for impaired driving
Carl Hinzman 31 was fined 800 for impaired driving after rear ending a semi on the Trans-Canada Highway. Judge Dietrich Brand presided in provincial court. Hinzman refused a breathalyzer and had prior convictions.
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Carl Hinzman
Dietrich Brand
Crown
Bill Cocks
Hinzman
18Th St. N.E
John
Husky
15Th St. S.W
Judge orders $75,000 award in medical clinic suit
Justice Forsyth delivers ruling on damages after Alberta Court of Appeal sent case back for damages calculation. The clinic argued over lost patients and staffing costs if Lintott had left Medicine Hat. scenarios ranged from $68,000 to $450,000. Potential appeal undecided.
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Lintott
Forsyth
Court of Queen’s Bench
Alberta Court of Appeal
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat annexation approval trims city expansion
Mayor Ted Grimm welcomes Alberta cabinet approval of 3085 of 3375 hectares sought for annexation around Medicine Hat effective January 1 1984. The decision excludes 290 hectares in a 260 hectare parcel west of the city near Redcliff, while improving district officials weigh district implications and maintain agricultural land use.
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Chris Harbron
The
Ted Grimm
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Julian Koziak
Grimm
Redcliff
Improvement District No
Lutz Perschon
Perschon
Suncrest Mobile Home Park
Homecoming '83 Draws Hat Alumni To Cypress Centre
About 2,550 former Alexandra High School and St. Theresa College students and teachers head to Cypress Centre for Homecoming '83 events starting Friday at noon. Organizers note colored name tags, class-year color coding, a memorabilia sale, film showings, and a mixer with bus tours and a banquet featuring greetings from Ottawa, the province, and the city. Attendees include alumni from Peru and Alaska, with attendees expected to travel long distances.
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Alexandra High School
St. Theresa College
Cypress Centre
Jack Armstrong
June Lastuka
Tom Morrison
Betty Jean Maddaford
Arm Strong
Alexandra High
St. Theresa’s
Medicine Hat
Jim Marshall
Melody Maids
Bob Colborne
Calgary
Ottawa
Bert Hargrave
David Carter
Ald
George Davison
Alexandra
Ted Anhorn
John Francis Tobin
Peru
Eddie Bach
Pauline
Pauline Britt
Soldotna
Alaska
Bach
Kenai
Marion
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Even Baers DE Ty
Castlegar
Elem Sey
Ger
Christy Ferguson
Twin Rivers
British Columbia
Gary Bollinger
Canadian Tire
Bollinger
Frank Webber
Tanya Resener
Resener
Cypress Way
S.E
Spencer Street
Allowance Avenue N.E
Rosener
Steven Sackman
Sackman
Second St. S.E
Kirby Philips
17Th St. S.E
Philips
Alexandra Junior High College
St. Theresa's College
Hat
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