Health unit offers flu shots at Medicine Hat clinic
Community nurses vaccinate 5500 people against flu strains in the health unit building on Dunmore Road S.E. Gerri Renz notes flu is highly contagious and urges staying home if sick. Vaccination is free for seniors and certain groups. others pay ten dollars. Clinics run Tuesdays and Thursdays with evening hours tonight.
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Medicine Hat
New Caledonia
Panama
Yamanashi
Gerri Renz
Renz
Canada
Dunmore Road
S.E
City approves budget tweak for $10,000 Christmas lights
Council amends this year's budget using unappropriated surplus to fund new decorations for City Hall. Lights and displays will adorn the City Hall entrance clock tower and trees to complement the Victorian Village of Lights from Downtown Business Authority. A future addition may include a fountain display and a light tree.
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Medicine Hat
City Hall
Downtown Business Authority
Board of Commissioners
14 year old pleads guilty to break and enter
A 14 year old male pleaded guilty in provincial court to break and enter. The youth, unnamed under the Young Offenders Act, was tracked by RCMP after others fled the scene. Crown prosecutor Brian Graff said the only missing item may have been cigarettes and the youths believed drugs were inside. The judge, Darwin Greaves, sentenced him to 45 days in open custody.
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Medicine Hat
Brooks Male
Brian Graff
RCMP
Graff
Darwin Greaves
Jail for stolen goods
A 17 year old was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of stolen property. Const. Kelsey Fraser testified to finding three video cameras and a car stereo in a vehicle on February 20. The youth received six months probation.
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Medicine Hat
Kelsey Fraser
Randy Pick
Greaves
Darwin Greaves
Students push two percent cap on tuition province wide
Medicine Hat College IT student Neefs joins Alberta university groups urging a two per cent yearly cap on tuition. Students across the province mail postcards arguing high costs strain finances while leaders weigh funding changes and tuition implications for colleges and universities.
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Medicine Hat
van Neefs
Medicine Hat College
Ralph Klein
Lyle Oberg
Neefs
Council of Alberta University Students
Alberta Graduate Council
Actisec
Student Association
Blaine Woodcock
Woodcock
Randy Kilburn
Alberta Learning
Kilburn
Oberg
Ralph Weeks
University of Alberta
Mike Bednar
Medicine Hat College Student's Association
Alberta
NDP gains buzz in Hat area amid Pannu tour
Alberta NDP leader Raj Pannu says support rising as membership doubles to 8500 in ten months. He visits Medicine Hat meeting educators and students, touring a college and a food bank, part of a four week tour before the party convention.
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Raj Pannu
HAT Party
NDP
Medicine
Pannu
Pam Barrett
Migwasin Society
Alberta
Jean Chretien
Len Vandervaart
Grimm Keeps Committee As City Chooses Familiar Assignments
Mayor Ted Grimm announced no changes to city committees at the organizational meeting. Bernie Anderson remains on the utilities committee after a clash over a 50 percent gas rate hike and Kathy Mandeville shifts to the library board after being unhappy about leaving the police commission.
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Peoromeon
Medicine Hat
Bernie Anderson
Utilities
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Anderson
Utilities Committee
Ald
Kathy Mandeville
Police Commission
Commission
Mandeville
Library Board
North Sector development approved amid Crescent Heights concerns
The council unanimously approved a North Sector Commercial/Residential plan to turn a 62 acre parcel north of Parkview Drive into mixed use housing and a Medicine Hat Co-Op supermarket. Residents allege promises of a prairie buffer were made. officials say the area was Urban Reserve and zoning allows later development.
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Medicine Hatity Council
Crescent Heights
Parkview Drive
Medicine Hat Co-Op
Jake Vanderwoude
Audrey Niles
Niles
Council
Mike Bednar
City Hall
Homes
City Land
Albert Nieman
Westco
Nieman
Graham Kelly
Kelly
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