Medicine Hat News

Stephen Harper appears to have the support of most Alberta Conservative MPs to take on Paul Martin as their leader in the next federal election, although most agree Belinda Stronach is a strong addition to their party.

Amanda Stephenson This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Alberta could be willing to do more to combat climate change, providing the rest of North America steps up to the plate.

Redcliff, AB businessman Peter Pleskie has seen his company go into bankrutcy after prices in Alberta's gas industry slumped.

The lines are shorter, but thousands of southern Albertans are still rolling up their sleeves for flu shots.

Water licence re-allocation is not likely to be a major issue in irrigation-rich southern Alberta, says the head of the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association.

ALEX MCCUAIG This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Medicine Hat Tigers captain and alternate looked far less comfortable handling a shaver and scissors than hockey sticks as they removed their coach's moustache Friday afternoon.

GILLIAN SLADE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The restaurant Five Guys Burgers and Fries became a recognized name in Canada when President Barack Obama's purchase of hamburgers there made news headlines.

U.S. President Barack Obama visits a Five Guys location in Washington, D.C., last May.

Amanda Stephenson This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Alberta Environment is requiring the City of Medicine Hat to construct a $30 million facility to treat discharge from its water treatment plant.

As children, we rely on our parents to tell us what to do. Eat your vegetables. Go to bed.

One person has been arrested and 1,000 street-level doses of cocaine have been seized in the Medicine Hat area.

Canada Border Services Agency is on a roll in Alberta, deporting its fourth violent criminal in the past seven days.

Everyone in Alberta will be eligible to receive the H1N1 shot starting Monday, three weeks after mass immunization clinics were closed to the general public after unexpected demand jeopardized the availability of a dwindling supply of vaccine to those most at risk.

Q: This piece was given to me many years ago by an old friend whose attic I was helping to clear out.

The Mountie who busted a Calgarian for allegedly transporting contraband smokes near Medicine Hat said the smuggling activity is becoming more common in Alberta.

THE CANADIAN PRESS MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - It took a jury less than two hours to render a not guilty verdict in the sexual assault trial of a former Mountie at Medicine Hat Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday.

A maintenance worker at the hospital in Medicine Hat, Alta. has been killed. Chris Chodan, a spokesman for Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, says the accident happened Wednesday in a loading bay outside the hospital.

Raised in "The Hat" , there seems to be something missing in most of Clark's publicity photos as of late.A That poised look is still there, piercing hazel eyes, and the Canadian maple leaf tattoo on her right shoulder, showing where her allegiances lie.

TENILLE TELLMAN This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it While health officials believe the second wave of the H1N1 virus has reached its peak, Albertans are still encouraged to get the vaccine when it's their turn.

TENILLE TELLMAN This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Built on the foundation that every life is precious, the rescue society overseeing the care and placement of dozens of cats relinquished by a Medicine Hat family are optimistic the felines will have a healthy future.