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The Victoria Day Long Weekend in Medicine Hat will start with a jet-fueled blast, continue with a glass of wine at a vineyard and end with a stroll in the park, with several activities to do in town.Read more...
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Hundreds of Hatters may get a new boss today as the battle for control of Canadian Pacific Railway comes to a head at the company's annual general meeting in Calgary. At issue for Medicine Hat's largest private employer is an activist hedge fund investor's attempts to…Read more...
Local News
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The City of Medicine Hat's bylaw officers investigated 145 property standards complaints in the first four months of 2012 and issued 28 orders for property owners to clean up their act, according to numbers released this week by city police.Read more...
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Prairie Rose School Division administration is looking to make only minor tweaks to its emergency policy after reviewing how they handled a large blizzard that hit back in March. "For the most part it very much validated the strength of the emergency plan that we have in place," said Brian…Read more...
Local Sports
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It wasn't as easy as the final score would suggest. In Southern Alberta High School Rugby League play on Wednesday, the Medicine Hat High School Mohawks downed the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams 24-7 at Hat High.Read more...
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Hat High's most decorated distance runner cruised to wins in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metre senior boys events at the city track and field meet, no surprise considering he went to provincials in all three last year.Read more...
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Commentary
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That's just a fact of Canadian life, but when federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair declared this obvious truth while talking about Alberta's oilsands in an interview, he was slammed for being anti-West and for making the first major gaffe of his new leadership.Read more...
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The following is based on more than 60 years of experience about what matter can mean. Nothing can exist without matter, so if God exists He must be matter. As human beings we have a good connection to primary matter, as it gives us our soul. It doesn't take much…Read more...
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A terrible tragedy occurred with a loss of seven lives on Highway 63 recently. Was it the government's fault? Was it the highway's fault? Or will the final report attribute the cause to human error? We as the human species are not programmed to be perfect.Read more...
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With the generosity of a Medicine Hat restaurant that opened their hearts and donated a portion of their daily sales to our son's upcoming medical costs. Tickled Pink Thanks to the person who wrote in about cyclists on Holsom Road.Read more...
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Canada's first national mental health strategy was unveiled last week and, on paper, it sounds good. Of course, plans are only as good as the action that results. While the federal government said all the right things at the launch of the strategy, it still boils down to "show us…Read more...
Local Entertainment
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THURSDAYRead more...
- Karaoke and draw, My Office Pub, 8 p.m., 403-527-9998
- Karaoke, Oly's Alehouse and Eatery, Johnny with Dynamite Sound, win a $100 gift certificate, 9 p.m., 403-548-6597 -
People who have seen Scott Woods in concert before always look forward to the next show and always have one thing on their minds. "Yes, I will be playing behind my back and under my legs and I will do a front running flip with the…Read more...
Life
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Medicine Hat native Dave McGregor will be coming to Medicine Hat next week for business and pleasure. Besides visiting with family members, McGregor will also oversee the opening of two stores in his role as president and CEO of Grafton Inc.Read more...
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"You don't really realize the stress you're under until it's not there," said Turner, who is now jointly running Turners Family Restaurant in the former Smitty's location in the Medicine Hat Mall.Read more...
Sports
- Thursday's Scoreboard
- Blue Jays' Lawrie rescinds appeal of four-game suspension for altercation
- Bayern Munich must regroup against Chelsea in Champions League final
- Canadian boxer Mary Spencer's hopes at Olympic berth rest on another athlete
- Blue Jays demote Adam Lind to triple-A, call up catcher Yan Gomes
World
- Cuban president's daughter receives US visa to attend conference in San Francisco
- 'Three Cups of Tea' readers who claim author lied in books take case to federal appeals court
- Justice delayed: Mladic's war crimes trial held up due to prosecutors' evidence errors
- Vintage? No, further back: Fan Bingbing's nostalgic nod to Ancient China on Cannes red carpet
- Judge orders 'Spider-Man' producers turn over documents to stuntman who claims he was injured
Business
- Facebook set to price initial public offering, could raise $16 billion or more
- Oil dips below US$93 as traders monitor effect of Greek turmoil on eurozone
- Rogers shows off new model for retail stores, to be rolled out in 6 provinces
- Review: Facebook archive underscores how network is about connections, not data
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming looking for private companies to run casinos
Entertainment
- Cannes entry 'After the Battle' turns Egypt's messy revolution into drama
- 'Spider-Man' producers ordered to turn over documents to ex-stuntman
- 'Three Cups of Tea' readers take case to federal appeals court
- Donna Summer, Grammy-winning Queen of Disco, dies at 63
- 'Spider-Man' producers ordered to give documents to stuntman who claims injury
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