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On a night when City Council approved asking for bids to design and build the long-controversial Regional Event Centre most of the public discussion revolved around possible locations for a fire station that wasn’t even in the city budget plan that passed earlier in the evening.

A Redcliff teacher is facing sexual assault allegations after police say they found the 32-year-old in "suspicious circumstances in the company of a 14-year-old female." Police said they came across Parkside School teacher Bradley James Mastel with the girl in a secluded area of a city park during a routine patrol on Friday night.

A Redcliff teacher is facing sexual assault allegations involving a minor.
The man was released from custody under court imposed conditions following a bail hearing Tuesday morning. Those conditions include he have no contact with youth under 16 not accompanied by their parent or guardian - with the exception of his children - and no contact with the female youth complainant.

The Teamsters Rail Conference is vigorously preparing a response to news late last week that Canadian Pacific Railways has asked the federal government to help break a pension standoff in ongoing collective bargaining talks.

Three children got a scare Sunday when the proceeds of their door-to-door candy drive were stolen by older teenagers on the Southeast Hill. Police are investigating the incident that occurred at about 1 p.

When you raise 10 children, it's a fair bet that you know something about family. At least that's the case with Medicine Hat's Joseph Dirk, who was the fourth of 10 children, and who went on to have 10 children of his own.

Following in the footsteps of her mother who did so much for St. Thomas Aquin School, this year's Rock Paper Scissors champion, Hailey Doucette had the honour of presenting a $500 cheque Friday to her school.

After a decade of sitting idle, the city's Methanex plant is now running full stream ahead in supplying methanol across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

As Alberta Justice officials announced a review of a second Calgary pathologist's work (see story on Page A3), questions remain regarding the first — specifically, the death of Medicine Hat's Morbe Buluk.