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Taber council rescinds mask bylaw
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 15th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews One of southern Alberta’s last local mask bylaws is off the books. M.D. of Taber council voted last week to rescind its public face-covering bylaw put in place in December 2020, but was only in force during times of extremely high active cases of the coronavirus. The revocation came the same day the provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Out-of-control vehicle part of busy weekend for police
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 15th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A car that lost control after coming over the Allowance Avenue overpass wiped out a fence and balconies on a housing complex just after midnight on Sunday morning. Medicine Hat police say the northbound vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed when it jumped the curb on the bend coming on to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Siksika man charged with murder after autopsy
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 15th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties have laid a murder charge against a man on the Siksika Nation following an autopsy on a body determined it was a homicide. RCMP Major Crimes unit stated in a release Saturday it had charged Barry Junior Yellowfly, 41, of the Siksika Nation, with second-degree murder. On Feb. 27, officers were called to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff resident runs 48 miles in 48 hours for Ronald McDonald House
By JAMES TUBB on March 15th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The first thing Ryan Werre did after running 48 miles over 48 hours this weekend was hit the couch. The 29-year-old from Redcliff said his legs were tired afterward but he was happy he was able to complete the challenge and raise money at the same time. Werre vowed to take on the challenge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter is back on Broadway after two-year pandemic break
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 15th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Shortly after his Broadway debut in February 2020, the production which Hatter David Jeffery was starring in shut down as a result of the pandemic. Now, nearly two years later, Jeffery has returned to Broadway and is as grateful as ever to be living a life he had once only dreamed of. Jeffery, who ... Read More »
1 responseStaggered curriculum seen as positive step, local officials say
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 12th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s government announced Thursday it would implement updates to K-6 curriculum in two phases, dependent on grade and subject. “We are taking a thoughtful, measured approach and implementing three new subjects in elementary classrooms this fall,” Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said in a statement Thursday. The province received largely negative feedback after the K-6 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID cases decline in SW Sask.
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 12th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews New cases of coronavirus in southwest Saskatchewan are decreasing, though at a slower rate that in late February, according to week-old figures published by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. That province’s weekly report on pandemic cases published Thursday covers the period from Feb. 27 to March 5. It states that 33 new positive diagnoses were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawk pole partnership aims to help endangered species
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 12th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Conservation Association and AltaLink are working together to provide the endangered ferruginous hawk with safe nesting sites in southeast Alberta. “This project has been around for more than 10 years now,” Brad Downey, senior biologist with the Alberta Conservation Association, told the News. “We do a lot of collaborations with landholders to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Glen Motz will sit on committee looking into Emergencies Act
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 12th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The work of a parliamentary committee looking into the use of the Emergencies Act last month begins its work Monday and will include local area MP Glen Motz. The retired Medicine Hat Police Service inspector is one of seven MPs on the 11-person committee which also includes four senators. It will review actions taken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobless rate down month to month, year over year in southern Alberta
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 12th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Unemployment fell in southern Alberta in February compared to both the previous month and one year earlier, according to figures provided Friday by Statistics Canada. The Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region saw the jobless rate settle to 6.6 per cent, two-tenths of a percentage point below the provincial average after sitting higher than that mark in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clocks change Sunday morning
By Medicine Hat News on March 12th, 2022
It’s that time of year again to turn the clocks ahead for Daylight Saving Time. The time change will take place Sunday at 2 a.m. Hatters are also encouraged to test their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors and change the batteries if necessary... Read More »
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