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Rates will rise as childcare pilot program comes to staggered end
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The end of a provincial program to lower the cost of childcare is set to come to an end this month, though parents who use two local centres will see a measure of relief as rates rise. On Monday the YMCA of Medicine Hat announced it will be part of a new government funding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing in child pornography case moved to June
By Medicine Hat News on March 16th, 2021
The sentencing hearing for a former well-known figure in the city has been put off until late June. Wayne Smith pleaded guilty Feb. 16 to one charge of accessing child pornography, one day before the matter was set to go to trial. A sentencing hearing set to take place Monday morning at Medicine Hat Provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Centre Development Agency vote in May
By Medicine Hat News on March 16th, 2021
Members of the City Centre Development Agency will vote in May on the fate of the business improvement area. City council approved dates and a ballot question on Monday as the final step before those who pay the levy for the downtown business promotion group. Voting will take place in the city hall board room ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local pharmacies now offering vaccine
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 16th, 2021
Several pharmacies in Medicine Hat and Redcliff are now offering COVID vaccinations to the public in an arrangement with Alberta Health. People were arriving for appointments on Monday at Solutions Pharmacy in Medicine Hat. “We are currently offering Moderna vaccine,” said pharmacist/owner April Duchscherer. “We want to be a place where it is easy for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A year since it started but its end is coming into view
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This week we reflected on the “start” of the pandemic, which is loosely defined by different media sources on different dates. That speaks to the fast-paced reaction and confusion last March, when toilet paper supplies ran low and anxiety shot through the roof. This week the News provided some papers to schools for discussions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New pickleball courts will go in at Leisure Centre
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Details are scarce, but the location of a planned pickleball facility will be at the Family Leisure Centre in Crescent Heights. The plan to build a 20-court pad specific to the recreational sport was first unveiled last October on a long list of projects the city hoped to secure federal and provincial grants for, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jackson Dodge sells to new ownership group from Sask.
By Medicine Hat News on March 13th, 2021
A car dealership group based in southwest Saskatchewan is expanding into Alberta’s southeast. Standard Motors will acquire Jackson Dodge in Medicine Hat at the end of the month, the Plewis Automotive Group announced Friday. It will become Standard Jeep Ram, and the fifth dealership in the network including three in Swift Current and Standard Chev ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday marks another age group as eligible for COVID vaccination
By Alberta Newspaper Group on March 13th, 2021
On Monday more people will qualify to schedule an appointment for a COVID vaccination, the provincial government announced Friday. Anyone between the ages of 65 and 74, estimated to be about 437,000 Albertans, falls into this new phase. Those born in 1947 can start booking an appointment from Monday, either online or by calling 811. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local snowbird says rules for return are unfair
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 13th, 2021
A local snowbird facing new quarantine measures when he returns home says the federal government’s decision to change the rules is unfair. When Kim Cress left for Arizona in November he was fully prepared to spend two weeks in quarantine in his own home when he returned. The federal government announcement on Feb. 12 that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local war vet celebrate milestone 100th birthday
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 13th, 2021
She served in the Second World War and now this Medicine Hat resident has celebrated a milestone, her 100th birthday. Ethel May Sherwin was born on the family farm near Wood Mountain, Sask., on March 12, 1921. The third child to her parents – Gurley and Gladys Oakes, who had moved from Nebraska – Sherwin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local job rate better but still tops in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on March 13th, 2021
The unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region declined slightly in February from January to sit at 11.1 per cent, based on estimates, but is still one of the highest in the province. The figure for the trading region is down from 11.4 per cent to start the year, but two and a half times ... Read More »
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