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Drive-thru job fairs bridging gap to employment
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 11th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Organizers of a drive-thru job fair on Wednesday reported a bristling trade from job seekers and six employers advertising for help. The YMCA Employment Centre staged its third in-vehicle job fair since last fall this week, with officials saying they have gained in popularity and three more are planned. “It’s always a new concept, ... Read More »
1 responseVariants now in the South zone
By Alberta Newspaper Group on March 11th, 2021
Cases of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, commonly referred to as the U.K. variant because it was first identified there, has now been found in the South zone. After several weeks with the South being the only zone without any variants, Alberta Health has now confirmed there are currently 11 cases of the B.1.1.7. That number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Notre Dame using video games to teach
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 11th, 2021
mccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Video games in the classroom? On its face, it’s easy to perceive the idea to be counterintuitive to a school atmosphere, but video games have become a significant part of modern culture, and initiatives aimed at creating healthy lifestyles around a console are few and far between. That’s where Notre Dame Academy will be ... Read More »
1 responseCity police seize stolen shotgun, stolen goods in bust
By Medicine Hat News on March 11th, 2021
A shotgun seized by police when they confiscated stolen stereo equipment has been found to be stolen as well, Medicine Hat police said Wednesday. The gun was found on March 5 when the ALERT Regional Property Crime Unit searched a home in Medicine Hat and three individuals were arrested. Two suspects are prohibited from owning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three deaths from Cardston COVID outbreak
By Alberta Newspaper Group on March 11th, 2021
A COVID-19 outbreak at the Cardston Health Centre has now been linked to two deaths, says Alberta Health Services. An outbreak was declared on Feb. 25, and at that stage AHS advised there had been four patients who had tested positive, and there was one death linked to the outbreak. According to the latest information ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Facts first, judge later, LPS chief urges
By Tim Kalinowski Alberta Newspaper Group on March 11th, 2021
Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh is asking members of the public not to judge the conduct of his officers in relation to recent allegations that five of them – including Deputy Chief Scott Woods, and one civilian employee – improperly accessed Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips’ personal information during an 11-month period between 2017 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic board breaks down budget changes in pandemic
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 10th, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education broke down the numbers in its second quarter financial update during Tuesday’s public board meeting, which was streamed live on YouTube. MHCBE secretary-treasurer Greg MacPherson says projections and trends put them on course for a surplus of $814,000, however like everything in the COVID era, it must be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South rural communities seek to curb idea of provincial police force
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 10th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Rural municipalities in southern Alberta are soliciting support to shelve the idea of creating a provincial police force as they submit local policing information for a provincial study. That issue, outlined in the Fair Deal Report, could be put to a province-wide referendum next fall, but this week municipal governments in southeast Alberta said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Resident telling stories of seniors through poetry
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 10th, 2021
A local resident wants to tell the stories of seniors in a unique way – through poetry. Jen Zollner, president of the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation, says each senior has a special, personal story that paints a picture of history. During the past year Zollner has been connecting with seniors and listening to their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Footprint begins path to suspect in extortion case
By Alex McCuaig Special to the News on March 10th, 2021
A chance encounter and a footprint left in the snow led city police to a suspect in a million-dollar extortion plot, a Medicine Hat jury heard on Tuesday in the trial of Robert Hoefman. Hoefman, 59, is facing charges of extortion as well as first-degree murder in relation to the Oct. 10, 2017 homicide of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cops warn of phishing scams
By Gillian Slade Alberta Newspaper Group on March 10th, 2021
The Medicine Hat Police Service has issued a warning about common mass marketing scams that are generally referred to as “phishing scams.” Typically the fraudster replicates a legitimate company and then sends out emails, often widely circulated, to try to entice or lure potential victims, says MHPS. Phishing scams don’t only happen over the Internet ... Read More »
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