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COVID forces Lions Club to cancel annual hayrides
By MO CRANKER on November 4th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A longstanding winter tradition has been cancelled this year. The annual Lions Club of Medicine Hat Hayride usually takes place at Police Point Park on the first Sunday of December. Club president James Higgins says the group did not want to take unnecessary health risks. “We discussed it at every level and decided it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor, councillor tussle over tax penalties
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Mayor Ted Clugston and Coun. Darren Hirsch both agree cost cutting is needed to address a gaping hole in the city’s budget. But the two men squared off in pointed debate on Monday night over a plan to raise new revenue by increasing penalties on unpaid taxes. Hirsch said the change – to charge ... Read More »
1 responseParamedic students test new-age ultrasound tech
By MO CRANKER on November 4th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Second-year paramedic students at Medicine Hat College were able to get first-hand training with cutting-edge equipment. The students spent classroom time working with handheld ultrasound equipment, using the gear on a peer volunteer. While practising, the students looked for health versions of different organs. “As technology progressed, ultrasound equipment was used more and more ... Read More »
1 responseCompany building S. Alta. wind farm invests in another Alberta company
By Medicine Hat News on November 4th, 2020
An Ontario-based utility firm building a wind farm near Jenner has invested in an Alberta company that focuses on power systems fuelled by flare or vented natural gas. Capstone Infrastructure, which is building the Buffalo-Atlee wind farm, announced on Oct. 30 that it has formed a partnership with Genalta Power Inc, though terms were undisclosed. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS offering online chronic-pain workshop
By Medicine Hat News on November 3rd, 2020
Alberta Health Services is offering free online workshops for those with chronic pain. The workshops take place once a week for six weeks and are about two-and-half hours long. The Alberta Healthy Living Program is offering the workshops via Zoom, an online video app, accessible at home on a computer, iPad, or tablet. Workshops are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Health releases stats on infection source
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 3rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Of current active cases of COVID-19, a total of 38.6 per cent were from a close contact, Alberta Health says. In a recent press conference Premier Jason Kenney said a high number of cases were the result of Albertans not isolating or staying in quarantine as required. A spokesperson for Alberta Health said there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff Legion forced to cancel Remembrance ceremony
By MO CRANKER on November 3rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The town of Redcliff will be without a Remembrance Day ceremony this month. After four cases of COVID-19 were discovered in its staff, the Legion decided to close until Nov. 13 and to cancel its formal cenotaph ceremony. The town legion had originally planned a small ceremony for the morning of Nov. 11 that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several charges after Bobcat takes on cop cars
By Medicine Hat News on November 3rd, 2020
City police dealt with a hit and run involving a wild cat on Sunday, but the good news is no humans – or animals – were injured in the incident. At about 9 p.m., members of the Medicine Hat Police Service responded to a report of a Bobcat excavator heading south on Dunmore Road. Reports ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s Shelter kicks off quieter but important Family Violence Prevention month
By MO CRANKER on November 3rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society kicked off Family Violence Prevention Month by decorating downtown with purple ribbons. The shelter is on track to put more than 8,300 feet of ribbon up around Medicine Hat and Redcliff, with 10 schools participating and decorating. “The month is going to be a bit quieter for us ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to spend $500K on plan for land
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall will spend half a million dollars determining how to best develop three-quarter sections of land in the city’s north end for a potential industrial park. The city-owned land, north of the Box Springs Business Park, was annexed into the city in the 1980s as a potential lure to industrial interests. More recently ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viterra grain elevators make the news
By Medicine Hat News on November 3rd, 2020
Grain handler Viterra is being honoured for a facility east of Medicine Hat, while one to the west is expanding. The Gull Lake terminal was named the “Elevator of the Year” on the Canadian Pacific Railway system by the railroad last week. Meanwhile work to triple the storage capacity of the Cassils Road depot in ... Read More »
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