Fire bans continue for long weekend
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire ban in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park will remain in place through the long weekend. Hot, dry weather in late August led to Alberta Parks to put restrictions on all wood and charcoal fires in the park, and counties in southeast Alberta have put similar measures in place. Cypress County and the County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DND working with British Army on their plans for Suffield
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In response to reports stating British Army tank training may be scrapped at CFB Suffield, the Canadian Department of National Defence says the base has many functions training domestic and allied forces. “We are working closely with our British counterparts as they continue to plan a variety of training exercises for their soldiers and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s get back at it
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant People are conditioned to see Labour Day as the end of fun. As a kid, it’s back to school time. It’s usually when you can decide if your CFL team is going to do anything this season. And that continues in adulthood with September being a sort of “back-at-it” period following lazy summer days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman seriously injured in moped collision with truck
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A serious traffic collision on Thursday afternoon resulted in a woman being air lifted to Calgary. About 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 a moped being driven by a 35-year old Medicine Hat female was northbound on S. Railway Street. As she approached the intersection at Fifth Street SE she made an abrupt lane change and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City briefs: Central Park getting fire pit installed
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire pit will be installed at Kiwanis Central Park this month thanks to a new sponsorship agreement between the city and Plains Midstream Canada. The pit will be installed on Wednesday on the site that formerly featured a horseshoe pit and near the winter ice skating rink and Kiwanis Kitchen. Benches were installed this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta job numbers better than average
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta sits well below the provincial average and other areas where joblessness is as much as double last year’s rates. New figures on Friday from Statistics Canada peg the unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region at 8.6 per cent in August. That’s down 1.1 percentage points from July, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary follows Hat’s lead in joining Google Canada e-commerce program
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
The City of Calgary has joined a program from Google Canada to get more local businesses set up for e-commerce six weeks after the City of Medicine Hat. The pilot project in Calgary, announced Thursday, aims to enrol 90 businesses to engage on the “ShopHere” platform and develop websites and purchasing capability. A partnership of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana per-capita COVID numbers way above Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
Montana is consistently recording 50 per cent more positive COVID-19 cases than Alberta despite having one-quarter the population, a News analysis has found. That suggests the infection rate is currently six times higher on a per capita basis in Montana, while the number of fatalities is double comparatively. It comes as the Canadian Border Service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schuler radar upgrade means better info
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Schuler weather radar station has been out of action for some time but Environment Canada says that is about to change. The Schuler radar had to be upgraded this summer to increase the doppler range, said Blaine Lowry, meteorologist with Environment Canada. Nothing had gone wrong with the equipment it was simply a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID throws utility rates out of whack
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility rates in Medicine Hat are moving in opposite fashion to how they typically act throughout the year, causing city budget forecasters to rewrite estimates and even rearrange the schedule to close some low production gas wells. Changes in power use across the province due to the pandemic have sent electricity rates much lower ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daily COVID update, Sept. 2
By Medicine Hat News on September 3rd, 2020
The number of Alberta deaths attributed to COVID-19 increased by one in the last 24 hours and it was in the south zone’s Newell County. Alberta Health reports that the total number of deaths in Alberta now stands at 242, with 25 in the south. The total number of active cases in this region is ... Read More »
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