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Influenza numbers continue to rise quickly across the province
By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2022
New statistics from Alberta Health confirm health-care professionals’ warnings that influenza is spreading rapidly across the province. Alberta’s lab-confirmed influenza cases have more than doubled between the Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 updates, jumping from 891 lab-confirmed cases to 2,082. Influenza A continues to comprise the majority of cases – over 99 per cent – ... Read More »
1 responseCooking program offers education, nutrition in money-saving way
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A community cooking initiative is helping Hatters to eat healthy while saving on money and time. Called the Big Cook, the initiative brings community members together for a one-day cooking session where each person helps to cook a variety of large-batch meals, which are then frozen and divided equally between the group. The concept ... Read More »
2 responsesWearing masks at public schools encouraged but voluntary
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com With several schools in the Medicine Hat Public School System experiencing high absences due to respiratory illnesses, Alberta Health Services has issued guidelines. Superintendent Mark Davidson sent out an email this week with information to parents in the division. The spreading of respiratory illness occurs through coughing or secretions from the nose and mouth. ... Read More »
1 responseA Bellydance Odyssey promises to be biggest, best show yet
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A Bellydance Odyssey will be at the Esplanade in just over a week, and the troupe is busy getting the dances perfected. All the women in the performance are local and are dedicated to making the show the best one ever. The warm, supportive group of dancers feels like a family to those in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHMT to perform radio play of A Christmas Carol
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is putting a new spin on a Christmas classic with its upcoming production of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 2-4 and 8-10. Introduced to MHMT last year, the radio play format invites audiences into a 1940s radio broadcasting studio where a small but skilled group of actors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rate formula changes explained
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters with annual fixed-rate utility contracts saved about $550 each compared to those with default market rates this year, analysis by the News suggests. That comes after heavy criticism from ratepayers about the city-owned utility doing little to shield Hatters from runaway utility bills this year, and major changes Monday to avoid further losses. ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil opts to wait on scope of provincial utility relief
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A proposal to offer a local utility relief program in Medicine Hat is on hold until after city council and staff see what the province proposes to take the edge off high utility bills. Two weeks ago council called for options to help “the most disadvantaged” Hatters during expected record high utility prices this ... Read More »
1 responseBusiness Briefs: Oil company loses $119M lawsuit against the Province of Quebec
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An Alberta oil company with operations in the southeast has lost its $119-million claim that the Province of Quebec violated its rights under NAFTA when it revoked drilling licences near the St. Lawrence River in 2011. Prairie Provident Resources announced Tuesday a tribunal had rejected the claim by 2-1 margin that argued the Quebec ... Read More »
1 responseMcCoy students all set for opening of Something Rotten
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Something Rotten, the musical Monsignor McCoy High School is putting on this year, opens Thursday. The first part of this week saw the cast and crew spending long days at the Medicine Hat College Eresman Theatre perfecting lighting and sound and having dress rehearsals. Grade 11 student Alyssa Bernhart is not only the choreographer ... Read More »
1 responseCity budget process requires more talks in early December
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council’s new budget process lurched forward Monday, but after councillors sat until 11 p.m. on Monday, more discussions will be needed early next month before a vote. Council members heard presentations this week and asked questions about budget requests from the Medicine Hat Public Library and Medicine Hat Police Service (which both develop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No alarming absentee rates yet, outside public school division
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division has seen a significant increase in absences this week, with five schools reporting 10% or higher rates. Alberta Health Services provided letters for each of the schools, while enhanced cleaning measures and other safety precautions have been implemented. Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education issued the following statement ... Read More »
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