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Support pours in for family ravaged by COVID
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A Medicine Hat man whose father died of COVID-19 on New Year’s Eve is just now out of ICU after battling the disease himself for more than a month. And now co-workers and friends of Neil Jangula and his partner Donna Mayer are rallying around the couple who are both still in hospital. A ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New restaurant melds Filipino flavours with Canadian touch
By MO CRANKER on February 4th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker After years of working out of their home, Nica and Robin St. Laurent have opened their first restaurant. The couple opened Chibog Express by Danny’s Kitchen on Jan. 6 and have been offering a variety of Filipino-Canadian favourites to Hatters since. “We’re steady so far and people have started to hear about us,” Nica ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cancarb parent company secured status in EU Green Deal research
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
Cancarb’s parent company Tokai Carbon has secured status under a European Union Green Deal research initiative. Last summer the Tokyo-based industrial materials manufacturer, which produces rubber additives in Medicine Hat, acquired France-based graphite producer Carbone Savoie. On Tuesday the company announced it will now direct research and development capacity in that country toward new battery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Be self sustaining: UCP on cancelling MHC grant
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
The cancellation of provincial grant funding that resulted in the layoff of up to 13 people at Medicine Hat College on Monday was through the Ministry of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women. A spokesperson for this government department told the News on Tuesday that the decision to cut the funding was made after adjusting ... Read More »
5 responsesHarlow residents worry about animal habitat disturbance
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
As trees come down in the greenbelt in Harlow one resident says it is distressing for the wildlife. “The animals are screaming like crazy for the last two hours, the animals in our back area are going crazy,” said Ryan Shrives on Monday night. After the first Harlow berm was constructed a number of years ... Read More »
1 responsePower petition has a lot more signatures than other big-issue movements
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant An online petition calling council members to support public ownership of the city’s power plant is growing steam, but it’s unclear how the effort will be viewed, according to a local political scientist. More than 3,600 people had signed the petition at website Change.org as of Tuesday afternoon, about six days after it was ... Read More »
2 responsesMobile mammography unit coming to Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
A mobile mammography unit will be available in Brooks later this month. Women between the ages of 50 and 74, which is the demographic most at risk of developing breast cancer, will have an opportunity to get a screen test mammogram on Feb. 24, 25, 26 and 28, and March 1-6, 8 and 9, The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre operator could take over by spring
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat will contract out operations at the Veiner Centre as early as this spring after council approved a proposal submitted by the Calgary-based Kerby Mission to operate the building and handle seniors programming. The move was approved by an 8-1 margin as council members argued it was the best route ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deaths at MH Regional Hospital were man in his 80s, woman in her 70s
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
AHS has issued a statement regarding the deaths connected with a COVID outbreak in acute care last month at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. An outbreak was declared on one unit at MHRH on Jan. 14 after three patients and two health-care workers linked to this unit tested positive, for a total of five cases. Two ... Read More »
3 responsesPhillips granted complainant status in case over unauthorized surveillance
By Tim Kalinowski Alberta Newspaper Group on February 3rd, 2021
Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips has been granted complainant status in a case against two Lethbridge Police Service officers who undertook an unauthorized surveillance against her when she was Minister of the Environment with the former NDP government. The decision was posted on the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) website this week following Phillips’ hearing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trees come down so permanent berm can go up
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2021
Crews have started cutting down trees in Harlow, and a warning sign to walkers on the nearby trail explains that “mulchers” are at work. Removing trees will provide space for the building of a permanent berm that will start where the existing berm on Harris Street ends and extend further east. The berm will be ... Read More »
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