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Tongue on the Post awaiting word on when/if crowdless festival can begin
By MO CRANKER on January 19th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The annual Tongue on the Post music festival is going to happen, it’s just a matter of when. The festival is booked and ready to be livestreamed next week, but organizers are still waiting on an official green light to OK the festival. “We’ve talked to every level of government and we’re still waiting,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salons swamped on day one of reopening
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 19th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade About 10 days ago hairstylists demonstrated locally about COVID restrictions that had forced them to close, but on Monday they were open for business once more. Paul Hemsing, an owner of Salon Purity in Crescent Heights who had helped to organize the protest, said he was “excited” to be back on the job. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Zone still sitting well above 50 COVID cases/100K threshold
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
The South zone has the lowest number of active cases of COVID in the province at 383, but it also has the smallest population. According to Alberta Health Service’s community report for 2020, the South zone has a population of 308,924 spread over a region that includes, Lethbridge, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Cypress County. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat Art Club celebrates its 75-year anniversary
By MO CRANKER on January 16th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Hat Art Club has been a staple in the community for decades and is celebrating an important milestone this month – 75 years in existence. The club sits around 100 members on a given year and was founded in 1946 by Mrs. Helen Beny Gibson and Rev. L.T.H Pearson. The group began with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clearing the confusion with a handful of more mud
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant If you thought your power bill was confusing, then wait until you get into a “strategic assessment” of the city’s place in the utility sector. How the city exists in the market, how it makes money interacting with the provincial grid, its requirement to operate under special status, the economics and logistics of power, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FLC to do maintenance before reopen
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
The parks and recreation department will move up maintenance projects at the Family Leisure Centre to have them complete before the facility is allowed to reopen. The north-side facility is typically closed a few weeks each summer so crews can drain the pool, re-grout tiles, replace pipes and perform mechanical work. That will take place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mobile sensory clinic based in the Hat now
By MO CRANKER on January 16th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker An occupational therapist who transformed a bus into a mobile sensory clinic for young kids moved to the Hat late last year to help children learn important skills. Erin Grujic is the owner of Sensational Path, a unique clinic within an old school bus. Grujic moved to the Hat in September of last year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barnes went to Saskatchewan in December for business meetings
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
Drew Barnes MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat told media that he travelled to Saskatchewan in December. He is reported to have stated that on Dec. 14 he drove on his own to Saskatchewan to meet two business associates individually. He returned the next morning having observed social distancing, the hygiene protocols and health guidelines of each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remove councillor rep from CCDA: Samraj
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council’s representative on the City Centre Development Agency Board says that position should be eliminated so the group can be seen to be fully in charge of its own matters. Coun. Kris Samraj told the News this week that since serving on the board he has seen frustration from business owners directed at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Mary’s River Irrigation District taking expansion plans to its members
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant More information about a major irrigation expansion program in southern Alberta is coming out as irrigation districts engage their members. Details of major projects in the St. Mary’s River Irrigation district are still privy to members of the organization that includes areas near Medicine Hat. Officials said that a general outline was mailed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All in seniors’ residences to be vaccinated: Alberta Health
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 16th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The province says people in seniors’ residences are being offered the COVID-19 vaccination even if they are not in government subsidized care. “All residents and staff in long-term care and designated supportive living facilities in the province are receiving the vaccine. This applies to both those accessing care through Alberta Health Services or outside ... Read More »
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