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More artists ready for next semicolon tattoo event
By MO CRANKER on September 22nd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker After an overwhelmingly successful first event, organizers are planning another free semicolon tattoo day for World Mental Health Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Gas City Tattoos. “We felt bad after our first one because so many people showed up and we couldn’t tattoo everyone,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver, passenger seriously injured in vehicle rollover on Sunday night
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
Two people were sent to hospital Sunday night after a single-vehicle collision in the city’s northwest. Medicine Hat police were called to the scene around the 2100 block of Brier Park NW at about 10:50 p.m. to attend the scene. Police say the car was travelling at high speeds, failed to navigate a turn and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFB Suffield warns of equipment move, air training exercises that will increase visible activity
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
Residents and motorists in southeast Alberta will notice increased activity at CFB Suffield, officials with the Department of National Defence are warning. This week, British Army Training Unit Suffield will begin moving heavy vehicles and equipment along Highway 884, across the Trans-Canada Highway to rail loading facilities near the Hamlet of Suffield. And until the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planned boutique hotel foiled by COVID economy
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The developer behind plans to build a boutique hotel on a downtown parking lot has backed out of the project, Mayor Ted Clugston confirmed Monday. The city-owned lot that sits kitty-corner from city hall on First Street has been subject to four proposals in 15 years that have all now fallen through. Clugston – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 more cases at Methanex
By Medicine Hat News on September 19th, 2020
Three more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Methanex plant in Medicine Hat, the company announced late Thursday night. That corresponds to a general increase in active cases reported in updated figures that day from Alberta Health Services, and bring the total number of cases at the site to five. Company officials say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Company aligned with Aurora replaces CEO, launches strategic review
By Medicine Hat News on September 19th, 2020
Medicine Hat News A CBD processing company partly owned and aligned with Aurora Cannabis has replaced its CEO and launched a strategic review of operations. Radient Technologies recently completed a processing facility in Edmonton to accept byproduct and material from Aurora’s Alberta greenhouses. On Friday, it announced it was formally evaluating operations and costs toward ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local business hopes diversity gets incentives
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 19th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Local business leaders are calling for substantial new tax incentive programs to lure major projects to the region and Alberta just as the provincial government is unveiling tenets of a reworked diversification strategy. At the same time, municipal economic developers say they are “keen” to see portions of the plan being rolled out by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: As fall looms, activity at city hall will increase
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 19th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cue the spooky music – it’s the first day of autumn on Monday. And while how-I-spent-my-summer-vacation essays are still due, here’s a look at some of the overlooked and upcoming items at city hall. – Municipal Stimulus Projects, which have been debated openly by just about every city, town and county council in Alberta, ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Hatter charged with attempted murder in shooting incident
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 19th, 2020
mccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken A 25-year-old former Medicine Hat man has been charged with attempted murder in relation to shots fired into a local residence in the early hours of May 14. A Medicine Hat Police Service release states that the male – whose name was not released – is facing charges of attempted murder, discharge of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local pair hosting free mental health support meetings
By MO CRANKER on September 18th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A mental health support meeting will be held every Sunday at True North K9 Compound, starting this week. The meetings will take place from 6-7 p.m. every week and are free for anyone to attend. “We’ve been reaching out a lot lately to see what kind of holes we can fill in the community,” ... Read More »
1 responsePRSD stressing simplicity
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local school district is stressing that for parents navigating the whens, whats and how-longs of keeping sick children out of school that it doesn’t have to be so complicated. And officials say that despite widespread fears that minor illness may keep kids home for a two-week quarantine period, and send parents scrambling to ... Read More »
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