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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!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!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 »
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!Rev. Jim Hillson of Fifth Avenue Memorial killed in Saskatchewan crash
By Medicine Hat News on September 2nd, 2020
Rev. Jim Hillson, a well-known pastor in Medicine Hat and longtime contributor to the News’s weekly pastoral column, has died in a car crash. He was 77. Hillson was the reverend emeritus of Fifth Avenue Memorial Church and very active in the community, appearing just last week at a City of Medicine Hat meeting regarding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP looks to private operators for extra care beds
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The government has a plan to increase the number of continuing care spaces across the province without having to wait for the construction of new facilities. Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that additional capacity in existing senior’s facilities that meet all the requirements even post COVID-19 has been identified. Alberta Health Services is seeking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City build permits not that bad… or good
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 2nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New single-family home construction is tracking slightly ahead of last year, much to the pleasant surprise of the city’s planning office. But, officials stress, it’s not all good news in new development numbers published for the end of July. “Last year was a really down year, but this year could have had the potential ... Read More »
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