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Capital Power going forward with yet another major solar play in SE Alberta
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Capital Power will proceed with another major solar panel farm in southeast Alberta, the company announced Thursday, days after it received regulatory approval and signed a sales contract for a separate solar project. The Edmonton-based power generation company completed Whitla Wind farm in late 2019, and has since announced two expansions. Now, it will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local options available for required COVID-19 travel test
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There are now two options locally for anyone travelling and needing a COVID-19 test result in order to do so. According to online sources there are nearly 70 countries accepting travellers from Canada, but they require a negative test with results in 24-48 hours of travel. The reasons for travel include business or needing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal COVID relief cash will subsidize day camps at YMCA until the end of March
By Medicine Hat News on December 3rd, 2020
The local YMCA is providing childcare options for school-aged children. Money from the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency community support fund, administered by the United Way, will be used to offset the cost of licensed day camps until March 31. It can mean a savings of up to 60 per cent for families on PD days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still $2M owed from utility deferrals
By Medicine Hat News on December 3rd, 2020
Local utility customers still owe about $2 million from a springtime bill deferral program that ended nearly six months ago, officials confirmed this week. At its height, the City of Medicine Hat’s utility department was carrying unpaid accounts for about 6,900 home and small businesses as part of a provincial moratorium on gas and power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask bylaw explained
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A 90-day bylaw requiring mask-use in Medicine Hat should be considered alongside laws against bullying and intimidation, said councillors as well as the head of a group that opposes mandatory masking. The bylaw specifically states that store owners or other members of the general public cannot demand proof of exemptions, though bylaw officers have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat man wins $250K with EXTRA win
By Mo Cranker on December 2nd, 2020
Medicine Hatter Gerald Kat has won $250,000 after guessing all seven numbers of the EXTRA number on his Lotto Max ticket for the Oct. 16 draw. Kat nabbed his winning ticket from the Maple Avenue Co-Op gas bar. He says he is stunned to win... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island mom, kids are missing
By Medicine Hat News on December 2nd, 2020
Mounties in Bow Island are looking for a mother and her three children after neighbours haven’t seen the family for several weeks. Officers with the town’s detachment say Jessie Foyston, 41, is new to the community and doesn’t have any known local connections. Foyston, who is also known as Jessie Howell, has one son, Enrique ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s COVID fatality rate levels off as more testing now done
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade While cases of COVID-19 and deaths in Alberta are climbing fast over the past month, the province’s fatality rate has declined since April. Official numbers from Alberta Health at the end of April show that 1.6 per cent of those who tested positive ended up dying. That figure has dropped to a current 0.9 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Natural gas cost going down while power price ticks up in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on December 2nd, 2020
Utility prices are moving in different directions in December for residential and small- to medium-commercial accounts in Medicine Hat. The rate for natural gas of the month will be $2.77 per gigajoule according to rates published Tuesday by the city’s utility department. That is down from $3.14 in November, while the rate of power moves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Places of worship are restricted to one-third capacity, website changed
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There has been a change to the COVID-19 restrictions for places of worship. When new restrictions were announced by the government last week, Premier Jason Kenney verbally stated that places of worship were restricted to one third of the building’s capacity under the fire code. When the government’s website was updated it was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tackling web giants should be a federal priority
By Alberta Newspaper Group on December 2nd, 2020
Southern Alberta Newspapers Newspapers in communities from coast to coast dot the nation’s landscape like a media mosaic. From the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of Georgia, journalists are on the job telling the stories that matter most, stories that remain part of the vital fabric of the communities these newspapers still serve. Today ... Read More »
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