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City-wide lead tests in 2021
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 26th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The News has learned that the province will require all municipal water departments to test for lead in drinking water by the fall of 2021, including potential problems caused by privately owned fixtures and household plumbing. Alberta Environment and Parks announced the requirements on Nov. 12 in a bulletin to cities. That came about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to install lights in tunnel connecting Kin Coulee with Saamis Archeological Site
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
The tunnel beneath the Kin Coulee dip will be closed this week while lights are installed on the well used but dark passage. The tunnel, beneath the Trans-Canada Highway in the Seven Persons Creek valley, connects Kin Coulee park and the Saamis Archeological Site, and is part of the city’s Heritage Trail network. Work is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former investment adviser fined, banned for 10 years after practising with terminated registration
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
A former investment adviser in Medicine Hat has been fined and prohibited from the business for 10 years after regulators found she continued to practise after her registration had been terminated. Sherry Jean Dalla-Longa had worked in the industry for about 30 years until late 2016 when she parted ways with her former employer. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IBD drug switch has patients scared
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 26th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade It took years to stabilize her health and symptoms from ulcerative colitis, making Nicole Miller particularly nervous about changes to medication Health Minister Tyler Shandro is contemplating. “Going off something that works for you jeopardizes your health,” said Miller. Steve Buick, press secretary for the minister, provided an emailed statement. “Like other provinces and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC Brooks students to show off solar classroom concepts at Friday open house
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
Students at Medicine Hat College’s Brooks Campus will showcase their concepts for a solar classroom at an open house Friday. The outdoor space will incorporate solar power into the natural landscape, as conceived by students in the built environment engineering and technology, as well as the trades programs. Guests at the open house will have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CAPE super says funding increase keeps up with enrolment
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
The Centre for Academic Performance and Excellence’s superintendent says a small increase in funding for charter and other alternative schools will help CAPE keep up with enrolment growth. The Oct. 24 budget allocated $400 million to homeschooling, charter, private and alternative schools, up from $396 million the previous year, an increase of $4 million. However, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arrest made after pursuit regarding stolen cash machines along Highway 9
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2019
Following a pursuit “throughout eastern Alberta” the RCMP have arrested one suspect in smash-and-grab cash machine robberies on Highway 9. The Hanna Detachment announced late Sunday that they had one person in custody near Consort following a chase that involved officers from multiple detachments from Wainwright to Oyen. The suspect is not being named until ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominence not enough for police to publicly report
By JEREMY APPEL on November 26th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The June arrest of Wayne Smith on child pornography charges wasn’t publicized at the time because he didn’t work in a position of trust with kids, according to an ALERT spokesperson. Smith, 65, the former executive director of the City Centre Development Agency from 2012-2016, was arrested in June for accessing and possessing child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP shutting down seniors advocate office, folding it into health advocate portfolio
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 26th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The seniors advocate’s office in Edmonton will no longer exist effective Dec. 24, a spokesperson for the office confirmed on Monday. This office was established in 2014 and Sheree Kwong See was appointed for a three-year term in September 2016. According to a news report the five remaining staff and some of the budget ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2019
Nov. 25 – Christmas Market, First Assembly of God, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 25 – The Offspring, Sum 41 and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Nov. 26 – Grasslands Naturalists meeting, Police Point Park nature Centre, 7 p.m., followed by guest speaker Alyssa Friesen on the Calgary Zoo’s Conservation Work Nov. 27 – Roving Gyms, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Street opens to traffic after months of repair work on water, sanitary lines
By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2019
First Street SW is open to through traffic once again from Division Avenue heading west. After about five months of this section being closed to accommodate the repair and replacement of water and sanitary lines, the job is complete. New water and sanitary sewer mains will help to provide adequate fire protection and increased reliability ... Read More »
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