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Dealing with dementia? Meet others at informal gatherings
By Gillian Slade on January 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News If you or a loved one is dealing with a diagnosis of dementia, you are invited to an informal gathering with others in the same position. On Monday, and then again on Feb. 5, at the Station Cafe on Second Street downtown, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., the local chapter of the Alzheimer Society ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public meeting set for Monday regarding possible closure of St. Thomas d’Aquin School
By Tim Kalinowski on January 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News St. Thomas d’Aquin School will be hosting at public meeting on Monday to discuss the school’s potential closure, and the moving of its French immersion program to St. John Paul II Elementary. The process to commence public discussion on the closure came about as a result of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HatSmart back, but it’s up for debate
By Collin Gallant on January 6th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s “popular and award-winning” HatSmart program is up and running for 2018, but its future could be debated later this month by members of the new city council. Council approved a one-year program in late December by an 8-1 vote, but after lengthy discussion about the usefulness and goals of the energy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dementia strategy includes antipsychotics at times
By Gillian Slade on January 6th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The appropriate use of antipsychotic medication is part of the provincial government’s Dementia Strategy and Action Plan and will include dementia care in hospital, says Alberta Health Services. Health Canada has warnings about antipsychotics, and for some people the side effects of antipsychotics can be irreversible, said Dr. Jim Silvius, gerontologist and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS rolling out workshops for chronic disease patients
By Gillian Slade on January 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A six-week series of workshops designed to help those living with a chronic disease is being offered by Alberta Health Services. Better Choices, Better Health is a six-week series of workshops designed to support Albertans living with ongoing health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic pain, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Municipalities mandated to form collaborative agreements
By Tim Kalinowski on January 6th, 2018
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Over the next few months the provincial government will be mandating that every municipality in Alberta make an Intermunicipal Collaborative Framework agreement with every other municipality sharing its borders. This will include, for the first time, any rural municipalities which share borders with each other. “It’s the first in Canada for this type ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drilling rights at Suffield block officially change hands today
By Collin Gallant on January 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Ownership of drilling rights on CFB Suffield block is set to be officially handed over today. In September, International Petroleum Corporation announced it would acquire operations at the base near Medicine Hat. The Canadian company related to Geneva-based Lundin Petroleum reiterated in a late 2017 press release that the closing date and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alzheimer Society hosting event on understanding behaviour
By Gillian Slade on January 5th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade To gain an understanding of behaviours often seen in those with dementia, the Alzheimer Society is sponsoring an event open to the public. Sienna Caspar, assistant professor of therapeutic recreation for the University of Lethbridge, is the speaker at Understanding the Language of Behaviour, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. at Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drunk driving trial set to resume later this month
By Peggy Revell on January 4th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell The continuation of a trial for a Cypress County man charged in a drunk driving collision that severely injured multiple people in more than two years ago is now set to resume on Jan. 25. Curtis Beisel faces multiple counts of impaired driving and dangerous driving causing bodily harm after allegedly driving the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cold snap doesn’t drain power like a heat wave
By Tim Kalinowski on January 4th, 2018
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Medicine Hat power plant and city power distribution crews are confirming the recent cold snap did not impact overall operations severely despite plunging temperatures. “We haven’t had any weather-related issues during the cold snap,” said Jeff Sandford, acting manager of electric distribution for the city. “The cold does not usually affect the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta landscape full of nature’s cryptic creatures
By Tim Kalinowski on January 4th, 2018
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal While Alberta’s forest-dwelling species tend to hog all the glory, prairie species have many unique and interesting qualities that make them downright cryptic, misunderstood and under-appreciated, says Alberta Conservation Association senior biologist Brad Downey. Downey gives the example of Plains Spadefoot Toad, an ultimate prairie cryptic. “Sometimes you won’t see or hear from ... Read More »
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