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Mailboxes left open accidentally by Canada Post
By Gillian Slade on December 16th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A couple of Canada Post super mailboxes in Medicine Hat were left wide open and unattended this week. The boxes located on Valleyview Avenue were left open and discovered in that state by a local resident early Wednesday afternoon. Canada Post confirmed the boxes were “accidentally left open” and as soon as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS hosting prenatal nutrition workshop
By Gillian Slade on December 16th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Pregnant women are invited to register for Healthy Eating for Pregnancy, an Alberta Health Services prenatal nutrition workshop on Jan. 8 from 7-9 p.m. The free two-hour workshop is led by a registered dietitian, providing information about foods that meet prenatal requirements to benefit the health of both mom and developing baby. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another five Albertans die from influenza
By Gillian Slade on December 16th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Five more flu-related deaths have been reported this week, and one of those was in the south zone. There were eight deaths on record for this flu season a week ago and that jumped to 13, according to the latest statistics provided by Alberta Health Services. The total number of laboratory-confirmed influenza ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drew Barnes feeling hopeful after Kenney win
By Collin Gallant on December 16th, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Conservative politicians and voters should be buoyed by the election of Jason Kenney to the Alberta Legislature, a top lieutenant of the United Conservative Party leader said Friday. Drew Barnes said Kenney’s win Thursday in a Calgary-area byelection with 70 per cent of the vote will strengthen party unity and the party’s position. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local Catholic ATA files grievance over assignable hours
By Tim Kalinowski on December 16th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal The Medicine Hat Catholic Local No. 39 chapter of the Alberta Teachers’ Association has confirmed it has filed its first grievance in nearly 30 years due to the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education’s interpretation of “assignable time” presented to teachers earlier this spring. “It’s really a change in working conditions that wasn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corona Auction’s $41K exceeds last year’s total
By Tim Kalinowski on December 16th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The final tally for money raised during the Corona Tavern’s annual auction to benefit the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund held Thursday evening is $41,475 after all the late donations were tabulated, said Corona Tavern manager Lorraine Schmaltz. “I am ecstatic with the result,” Schmaltz told the News on Friday. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coast Guard honours Pte. Robertson a second time
By Tim Kalinowski on December 16th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal On Nov. 16, 1917 Canadian Forces were fighting for control in the village of Passchendaele. Mired in the muck, the Canadians fought their way ferociously toward German positions, with hundreds of their comrades dying around them for every yard taken. It was hell on Earth, and it was the Canadians’ most costly victory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trial going ahead for man charged in NYE murder
By Peggy Revell on December 15th, 2017
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A man arrested following a New Year’s Eve homicide will stand trial, as his preliminary hearing wrapped up Thursday. After two days of witnesses and evidence heard, a judge directed that Leonard Robert Terence Beaulieu stand trial for the second-degree murder of 24-year-old Jordan Pede. Provincial Crown had put forward that the case ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New program options for MHC Brooks
By Tim Kalinowski on December 15th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Earlier this week Medicine Hat College announced it would be offering a new program options at its Brooks campus starting in the fall semester 2018. The college will now offer a health-care aide certificate program in Brooks, and a social-work development program. “We are so pleased to provide these opportunities at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas bird count set for Sunday
By Tim Kalinowski on December 15th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Eager birders and those looking to learn something of the wildlife in the area will be assembling on Sunday for the annual Medicine Hat Christmas bird count. A tradition now for the past 40 years, the bird count allows locals to engage with nature and meet new friends. “It is not an organized ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New hangar for air ambulance could lead to more land available beside the airport
By Collin Gallant on December 15th, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The possibility of a new hangar at the Medicine Hat Regional Airport could jump start a move to make more runway-adjacent land available for aircraft, officials said Thursday. A city committee heard this week that a tentative land lease with incoming air-ambulance provider CanWest could result in that company building on a one-acre ... Read More »
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