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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!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!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 »
Be the first to comment!Hatters reminded to drive safe following multi-vehicle collision
By Tim Kalinowski on January 3rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Sgt. Clarke White of the Medicine Hat Police Service’s Traffic Safety Unit is reminding Hatters to adjust their driving for icy road conditions after three, near-simultaneous vehicle accidents occurred on the eastbound Trans-Canada Hwy. at the Box Springs off-ramp Tuesday morning. “The accidents were caused by very slippery conditions on that off-ramp,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rates for January reaching pricing milestones
By Collin Gallant on January 3rd, 2018
Medicine hat Utility rates in Medicine Hat are reaching pricing milestones, but are heading in different directions. New rates posted by the City of Medicine Hat’s utility department on Tuesday show gas will sit at its lowest price on record for the month of January, a period of time when demand and therefore prices are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frigid temps priming conditions for ice fishers
By Mo Cranker on December 30th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal While the recent cold plunge has most Hatters feeling the winter blahs, it is an exciting development for local ice fishers, as lakes finally freeze up hard enough to get out on ice. “When you put the boat away in the fall, it’s just too long until next spring not to fish,” says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Limited options for cold homeless
By Mo Cranker on December 30th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade For the homeless it has been a challenge to stay warm in frigid conditions. “Got to keep moving,” said one man at the Champion Centre on Friday morning, who did not want his name used, describing Christmas Day and Boxing Day. After spending the night in the Salvation Army shelter on Christmas Eve, ... Read More »
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