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SD 76 balances its 2017/18 budget
By Tim Kalinowski on November 29th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Medicine Hat Public School Division No. 76 is projecting a balanced budget for the 2017/2018 school year. Despite being $759,000 over the projected spring budget total of $90,578,000, the fall update, tabled at the school board meeting on Tuesday evening, recorded an offset in revenue for those added expenses to retain the balanced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Office closure worries Parkinson Association of Alberta clients
By Gillian Slade on November 29th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The decision to close the storefront office of the local chapter of Parkinson Association of Alberta had many expressing displeasure at a meeting on Tuesday in Medicine Hat. About 30 attendees put CEO John Petryshen on the hot seat in what was an emotionally charged situation. The Medicine Hat group has supported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PRSD school-year deficit will top $750K
By Tim Kalinowski on November 29th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Prairie Rose School Division is anticipating a deficit of about $755,000 for the 2017/2018 school year. The updated fall budget was tabled at the PRSD board of trustees meeting on Tuesday in Dunmore. The previously projected deficit in the spring forecast was expected to be $655,000. The higher-than-anticipated deficit was mainly the result ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat open house today for trail masterplan in Cypress Hills
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2017
A proposed trail masterplan for bikes, horses and cross-country-skiers in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is the subject of an open house today at the provincial building in Medicine Hat. Alberta Parks is seeking input on design plans and draft masterplan for developing mountain bike, equine and ski trails in the park. They can be viewed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHCBE expecting $525K deficit
By Tim Kalinowski on November 28th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal It’s a good news/bad news situation for local Catholic schools according to the MHCBE’s 2017-2018 Fall Budget Update tabled at Monday’s public meeting. On one hand, with all the numbers now in from the 2016/2017 school year, last year’s operating deficit was reduced from about $317,000 to a much more palatable $197,105. Unfortunately, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palliative unit the hot topic at PTHAC
By Gillian Slade on November 28th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The decision to close the palliative care ward at the city’s hospital and use only Carmel Hospice is still controversial and was discussed at the health advisory council on Monday. Veronica Swan was one of about 14 members of the public who expressed their opinions. “They (hospital) have to care for people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$50K in drugs, cash seized in ALERT investigation and arrest
By Peggy Revell on November 28th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Police say they have seized $50,000 in drugs and cash after arresting an alleged dealer in Brooks. The investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams began in October after information was received about suspected drug trafficking activities. On Nov. 24, ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team searched a Brooks home in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leading educator on dementia says drugs and force no way to treat aggressive patients
By Gillian Slade on November 28th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade One of North America’s leading educators on dementia says there are better ways to handle aggressive patients than giving anti-psychotic drugs and using physical restraints. If someone with dementia is aggressive and violent, the first question is what made them feel they needed to “fight for their life,” says Teepa Snow, a ... Read More »
1 responseGroup hopes prairie drivers use app aimed at keeping wildlife safe
By Tim Kalinowski on November 28th, 2017
tkalinowski@medicinehatnews.com @MHNTimKal Wildlife-related vehicle collisions account for more than 54 per cent of rural accidents. The odds are if you live in a rural area in Alberta or Saskatchewan, you know someone who has been killed or badly injured as a result of a vehicle collision with wildlife. Pronghorn Xing (Crossing) is seeking to better ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Making the Christmas season merry
By Jeremy Appel on November 27th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Firefighters from CFB Suffield were outside the Hat’s Wal-Mart on Saturday and Sunday to collect gifts and donations for the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund. The department had one of its yellow firetrucks outside the store, where people could drop off their presents. Aaron Schafer, a Suffield firefighter for the past five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four deaths in Alberta to influenza so far
By Gillian Slade on November 25th, 2017
Medicine Hat News There have been four deaths linked to flu this season and one of those was in the south zone, according to numbers released by Alberta Health Services. There have been 694 cases of lab-confirmed influenza A, with 32 of those in the south zone this flu season. A year ago that number ... Read More »
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