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Jim Turner: Turner wants to finish what council started
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 6th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Jim Turner says now that council has brought in substantial cuts to city spending, he would like to serve one more term to see it and economic development efforts to fruition. “After eight years, and for the last two years, we’ve finally made an effort to get our spending under control at the city,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bid proposals for Hidden Valley due today
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 6th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Proposals to take over operations of Hidden Valley Ski Resort are due today with the province offering an initial 10-year lease to a private operator that would run the facility in the Cypress Hills. That could take effect for the coming season, according to the scope of a request for proposals process initiated Aug. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City avoids mask convo with provincial mandate
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 4th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Masks are again mandatory in public buildings and businesses across Alberta. That is in hopes of curbing rapidly rising COVID infections, but it will also short circuit a planned debate in Medicine Hat city council about instituting local measures. The News was first to report Friday morning that a potential return of a local ... Read More »
1 responseHospital outbreaks update and surgery shutdowns
By JAMES TUBB on September 4th, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Regional hospital still has a COVID-19 outbreak. There were conflicting reports Thursday night when Alberta Health Services south zone tweeted that an outbreak at the Medicine Hat Regional hospital had been declared over. At the same time, an outbreak was listed on the AHS website dated Sept. 2. Gwen Wirth, director ... Read More »
1 responseElections Canada looking for local poll workers
By JAMES TUBB on September 4th, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb With only 16 days before the federal election, Elections Canada is still looking for staff in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner riding. According to Leanne Nyirfa, regional media adviser for Alberta, each riding hires around 750 workers for an election. These workers would fill roles like frontline poll workers, information officers and deputy returning officers. Nyirfa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labour advocates urge voters to put workers at forefront when at polls
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 4th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Local labour advocates are calling on Hatters to support workers and public services in the pandemic recovery when they go to the polls this fall. “Without workers, there is no recovery – that must be our message, on Labour Day and beyond,” reads a statement from the Medicine Hat District Labour Council in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Everyone’s favourite band teacher takes step back
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 4th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com A local band director is stepping down from his stand after spending more than 50 years leading and caring for countless musicians of all ages. Bill Wahl, born in Barrhead in 1947, is a fourth generation band conductor. He grew up playing the double bell euphonium, a family instrument made in the late 1800s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workers at local retirement residence ink new contract after efficient talks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 3rd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Workers at a long-term care home in Medicine Hat have a new contract that boosts wages and benefits after a quick round of bargaining in August, according to the union representing staff at the Revera Meadowlands Retirement Residence. The United Food and Commercial Workers, No. 401, says that after four days of talks its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask mandates starting to be discussed all over
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 3rd, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat is not the only municipality considering a return to local requirements for masking to stop a steep rise in coronavirus cases. Local officials will discuss the matter at their next meeting on Tuesday. In Lethbridge, the mayor is proposing the city require masks to be worn in all city owned-facilities until December ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council will discuss mask mandate
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council will discuss whether to bring in a local mask bylaw to help address extremely high COVID cases and a rate of new infections that isn’t slowing down. Mayor Ted Clugston told the News on Thursday he has heard “enough” support for a formal debate among council members, but says he ... Read More »
1 responseBurst water pipe leads to long lost ring found
By Mo Cranker Special To the News on September 3rd, 2021
For Rob and Shannon Pape, the last thing they needed to deal with was a burst water pipe in their new home. Once they started poking around the broken pipe, the two ended up making quite the discovery. This story begins last year when the Pape family were looking to relocate from the Southwest Hill, ... Read More »
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