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Jim MacArthur will retire from Stampede
By MO CRANKER on December 30th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Another well-known figure in Medicine Hat will soon be heading into retirement. Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede general manager Jim MacArthur will be calling it quits soon, with his last day of work on Feb. 20. MacArthur has spent most of his life in southeastern Alberta, growing up in Walsh and working for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police station open to public again after windows smashed last week
By Medicine Hat News on December 30th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Police Service building is once again open for public access. A week ago a number of ground floor windows were smashed and public access had to be temporarily suspended. Early on the morning of Dec. 23, a 30-year-old male outside the building used a hammer to smash the windows at the entrance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada wasn’t worried when COVID surfaced
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 30th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first reports of a pneumonia-like virus in China were just starting to emerge across the world a year ago. Wuhan hospital notified the centre for disease control on Dec. 27, 2019 of a “cluster” of pneumonia cases in that city, which is the capital of Hubei province in China. There is one report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City police enjoy Christmas without many service calls
By Medicine Hat News on December 30th, 2020
Medicine Hat Police Service reports that it was a very quiet Christmas. Staff Sgt. Jason Graham says there was nothing major going on and in fact it was “eerily quiet.” “Christmas was good for us. We weren’t overly busy, everybody was behaving,” said Graham. “We didn’t have anything out of the ordinary and nothing major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: Mayor Clugston optimistic heading into 2021
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant certainty, the City of Medicine Hat shifted operations to comply with health orders, cut costs, laid off staff, and made major moves to realign its financial plans. Emergency officials and elected representatives stressed they were just like every else, getting health orders when they were announced publicly by the province, opening and closing facilities, ... Read More »
3 responsesPharmacies doing more flu shots than ever
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 26th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local pharmacist says his pharmacy has already done double the volume of influenza vaccinations that it normally handles by this stage of a flu season. Greg Bueckert, pharmacist and owner of Greg’s Remedy’s RX, says they have already done between 300 and 500 vaccinations. They have used up the original allotment they were ... Read More »
1 responseChristmas Dinner disasters: Sometimes it doesn’t go as planned
By Medicine Hat News on December 26th, 2020
Everyone looks forward to Christmas dinner, but sometimes things don’t go exactly as planned! We asked Hatters about their most memorable and hilarious Christmas dinner disaster stories and this is what they submitted: Bev Biggeman This particular Christmas dinner wasn’t a disaster but it is still memorable. Just after sitting down to our festive meal, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All I want for 2021 is to remember my passwords
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 26th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There’s a lot of chatter about the “word of the year,” or maybe it’s been blatantly obvious. Strong contenders are “unprecedented,” “exponential,” or “quarantine.” For me its “passwords” – the number of which that I need to operate professionally, personally or in general society or the economy, has grown exponentially. Used in a sentence: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Greenhouse industry changing with the times
By RYAN DAHLMAN Prairie Post on December 26th, 2020
While cucumbers, eggplants, lettuces peppers, and tomatoes are traditional greenhouse staples, sometimes changing and modernizing to comply with what the marketplace is demanding is important. In other words, give customers what they want. With that in mind, the Red Hat Cooperative, which has long been part of the southern Alberta greenhouse industry, has merged and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS shuts ER in Milk River over Holidays for lack of doctor
By Medicine Hat News on December 26th, 2020
The emergency department in Milk River is closed for the rest of the year. Alberta Health Services announced the closure at the Milk River Health Centre due to the absence of a physician there. Patients in the area will need to use other hospitals in the south zone. The emergency department in Milk River will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hidden Valley Ski Resort open with COVID restrictions in place
By Medicine Hat News on December 26th, 2020
Skiers and snowboarders are finally able to hit the slopes at Hidden Valley, though there are restrictions as a result of COVID-19. The Elkwater-based hill will be limited to 400 participants per day, and tickets must be purchased in advance. The lodge will only be open for bathroom use, while the café and lounge are ... Read More »
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