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Make A Wish grants a gamer’s dream for local teen
By Medicine Hat News on December 23rd, 2020
Medicine Hat News The local chapter of Make A Wish was able to make one young Hatter’s Christmas this past weekend. Make A Wish was able to secure 14-year-old Daniel Bachmeier a Playstation 5, a 55 inch TV, games, speakers, a headset and more from the foundation. Bachmeier lives with Cerebral Palsy and originally made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters told to stay vigilant as focused effort starting to work
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 23rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Keep it up, Hatters, it’s starting to work, was the message from the head of the city’s emergency management office to Hatters at Monday night’s council meeting. Emergency management director Merrick Brown told council in a scheduled update on the pandemic that after several weeks of more strict adherence to social distancing and other ... Read More »
2 responsesMedicine Hat’s frontline workers included in latest vaccine shipment
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 23rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Medicine Hat is now on the list of communities to receive hundreds of doses of COVID vaccine. A second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in the province and will be provided to health-care workers and long-term-care workers. Medicine Hat will be given 975 doses. Other communities also receiving 975 doses each include ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reflecting on a year like no other
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 23rd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The New Year is finally within sight, and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to putting 2020 in the rear-view mirror – but before we do, let’s take a moment to reflect on the things we’ve learned about ourselves through this wild, challenging year. For me, it’s been discovering a love of connecting with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local musician dropping new album, ‘What I Need’
By MO CRANKER on December 23rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A local musician is getting ready to release her latest album. Hatter Eileen Wotschell moved to the city 25 years ago and has been writing songs for 20. She says music has always been part of her life. “Ever since I was little, even in school, music has always been there,” she said. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge SCS funding wasn’t missing after all
By Alberta Newspaper Group on December 23rd, 2020
The Lethbridge Police Service will not be laying charges against ARCHES after its forensic investigation of the former supervised consumption site accounted for $1.5 million in provincial funding dollars previously unaccounted for in the July audit of the organization. Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh told reporters on Tuesday with the money now accounted for there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta continues to be without a case of influenza
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 22nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There are still no cases of influenza in Alberta and the number of Albertans who have been given the flu vaccine exceeds what it was a year ago. The government’s latest flu report dated Dec. 17 says there are no cases of either influenza A or B. A year ago there had already been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deadline for Canada Summer Jobs in Jan. 29
By Medicine Hat News on December 22nd, 2020
Employers have until Jan. 29 to submit applications for federal funding for summer jobs. The Canada Summer Jobs program will provide up to 120,000 job opportunities for young Canadians in 2021, about a 50 per cent increase over last year. Not-for-profit organizations, private and public-sector organizations, with 50 full-time employees or less, can start preparing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motz takes aim at Liberal COVID response
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 22nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Area MP Glen Motz says a thorough review and potentially a Royal Commission into the pandemic response should be launched, but the result shouldn’t necessarily be more power for Ottawa to guide future response. During a year-end press event on Monday, Motz described Ottawa’s efforts to control the public health crisis and stabilize the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mr. Lube donates nearly $3,000 to Santa Claus Fund
By Medicine Hat News on December 22nd, 2020
Medicine Hat News Mr. Lube in Medicine Hat presented a cheque for $2,940.54 to the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund this week, helping the local organization deal with late demand and deliver a happy Holiday to families across the region. The money was raised through a two-week promotion that sends $5 from every oil ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Impaired driving charges follow multi-vehicle collision
By Medicine Hat News on December 22nd, 2020
A driver has been served with impaired driving sanctions including a licence suspension and vehicle seizure, as well as a ticket for careless driving and other offences, following a multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of Valley View Drive and Fifth Street SW on Monday morning. Medicine Hat Police Service responded to the scene of the ... Read More »
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