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Local MLAs want COVID-19 restrictions eased for South zone
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 8th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Local MLAs want a regional approach to COVID restrictions with just 1.9 per cent of Alberta’s active cases in the south zone. Of the 13,298 active cases, 41 per cent (5,465 cases) are in the Edmonton zone, 35.6 per cent (4,739 cases) in the Calgary zone, 10.4 per cent (1,381 cases) in the central ... Read More »
4 responsesPrivate lab can now take regular doctor-issued work
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 8th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade If you are willing to pay a fee there is a local private company that will now handle your laboratory requisition issued by a physician. Ichor Blood Services previously announced doing COIVD tests for travellers and said it was in the process of getting authorization to handle regular lab work as well. That authorization ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Restrictions foil large Ukrainian Christmas celebration but a ‘nice night’ nonetheless
By MO CRANKER on January 8th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A local couple kept its Ukrainian Christmas tradition alive this year with a small celebration on Wednesday. Karen-Anne and John Cherwonogrodzky have held community celebrations in the past couple years for the Holiday, but kept it to just three people total this year due to restriction gatherings. The couple dressed up and celebrated for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HatSmart program adds rebates for high-efficiency gas furnaces, home audits
By Medicine Hat News on January 8th, 2021
An energy conservation grant program in Medicine Hat will add rebates in 2021 for new high-efficiency gas furnaces and pay partial costs of home audits, the city’s utility department announced on Thursday. HatSmart applications are now being accepted for grants totalling $325,000. Money is available for applications filed before year-end or until the fund is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frontline thank-you cards find their way across the country
By Medicine Hat News on January 8th, 2021
A local kindergarten classes’ thank-you cards written to community workers have gone coast to coast to coast. In late November, about 60 pupils from Ecole Connaught’s youngest classes took part in an exercise to learn about essential workers. It concluded with thank-you cards and drawings sent to local health-care offices, letter carriers, first responders and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man killed on dark highway by tractor-trailer
By Medicine Hat News on January 8th, 2021
A 30-year-old man is dead after being struck by a semi-truck while walking on a highway south of Gleichen on Tuesday night. Gleichen RCMP report that the accident on the Siksika Nation occurred on Highway 901, about four kilometres south of the Trans-Canada. Authorities say it appears the man was walking on the roadway when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School boards ready to go when students return to class
By MO CRANKER on January 8th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Public and Catholic school divisions are ready for a return to the classroom. The province announced Thursday that students would be returning to class on a full-time basis on Monday. This was the plan in late November when older students were sent home to learn online. Public school superintendent Mark Davidson ... Read More »
2 responsesBusiness owners object to day shelter locale
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Downtown business owners plan to formally object to a daytime homeless shelter that is now operating near the downtown intersection of Third Street and Sixth Avenue. They say groups of shelter users congregate near their storefronts on one of downtown’s busiest street, and better space could be found. Announced in mid-December, it provides space ... Read More »
1 responsePandemic forces Methanex to extend shutdown of plant in Trinidad indefinitely
By Medicine Hat News on January 8th, 2021
Methanex has extended a shutdown of its methanol plant in Trinidad indefinitely as it seeks to secure a new natural gas supply contract, the global producer that has major operations in Medicine Hat announced on Thursday. The plant was initially idled last March as the company managed curbed production levels in light of a global ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Could Kenney face the music from his own party?
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 7th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Premier Jason Kenney might be more concerned with how the United Conservative Party is viewing him at the moment than with what will happen in the next provincial election. Jim Groom, political science instructor Medicine Hat College, says whether the public outcry about elected officials travelling outside the country over Christmas and New Year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New chief speaks fondly of fallen Calgary officer
By MO CRANKER on January 7th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker All eyes were on Calgary at the turn of the New Year when the country learned of a police officer’s tragic death. During a New Year’s Eve traffic stop, 37-year-old Sgt. Andrew Harnett was dragged and killed by a fleeing SUV. He is the 12th Calgary police officer to die while on duty. Medicine ... Read More »
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