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Six surge beds added to local ICU
By KENDALL KING on October 1st, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter kking@medicinehatnews.com As COVID-19 cases rise throughout the province, the addition of six ICU surge beds at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is both needed relief and a dire sign that the provincial health-care system is in crisis. Six additional ICU beds means those beds are coming from somewhere else, whether that be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who’s running for councils around southeast Alberta?
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 1st, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Voters across Alberta go to the polls Oct. 18 to elect local government leaders. A look at some municipal election races in the greater southeast Alberta region: Bow Island Incumbent Bows Island Mayor Gordon Reynolds and six council candidates have been acclaimed to the the town’s next town council. Acclaimed councillors are Dave Harrison, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Event centre officially opened as Co-op Place
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 1st, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Staff at Co-op Place are preparing to welcome a large number of fans back to the arena for the first time in 18 months and the first time under a new name. Officials with the City of Medicine Hat and South Country Co-op held a grand-opening ceremony Friday ahead of the evening’s Medicine Hat ... Read More »
1 responseProject approved that will convert wells into solar plays
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 1st, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The first project to convert orphaned oil and gas sites in southeast Alberta to small-scale solar pads has been approved by provincial utility regulators. That sets a precedent about how potentially hundreds of similar projects that fall between two sets of permitting procedures could be dealt with in the future, according to Keith Hirsche, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway 3 collision closes lanes, one driver hurt, one driver ticketed
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 1st, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A collision between a dump truck and a tractor trailer closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 3 near Coaldale for several hours on Friday morning. RCMP say the driver of the dump truck was not injured but was issued a ticket for failing to safely merge before the crash that occurred at about 9:20 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Something for Everyone Market a go this fall
By JAMES TUBB on October 1st, 2021
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It will take a government shutdown to stop the Something for Everyone Market this fall. Owner and event co-ordinator Monica Kallis is not letting her vendors spend another Holiday Season closed. “They depend on these events to support their families. I can’t myself cancel events, only the government will have to cancel me. I’m ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rates hold essentially even for October
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 1st, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Utility prices in the Hat will remain at recent highs through October, according to floating commodity rates published Friday. The cost of power to home and small business customers will sit at 10.58-cents per kilowatt hour – up slightly from from September – while natural gas will rise just over $4 per gigajoule. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!F&S Safety Buzz Campus now offering driver training school
By Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers on October 1st, 2021
F&S Safety Buzz Campus in Dunmore announced Wednesday that truck-driving training will now be offered. “We decided through Dallas (Duncan, Safety Buzz truck driver trainer) a number of months ago to investigate the driver training,” said Ron Pennington, Safety Buzz’s corporate development representative. “So, with Dallas’s encouragement, we decided to take a hard look at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP searching for missing Drumheller man
By KENDALL KING on October 1st, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter kking@medicinehatnews.com RCMP are looking for Gary Kimberley, a 60-year-old resident of Drumheller. Kimberley is described as being 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Caucasian, with grey hair and blue eyes. Kimberley has not been seen or heard from since Sept. 30, which RCMP describe as “out of character.” Police are concerned for his well-being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maternity clinics to limit onsite support
By KENDALL KING on October 1st, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter kking@medicinehatnews.com Beginning Oct. 4, patients in the province’s maternity units will be limited to one on-site support person, Alberta Health Services announced on Thursday. This change is a direct result of the growing number of COVID cases and subsequent strain on resources that Alberta’s hospitals are facing. A statement released by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young cyclist taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle on 13th Avenue SE
By KENDALL KING on October 1st, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter kking@medicinehatnews.com On Wednesday, at approximately 3:12 p.m., Medicine Hat police responded to a collision involving a motor vehicle and cyclist at a crosswalk on 13th Avenue SE. Police confirmed that the vehicle involved was a Chevrolet Traverse. The female driver was uninjured but the male cyclist, who is a youth, was ... Read More »
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