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Active case count in SW Sask. seems to be levelling off some
By Medicine Hat News on April 30th, 2021
@MedicineHatNewsTWITTER The number of active COVID cases in southwest Saskatchewan appears to have plateaued. That province’s health officials reported nine new cases combined in rural and urban areas in the quadrant of the province closest to southeast Alberta on Thursday. That, minus recoveries brings total cases to 55 in areas outside Swift Current and 36 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat High’s Whitney Parker one of only four in Alberta to go perfect in free-throw competition
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 30th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Whitney Parker is one of four participants to sink all 20 shots from the foul line in the Alberta Schools Athletic Association’s free-throw challenge last month. The Grade 11 guard for the Medicine Hat High School’s girl’s basketball team says competing against other athletes across the province motivated her for the challenge. “It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retired Hatter recreating old battle, one inch at a time
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 29th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Napoleon and the French army’s invasion of Russia during the Battle of Borodino is being re-created at the kitchen table of a retired Medicine Hat man. Stuart Lecrerar, 65, has already painted more than 1,500 model French and Russian infantry and cavalry for the scale model battlefield, and he says he could see the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stolen fuel drips trail straight from crime scene to suspects
By Medicine Hat News on April 29th, 2021
A trail of stolen fuel led to the arrest of man and woman from Drayton Valley for stealing a truck in Brooks and then fuel in Bassano, Mounties said on Tuesday. Officials with the Bassano RCMP detachment say they were called to the site of a fuel theft on April 25, and tracked drops of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defiant restaurant owner’s business past coming to light
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 29th, 2021
The owner of a restaurant that continues to defy public health orders is involved with another company which saw the City of Medicine Hat issue a public safety warning against, the Medicine Hat News has learned. In its safety warning to residents on Dec. 8, 2020 about Water World Tubs, the city issued a press ... Read More »
3 responsesMedicine Hat Public School Division adds more active cases at schools to its list
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 29th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Medicine Hat Public School division announced two more positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday night – one at Alexandra Middle School and another at Medicine Hat Christian. There are now two active cases at MHCS after a previous case of COVID-19 was identified on Monday evening Both schools will remain open and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City continues to seek vaccination for all firefighters
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 29th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant An off-again on-again effort to get firefighters vaccinated in Medicine Hat is moving forward, say local officials who report few of the same problems cropping up elsewhere in the province. That includes complaints that Alberta Health Services and some pharmacy clinics aren’t always accepting letters proving employment as medical first responder, as required by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N. Railway day shelter gets city’s OK
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 29th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A daytime homeless shelter will be allowed to set up on N. Railway Street storefront after Medicine Hat’s municipal planning commission was presented Wednesday with a plan to mitigate concerns brought up by neighbouring business. That includes a staffing plan, a security guard for at least the first month of operation, an outline of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City reorganizes departments with cuts in mind
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 28th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A remaking of the corporate flow chart at city hall is described by top administrators as a platform to seek out major spending cuts, including more than $5 million on salaries, and bolster revenue in 2021, top administrators say. First approved late last year, the official paper work to rename positions and assign new ... Read More »
1 responseCourt Briefs: Man in custody is refusing to appear in court
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 28th, 2021
A city man currently in custody facing a range of charges from drug trafficking and housebreaking to firearm offences is refusing to appear before the court. Clayton Hotel has been granted several adjournments due to refusing to appear via CCTV from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre, the court heard during his latest appearance Tuesday. Judge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lions Club donation births Mustard Seed laundry
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 28th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Mustard Seed will soon be able to launch a laundry program after receiving a $5,000 donation from the Medicine Hat Community View Lions Club. The money was used to purchase two sets of washers and dryers, which are currently on site waiting to be hooked up. The new program will allow guests to ... Read More »
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