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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 responseMedicine Hat’s hospital laundry contract awarded to private company
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 28th, 2021
The battle to retain the city hospital’s in-house laundry service – and the jobs which came with it – appears to be coming to end with Alberta Health Services announcing its private contractor Tuesday. “It was a foregone conclusion,” said Avril Torrance, co-chair of the Palliser chapter of the Friends of Medicare, of the fight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public school division identifies COVID case at Medicine Hat Christian
By Medicine Hat News on April 28th, 2021
The Medicine Hat Public School Division announced a positive case of COVID-19 at Medicine Hat Christian School on Monday evening. The division’s statement says all close contacts of the positive case have been identified and are in quarantine and the school will remain open. “We are confident, based on AHS guidance, that those who have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary Club of MH, city police team up for bike initiative
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 28th, 2021
A program to provide cycling opportunities to Hatters is rolling forward after being launched last fall. The joint venture between the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat and city police is designed to utilize recovered bicycles that would usually go to auction and instead refurbish and provide them to individuals in need of inexpensive transportation. Rotary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For the Record: Redcliff eases its debt situation
By Medicine Hat News on April 28th, 2021
The Town of Redcliff retired more debt than it took on in 2020, according to the town’s year-end financial statements presented this week. They state the town’s accumulated long-term debt sat at $5.44 million at the end of 2020, about $330,000 less than where it sat Dec. 31, 2019. The current level puts the town ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Brew Co. closes taproom after employee tests positive
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 28th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi A staff member at Medicine Hat Brewing Co. has tested positive for COVID-19, and the brewery says the taproom is closed until further notice. “The staff member got tested on the weekend after having symptoms and we found out last night,” said Kaiden Vancuren, general manager of distribution and sales. “We made the decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scotsman walks Canada to replenish homeland trees
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 27th, 2021
The lush green rolling hills of Scotland and the dry sage-covered shortgrass prairie don’t have a lot in common except they both are largely devoid of trees. But a Scotsman is seeking to change the former by travelling across the latter. Micheal Yellowlees and his dog Luna left Vancouver Island at the beginning of March ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several area businesses up for Alberta Distinction Awards
By Medicine Hat News on April 27th, 2021
Nine local firms are keeping close company among finalists for Alberta Business of Distinction Awards. Medicine Hat YMCA, Masterpiece Southlands Meadows and REDI Enterprises are three of the four finalists in the mentorship category that will be decided when provincial award winners are announced in June. Medicine Hat area also boasts two finalists in two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC’s BEET program expands learning options
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 27th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Students in the built environment engineering technology program at Medicine Hat College can now choose how they want to participate in class – online or in person. The BEET program is the first at the college to offer a HyFlex model of education which emphasizes flexibility for students by using Microsoft Teams. “We’ve been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rodeos hopeful for (needed) summer crowds
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 27th, 2021
Rodeo season is getting underway but the Brooks Kinsmen Rodeo has been at least postponed while a decision on whether the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede will be run is expected early in May. As for the chances of a fulsome Alberta professional circuit going forward, “we’re going to do our damnedest to have a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peavey Mart should be open in Brooks by year end
By Medicine Hat News on April 27th, 2021
Rural work and lifestyle retailer Peavey Mart will set up shop in Brooks later this year, the Red Deer-based company announced Sunday. Work to renovate a 23,000-square foot bay at the former Freson Bros. Grocery location on Fairview Avenue in that city will begin this spring and be ready to open by the end of ... Read More »
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