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Carbon black demand expected to rise: Cancarb parent
By Medicine Hat News on April 23rd, 2021
Cancarb parent-company Tokai Carbon expects strong growth in demand for carbon black in North America due to a “rapid rebound” in global tire production, the Tokyo-based materials manufacturer stated in its financial year-end note to shareholders. The company completed a 20-per cent capacity expansion at Medicine Hat facility in 2020, and states that U.S. plants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public division dealing with positive cases in multiple schools
By Medicine Hat News on April 23rd, 2021
The Medicine Hat Public School Division announced three new cases of COVID-19 in its schools late Wednesday night. Alberta Health Services have identified two additional cases at Crescent Heights High School, totalling three active cases at the school. The division’s statement says the school remains on alert and all close contacts of positive cases have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters clean up their community for Earth Day
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 23rd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi On Earth Day, volunteers with the Grasslands Naturalists were picking up garbage at the end of Ranchlands Boulevard in the northeast corner of the city. “There were five of us and we spent not quite an hour and got a nice pile of trash,” said Martha Munz Gue, one of the volunteers. “It’s the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power capacity expansion necessary despite uncertainty of major buyer
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 23rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Power plant expansion is still required in Medicine Hat even though the city’s second largest power contract is still in limbo, officials said Thursday as construction was officially kicked off on the new Unit 17 power plant. A virtual ceremony saw planners turn sod on the $65-million project that would add 44-megawatts of generating ... Read More »
1 responseCity eyes hydrogen as power expands
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 23rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.comS@CollinGallant City utility officials sunk the ceremonial shovel into natural gas-fired power plant expansion on April 22 – Earth Day – noting it would be best-in-class for emission control, but also that they are exploring the potential to use zero-emission hydrogen to generate power in the future. “We’re very much aware of it, and it’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CORE director hopes vaccines curbed recent outbreak
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 23rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Officials with the CORE Association say they are confident a COVID-19 outbreak in the organization will be limited to four cases thanks to widespread uptake of vaccine among clients and other mitigation efforts. Rita Bessant is the executive director of the agency that works with developmentally delayed adults and children and also operates group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Joseph’s palliative getting assist from Google
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 22nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi St. Joseph’s Home in Medicine Hat will be adding new technology Thursday when it receives five Google Assistants for long-term care patients in the palliative care unit. The Alberta South East Region’s Canadian Mental Health Association is donating the five devices and its executive director says she hopes one day a Google Assistant will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drive-thru job fair packed with employee hopefuls
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 22nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local employment agency says its drive-thru job fair on Wednesday was the best-attended since the YMCA Employment Centre began hosting the unusual hiring fairs last spring. A dozen employers, including several major employers, connected with applicants at the parking lot of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede grounds during the day and held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing set for May 31 for man guilty of dangerous driving causing death
By Medicine Hat News on April 22nd, 2021
Sentencing for a man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a 72-year-old and injuring another individual outside Brooks in 2019 will take place next month. Gavin Petrie was charged five months after the June 3, 2019 collision that occurred near the JBS plant west of Brooks. Mounties at the time charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents, advocates embrace idea of $10/day childcare
By Jalyce Thompson on April 22nd, 2021
The federal government announced Monday its plan to invest $30 billion in early learning and childcare services. The government says the national plan will decrease childcare fees by 50% by 2022. By 2026, daily childcare costs are to be $10. Alberta’s pilot project by the former NDP government had the childcare cost at $25 a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCoy’s virtual fundraising concert bringing back some familiar faces
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 22nd, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Fiona Chisholm, substitute french horn player for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is taking part in the Friends of McCoy virtual concert fundraiser and says she’s excited to give back to Monsignor McCoy High School where she graduated in 2008. Donations raised are being put toward a new building by the school which includes a ... Read More »
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