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City Notebook: Power struggle
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 5th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A growing chorus of complaints against high utility bills in Medicine Hat seems to have spurred some action to re-examine how local rates are set, perhaps even re-opening the process, and providing some interim relief. Councillors on the utility committee say administrators are prepared to give some options for relief and a thorough going-through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Badlands Harley to become part of Plewis Automotive Group
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A vehicle dealership group is expanding its local footprint and selection, as Badlands Harley-Davidson is set to become part of the Plewis Automotive Group. That Swift Current-based outfit announced the deal Friday, stating they have come to terms with long-term motorcycle dealer owners Ivan and Wendy Karsten to acquire the business on March 1. ... Read More »
1 responseProtestors call for end of masking at local schools
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Protesters objecting to mask requirements in local schools picketed in front of three Medicine Hat school facilities and elsewhere in the region on Friday as part of wider anti-mask action promoted on social media. They are promising to continue the effort next week until that health measure is dropped. Two tractors and a small ... Read More »
3 responsesRegional jobless rate rises, but remains better than last year
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 5th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The regional jobless rate rose in January compared to the end of 2021, but sits four percentage points better than this time one year ago. New data for last month from Statistics Canada states the unemployment rate in the combined Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region sat at 7.5 per cent. That is one point higher ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHWSS working with schools, youth centres to promote healthy relationships
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com In recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is working with local schools and youth centres to inform teens about the different types of dating violence and promote healthy relationships. “Teen dating violence is very similar to the violence which adults may be going through,” Peggy Revell, MHWSS community ... Read More »
1 responseCity: Answers, relief on power bills soon
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters can expect an in-depth explanation of utility fees soon, as well as some relief options before council to ease the sting of sky-high power and gas bills, a city committee heard on Thursday. Utility commissioner Brad Maynes said a number of factors have caused bills to spike this winter – mainly colder weather ... Read More »
1 responseMHC welcomes new chaplain George Koopmans
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College welcomes a new chaplain, George Koopmans, following the retirement of Rev. Kristy Reimers-Loader in October of 2021. Koopmans is originally from B.C. but moved to Medicine Hat 17 years ago to take over ministry of the city’s Christian Reform Church. Koopmans, who studied at Olds College and the Mid-America Reformed Seminary, ... Read More »
1 responseMotz asks blockade organizers to stand down
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant MP Glen Motz says he’s talked with organizers of a blockade of the U.S.-Canada border near Coutts and told anti-restriction protesters that it’s time to end the stoppage of trade. “I said the message that they’re trying to get out is getting lost,” said Motz, whose riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner includes Alberta’s only 24-hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motz supports Conservative vote for party change
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz supported a movement to remove Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole and on Thursday told the News the move will provide renewal within the party. One day earlier, about two-thirds of Conservative Party of Canada’s 119 MPs voted to remove O’Toole, who became leader in late-2020 but leaves after the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cases down, hospitalizations up in SW Sask.
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 4th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Cases are down but hospitalizations are up in southwestern Saskatchewan where the provincial government is reading a plan to lift most pandemic health restrictions. In areas around Maple Creek and Swift Current on Thursday, positively identified active cases fell again, to 175, continuing a trend down from an all-time high above 400 cases on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waste water readings show COVID still spiking in the Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 4th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A key measure of COVID prevalence in communities is on a downward trend in many Alberta towns and cities, but not Medicine Hat, where it is rising sharply. Sample testing of sewage provides researchers a broad view of how much material related to the coronavirus is circulating. It is used as a forward indicator ... Read More »
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