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Dismissal of appeal to delay ID requirement at supervised consumption sites will prove harmful, advocates say
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 1st, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Starting today, anyone accessing supervised consumption sites within Alberta will be asked to provide their personal health number, following the provincial Court of Appeal’s Monday ruling which dismissed an emergency appeal requesting implementation of the policy be delayed. The appeal was submitted by the Lethbridge Overdose Society and Moms Stop the Harm, a nationwide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Navigating record inflation and why it’s happening
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 29th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Canada’s inflation rate hit record highs as the calendar year turned to 2022, with the last time national inflation approaching such rates coming in 1991. As Canadians attempt to navigate the affects of such, financial experts are offering advice. “Inflation is when the cost of goods is exceeding wage growth,” Sheri Thiel, credit counsellor ... Read More »
1 responseCity’s new investment plan nearing completion
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A plan to change how the city manages the nearly $574 million in reserves it holds is nearing completion, and that includes a new search for money management firms. Thursday’s meeting of the corporate services committee included an update and overview for new council members on investment policy changes approved last summer that will ... Read More »
1 responsePublic services meeting on Monday to discuss parks plan
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 29th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The city’s public services committee will hold a special meeting Monday to discuss the long-anticipated parks and recreation masterplan. The report’s writing coincided with the fall election and a controversial decision to keep two rec facilities closed, though that decision has been since reversed. “Normally we would be discussing it at a (regular) meeting,” ... Read More »
1 responseBuilding figures way up in the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Solid and improving building permit figures in 2021 are being taken as a positive signal for the local economy by officials at the city’s planning department and construction sector. Following unprecedented pressure on building projects and developers in 2020, activity in 2021 was much better than during the early stages of the pandemic, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Was keeping warm always this much?
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 29th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The big complaint this week in Medicine Hat that’s not medical, societal or philosophical has to be the high price of utilities this winter. It’s a bit meteorological, these being the colder months and all, but Hatters are really hot over the high cost of keeping the furnace going and the lights on. That’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local filmmaker to feature Monarch Theatre in documentary
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 29th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s Monarch Theatre is set to take a new role as the star of Alberta-based filmmaker Luke Fandrich’s upcoming documentary, set to release in fall of 2022. Fandrich became interested in the Monarch Theatre after finishing production on his 2019 documentary about the city’s historic clay district, titled Clay, Creativity and the Comeback. ... Read More »
1 responseNumber of city utility and tax accounts in arrears has dropped
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 28th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The number of city utility and tax accounts in arrears has dropped from the worst of the pandemic in early 2021, a city committee heard Thursday, but the number facing a disconnection warning or seeing amounts transferred to tax bills has grown. The matter was presented to the city’s corporate services committee as a ... Read More »
1 responseProvincial government hosting virtual feedback sessions for K-6 curriculum
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 28th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The Government of Alberta will be hosting virtual sessions throughout February in which the public can provide feedback on the proposed K-6 curriculum. The sessions were originally schedule for fall of 2021 but were cancelled due to the pandemic. Subject-specific sessions will now be held between Jan. 31 and Feb. 28, with each session ... Read More »
1 responseMom’s Stop The Harm hoping to change upcoming legislation on ID policy for SCS use
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 28th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Moms Stop The Harm, a nationwide drug advocacy group, and the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society are working together in hopes of changing upcoming provincial legislation that would require individuals accessing supervised consumption sites to provide personal health numbers. “Supervised consumption services are something both the federal government and the provincial government can regulate,” Avnish ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID claims two more SW Saskatchewan residents
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 28th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two more residents of Southwest Saskatchewan have died of causes related to COVID-19 this week, according to new figures released by that province’s health authority. Overall active cases sat at 364 in the health region comprising Maple Creek (72) and Swift Current (292). That is a slight decline from earlier in the week when ... Read More »
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