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Council to discuss Towne Square project in first meeting of 2022
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council’s first meeting of 2022 is scheduled for tonight in a rare Tuesday meeting to accommodate the statutory holiday on Monday. Council members will conduct a public hearing into the final development permits applied for by the city’s own land development office for the “Towne Square” project located across from city hall. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents celebrate birth of New Year’s baby
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 4th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Despite it all, Corbin and Amy Cooper say it was a “no brainer” to get married in late 2020 and start a family in 2021. Now, the Medicine Hat couple welcomed their first child as the New Year’s baby in 2022. Aera Beatrice Cooper was born at 1:49 p.m. on January 1, weighing eight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2021 Story of the Year: 56 Hatters die in two-and-a-half months
By KENDALL KING & LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporters on January 4th, 2022
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com KENDALL KING & LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporters Between Aug. 17 and Nov. 3, 56 Hatters died in a COVID-related death. We may not know their names; we may not know their stories – we may never know more than the number they added to the city’s death count. But for their family, ... Read More »
1 responseSchool boards in preparation mode
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local school boards are preparing for students to return to class on Jan. 10 after Alberta’s government announced an extension of the winter break on Dec. 30. Students at Medicine Hat Public School Division and Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education were slated to return to class Wednesday. Superintendents for both divisions say the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newsmaker of the Year: Linnsie Clark becomes first female mayor of Medicine Hat
By Collin Gallant on December 31st, 2021
Hatters voted for change in the fall of 2021, and the woman who led that call has been named the top newsmaker of the year in Medicine Hat by the News editorial board. Linnsie Clark, 41, became the city’s first female mayor with a resounding win at the polls, defeating two-term incumbent Ted Clugston and ... Read More »
7 responsesAHS says local ICU has COVID patient again
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 31st, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Alberta Health Services is reporting the first COVID patient in Medicine Hat Regional Hospital’s ICU in exactly one month, an AHS representative confirmed to the News on Wednesday. The last confirmed report from AHS was Nov. 29, at which time there was one local ICU patient. Hospitalizations in Medicine Hat have only slightly increased ... Read More »
1 responseWe want to write about the New Year’s baby, but we need your help
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 31st, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews If you ring in the New Year with the arrival of a new baby, give us a ring once you’re up for it. Alberta Health Services has announced it will not provide any help to the media across the province this weekend regarding the New Year’s babies for 2022. Therefore, the Medicine Hat News ... Read More »
1 responseMVC on TCH causes traffic delay
By Medicine Hat News on December 31st, 2021
Medicine Hat police attended to a motor vehicle collision on the westbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway on Thursday morning. The collision occurred near the South Saskatchewan River bridge. Police reported no injuries. Debris was cleared and the Trans-Canada reopened by early Thursday afternoon... Read More »
1 responseYear in Review: 2021 dominated by COVID and change at city hall
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 30th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant While 2021 might not have seen the corner turned in the COVID-19 pandemic, it may go down as a watershed year at Medicine Hat city hall. A major cost-cutting program nullified a tax increase and basically filled a long-standing structural budget deficit left by long-gone natural gas profits. The city also completed an eight-year-old ... Read More »
2 responsesMHPS reminds public to plan ahead on New Year’s
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 30th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are reminding the public to celebrate responsibly this New Year’s and to dress for cold temperatures, if going out. “We will be out and about,” Staff Sgt. Ryan Thorburn told the News. “We will definitely be checking on impaired driving throughout the weekend … We put extra officers (who will) use ... Read More »
1 responseRestaurant owners prepare for unpredictable New Year’s Eve
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 30th, 2021
kking@medicinehatnews.com Restaurants throughout the city are getting ready for New Year’s, however some business owners have found it difficult to prepare due to unpredictable dining numbers and new COVID-19 protocol. “Honestly, with COVID I don’t even know what Friday is going to be like,” Chad Jacobs, owner and operator of TJ’s Pizza, told the News. ... Read More »
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