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Veiner Centre operator could take over by spring
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat will contract out operations at the Veiner Centre as early as this spring after council approved a proposal submitted by the Calgary-based Kerby Mission to operate the building and handle seniors programming. The move was approved by an 8-1 margin as council members argued it was the best route ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mobile mammography unit coming to Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
A mobile mammography unit will be available in Brooks later this month. Women between the ages of 50 and 74, which is the demographic most at risk of developing breast cancer, will have an opportunity to get a screen test mammogram on Feb. 24, 25, 26 and 28, and March 1-6, 8 and 9, The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deaths at MH Regional Hospital were man in his 80s, woman in her 70s
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2021
AHS has issued a statement regarding the deaths connected with a COVID outbreak in acute care last month at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. An outbreak was declared on one unit at MHRH on Jan. 14 after three patients and two health-care workers linked to this unit tested positive, for a total of five cases. Two ... Read More »
3 responsesPhillips granted complainant status in case over unauthorized surveillance
By Tim Kalinowski Alberta Newspaper Group on February 3rd, 2021
Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips has been granted complainant status in a case against two Lethbridge Police Service officers who undertook an unauthorized surveillance against her when she was Minister of the Environment with the former NDP government. The decision was posted on the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) website this week following Phillips’ hearing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trees come down so permanent berm can go up
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2021
Crews have started cutting down trees in Harlow, and a warning sign to walkers on the nearby trail explains that “mulchers” are at work. Removing trees will provide space for the building of a permanent berm that will start where the existing berm on Harris Street ends and extend further east. The berm will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council will push province for regional COVID approach
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 2nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council will request the province take a regional approach that they say could mean local pandemic restrictions lifted sooner. Council approved sending a letter requesting the change from a province-wide view with a 9-0 count, though as many as four said they hope it at least would “start a dialogue” about ... Read More »
4 responsesCCDA could face spring dissolution vote
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 2nd, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City Centre Development Agency has an approved budget for 2021, but might face a vote to dissolve the organization before the spring. City council approved the organization’s budget it had tabled last week while dealing with complaints from some stakeholders about cuts to a local grant. It also engaged its legal department to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Layoffs at MHC after province pulls grant
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2021
The recent cancellation of provincial government grant funding to Medicine Hat College resulted in more than a dozen people being impacted by layoffs on Monday. Sandy Henderson, dean of student services and registrar at MHC, says two and a half full-time positions (three people) were laid off and between eight and 10 people in part-time ... Read More »
1 responseTriplet calves, times two, bring national attention
By Alberta Newspaper Group on February 2nd, 2021
The calving season at Shaunavon, Sask.’s Oberle Farms got off to an eventful start with the birth of a healthy set of triplet Charolais calves at about 10 p.m. on Jan. 20. It was early in the calving season for the Oberles as the triplets were Nos. 9, 10 and 11 of what is expected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two deaths linked to recent COVID-19 outbreak at MH Regional Hospital
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2021
A COVID outbreak in acute care last month at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital has now been linked to two deaths. Alberta Health Services reported on its website that an outbreak was declared Jan. 14 on one unit at MHRH. 14. The outbreak was declared after three patients and two health-care workers linked to this specific ... Read More »
1 responseCold weather means utilities rise
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2021
Utility prices are rising as colder weather drives up demand. Medicine Hat utility customers will pay $2.93 per gigajoule of natural gas used in February, up by 31 cents, while power also moves up to 8.7 cents per kilowatt hour. For electricity, that marks an increase of one-eighth of one cent over January. Medicine Hat ... Read More »
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