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COVID testing almost doubles in South zone
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade In the last 10 days the number of COVID-19 tests carried out in the South zone, which includes Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, has almost doubled. Accumulative total of tests done: March 22 1470 March 24 1627 March 26 1899 March 29 2282 March 30 2311 April 1 2561 April 2 2721 The number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!George Thorogood concert postponed due to COVID-19
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2020
George Thorogood and the Destroyers are postponing their April 14 concert date in Medicine Hat due to COVID-19 concerns. The tour is being rescheduled and a new date in the Hat will be announced soon. The Canalta Centre is encouraging fans to hold onto their tickets at this time. The venue will update social media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat doctor joins HALO
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2020
HALO Air Ambulance is welcoming Dr. Paul Parks on its team. Paul Carolan, HALO Air Ambulance, announced Friday that the organization is very proud to welcome Parks as its chief medical officer. Parks is an emergency department physician in Medicine Hat. “With the unprecedented public health crisis, we find ourselves in, the timing of this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hut 8 reports huge gains
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2020
Hut 8 Cryptocurrency is reporting a huge gain in revenue and a 50 per cent increase in profit over the past year, thanks mostly to increased operations at its Medicine Hat data-processing facility. The company’s year-end financial statements, made public on Friday, show profits rose by $12 million in 2019 despite what the company described ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City notebook: Stanfield’s steps up
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant My dad was from Cape Breton and for his entire life would settle for nothing less than Stanfield’s long underwear. That firm employs about 500 workers in Truro, N.S., and kept stubbornly at it even as coal mines and fisheries suffered decades of decline. It was a point of pride, and dad felt supporting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still no cases at hospital
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 3rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade None of the local cases of COVID-19 have needed hospitalization, says Alberta Health Services. More good news, there are still no cases in any local continuing care facilities, AHS has confirmed. Since March 26, AHS’s South zone has had 12 cases of COVID-19, which is by far the lowest of all zones. As of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police receive more calls than first week, but still fewer than usual
By JEREMY APPEL on April 3rd, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Police have been receiving more calls since the first week of our social distancing regime, but it’s still less than normal for this time of year. Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Brent Secondiak tells the News that the bulk of this increase has occurred during day shifts, with an increase in thefts at stores ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Too essential to part with: Local school divisions avoid laying off educational support staff
By JEREMY APPEL on April 3rd, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat’s public and separate school divisions were able to avoid laying off educational support staff after a sudden cut from the provincial government announced over the weekend. The Ministry of Education informed the province’s school divisions they would each receive a 14 per cent cut to their per student base grant and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Morale of doctors in Alberta ‘very low’
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 3rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local pediatrician says physicians are in the middle of a pandemic, and on top of that feel demoralized by Alberta Health. While doctors keep working through this ordeal, health minister Tyler Shandro has “time on his hands” and there is no support for physicians, says Dr. Minati Devi, pediatrician. “The morale of doctors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IPC Alberta says it can weather oil prices at ‘zero’ in Western Canada
By Medicine Hat News on April 3rd, 2020
IPC Alberta says that it has financial capacity to weather oil prices at “zero” in Western Canada for more than a year. The company that has major operations inland around CFB Suffield drilling block, as well as northern Alberta, gave no price forecast in a corporate update Thursday regarding the impact of collapsing world prices ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters reaching out to thank frontline staff
By Medicine Hat News on April 3rd, 2020
A group of Hatters took time out of their day Thursday to say tank you to staff at a local retirement facility. People gathered outside of Revera Meadowlands Retirement Residence for 3 p.m. and clapped for staff who take care of their loved ones every day. Families with multiple generations attended to say hi and ... Read More »
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