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Cactus RV offering a free place to stay for healthcare workers forced to self-isolate
By Mo Cranker on April 12th, 2020
MO CRANKER Curtis and Sandra Kergen have been watching their daughter work every day as a registered nurse and decided they wanted to do something to help health care workers. The couple operate Cactus RV in Medicine Hat and have been married for 37 years. As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, they have heard about, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community support phone line closed for the weekend but back to normal Monday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 11th, 2020
A community support telephone line for resident’s inquiries was closed on Friday for the holiday, but will reopen on Monday, April 13, at 9 a.m., the city has announced. The line, accessible at 403-529-8106, typically operates on weekdays from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. A listing of information by topic is available on the city’s website ... Read More »
1 responseIncreased outdoor activity has bylaw seeing more canine complaints
By JEREMY APPEL on April 11th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Since the beginning of April, bylaw has received six complaints of aggressive canines, with five confirmed bites to people and other animals. Three of the complaints were the result of incidents occurring in residences, while the other half occurred in parks, both in on-leash and off-leash areas, according to the Medicine Hat Police Service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s COVID-19 numbers broken down
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 11th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Alberta 6.7 per cent of those who have tested positive are being hospitalized, according to the data released by Alberta Health on Wednesday. The data says 2.2 per cent end up in ICU and 2 per cent die. The majority of positive cases, 254, are in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Easter-egg kits available through Police Point Park
By Medicine Hat News on April 11th, 2020
The chicks and bunnies are self-isolating for the time being, but the Police Point Nature Centre is offering another mainstay of its Easter weekend festivities to Hatters for home use this weekend. Kits for decorating Ukrainian-style Easter eggs are being offered for purchase via telephone and pick-up from the centre in the morning to mid-afternoon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schools host socially-distant parades
By JEREMY APPEL on April 11th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Schools in the Hat’s public and separate divisions hosted physical distancing parades Thursday to honour teachers, students and parents for their quick adaptation to the new COVID-19 world. Webster Niblock School had its staff ride in a cavalcade of vehicles along the regular bus routes, honking their horns while students and parents stood outside, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment rises in wake of isolation
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 11th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Unemployment jumped by almost two per cent across Alberta in March as jobs were shed and the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic response began to hit home, assuring the new figures for the month released late this week. Specific to rural southern Alberta and the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region, the jobless rate moved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City closes outdoor play areas
By Medicine Hat News on April 11th, 2020
Medicine Hat News The City of Medicine Hat has closed all outdoor play structures in parks and school playgrounds, effective immediately. “There has been a lot of confusion in the community related to mass gatherings and the use of outdoor spaces,” Merrick Brown, director of emergency management, said in a statement. “As preventative measures continue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Getting used to the abnormal
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 11th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant How are we doing, Medicine Hat? OK, I hope. Have we wrapped our heads around it yet? Adjusted to the “new normal?” Exhausted our imaginations? Burned out our TV screens? Rearranged the furniture enough times? It’s time to admit that things are upside down, but also that the view from here is revealing. It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College professor sees big challenge for Kenney, UCP
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 9th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local political science professor says based on Premier Jason Kenney’s speech on Tuesday night, Alberta is going to face at least a decade of economic recovery when the pandemic is over. “It’s going to take 10 to 15 years economically to get on our feet again,” said Jim Groom, a political science professor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress runoff higher, flooding possible
By Medicine Hat News on April 9th, 2020
Runoff from the prairie snowpack and the Cypress Hills will be 50 to 100 per cent higher than a typical year, Alberta Environment states in its recent monthly outlook. The Alberta plains runoff estimates show levels well above normal for almost all of Southeast Alberta, as of mid-March. On Tuesday in Montana, the National Weather ... Read More »
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