November 20th, 2024

Local News

AUPE fails to save hospital laundry

By GILLIAN SLADE on September 5th, 2020

gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The union’s endeavour to put a halt to the contracting out of laundry services at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital was not successful. Four years ago Alberta Health Services first talked of aging infrastructure in the laundry department at MHRH. Although no dollar amount was attached to the department locally, the NDP government revealed it ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Gas station owner will plead not guilty to his assault charges

By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020

A representative for Anwar Kamaran appeared virtually in provincial court Thursday morning, noting that Kamaran would plead not guilty to his charges. Kamaran, a former Alberta Liberal candidate and the owner of Walsh Save On Gas, is facing one charge of assault and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a series of altercations ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Cypress County officials reiterate desperate need for pause on tax changes

By COLLIN GALLANT on September 4th, 2020

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cypress County officials are again calling on the province to press “pause” on linear tax changes they say would threaten the viability of the county’s budget. The statement released on Wednesday comes after a mass meeting of local government officials across southern Alberta with new Minister of Municipal Affairs Tracy Allard and area MLAs. ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Calgary follows Hat’s lead in joining Google Canada e-commerce program

By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020

The City of Calgary has joined a program from Google Canada to get more local businesses set up for e-commerce six weeks after the City of Medicine Hat. The pilot project in Calgary, announced Thursday, aims to enrol 90 businesses to engage on the “ShopHere” platform and develop websites and purchasing capability. A partnership of ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Montana per-capita COVID numbers way above Alberta

By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020

Montana is consistently recording 50 per cent more positive COVID-19 cases than Alberta despite having one-quarter the population, a News analysis has found. That suggests the infection rate is currently six times higher on a per capita basis in Montana, while the number of fatalities is double comparatively. It comes as the Canadian Border Service ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Discretion used when licence plates blocked

By GILLIAN SLADE on September 4th, 2020

gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Motorists could be fined if vehicle licence plates aren’t visible but there are also some grey areas where a judgment call is in order, police say. Your vehicle number plate is supposed to be “visible, clear and legible at all times,” said Const. Robert Angstadt of the Medicine Hat Police Service. “A tinted and ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Schuler radar upgrade means better info

By GILLIAN SLADE on September 4th, 2020

gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Schuler weather radar station has been out of action for some time but Environment Canada says that is about to change. The Schuler radar had to be upgraded this summer to increase the doppler range, said Blaine Lowry, meteorologist with Environment Canada. Nothing had gone wrong with the equipment it was simply a ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Hat High changing team names

By MO CRANKER on September 4th, 2020

mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker After years of consideration, Medicine Hat High School has retired the names for its girls and boys sports teams. The names ‘Mohawks’ and ‘Kwahommies’ will no longer be used by the school, and it does not have a new name picked out yet for either team. Principal Boris Grisonich made the announcement Thursday morning ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Daily COVID update, Sept. 2

By Medicine Hat News on September 3rd, 2020

The number of Alberta deaths attributed to COVID-19 increased by one in the last 24 hours and it was in the south zone’s Newell County. Alberta Health reports that the total number of deaths in Alberta now stands at 242, with 25 in the south. The total number of active cases in this region is ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

COVID throws utility rates out of whack

By COLLIN GALLANT on September 3rd, 2020

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility rates in Medicine Hat are moving in opposite fashion to how they typically act throughout the year, causing city budget forecasters to rewrite estimates and even rearrange the schedule to close some low production gas wells. Changes in power use across the province due to the pandemic have sent electricity rates much lower ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!

Private lab service puts Medicine Hat expansion on hold

By GILLIAN SLADE on September 3rd, 2020

gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A private mobile lab collection service that announced in July it had plans to expand into Medicine Hat, has now put those plans on hold. Ichor Blood Services was taking bookings for $195 serology tests in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, with plans to expand to Medicine Hat, CEO Mike Kuzmickas told the News in ... Read More »

Be the first to comment!