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Local school boards ready for return
By MO CRANKER on July 23rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker With schools set to reopen in the fall, divisions in the area are now working to make it possible. While many elements of the relaunch are still being finalized, Medicine Hat Public School Division superintendent Mark Davidson says public schools will be ready for students in the fall. “We didn’t hear anything during Tuesday’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Equipment malfunction could have caused motorcycle fatality, police say
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 23rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Police suspect that equipment malfunction may have contributed to a motorcycle fatality earlier this week. On Monday a single-vehicle collision, a motorcycle driven by a 58-year-old woman on Highway 3 near the Holsom Road intersection, at the west end of the airport, resulted in a fatality. Insp. Brent Secondiak says he is aware of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No mask bylaw plans, city says
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 23rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Medicine Hat will not be following Calgary’s lead imposing a bylaw requiring face masks to be worn in public places. On Tuesday Calgary city council voted 12-3 in favour of a new bylaw making the wearing of a face mask mandatory in all indoor public places, starting Aug. 1. In Medicine Hat, Mayor Ted ... Read More »
1 responseMan behind collapsed real estate company guilty of fraud
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 23rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The man behind a collapsed real estate company that had dozens of Hatters as investors and once owned a proposed local community has been found guilty of one count of fraud and another of misleading investors. Ronald James Aitkens, who was the controlling mind behind the Foundation Group of Companies, according to court documents, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City won’t access loan program to cover overdue utility money
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 23rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat is currently carrying about $2 million worth of unpaid utility bills one month after a deferral program ended, but the city won’t access interest-free loans provided by the province to tide them over. Local finance officials told the News that about 20 per cent of its monthly utility billings ... Read More »
1 responseHutterite colony near Swift has spike in COVID cases; Sask. adds 60
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
A jump in positive COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is being attributed to a Hutterite Colony near Swift Current, according to a release on Wednesday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Across that province, 60 new cases were reported, including 43 on “single communal living setting” in the Rural Municipality of Lawtonia, southeast of Swift Current. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heat warnings arrive as temperatures soar
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
Right on cue, Medicine Hat is in a heat warning in the third week of July just as Medicine Hat Stampede Week would have kicked off. Festivities are cancelled this year due to the pandemic, but Medicine Hat was the hotspot in Canada at 3 p.m. as the temperature sat at 32.8C. A hot air ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede drive-thru breakfasts all they can do
By MO CRANKER on July 23rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Exhibition held the first of three free drive-thru pancake breakfast events Wednesday outside the Cypress Centre. There is another free breakfast today and one on Friday. Both run from 8-10 a.m. The events are running in a drive-thru style and seating is not being provided by the Stampede. “We’ve definitely got ... Read More »
1 responseImpaired-related charges for suspect in alleged drunk driving incident
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
A 21-year-old man has been arrested by police after allegedly driving drunk early Wednesday morning. Police received phone calls around 2 a.m. that a Dodge Ram crashed into two vehicles on Storrs Crescent. The driver then fled the scene. Police located the driver and the truck in the Ross Glen area after hearing a tire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Audit not necessary for HIV Community Link, gov’t says
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 23rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The provincial government has no plans to audit an organization that had planned to establish a supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat and received about $1 million to do so, and says a portion of that money is in the process of being returned. Last week the government withdrew funding for ARCHES, a Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City adding $150M in debt, says it’s manageable
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 22nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city’s energy and utilities division plans to add $150 million in debt over the next two years, but the city will remain under a provincially mandated ceiling and its own internal goals, Mayor Ted Clugston stressed on Tuesday. The previous evening, council approved twinning the north-end power plant and began the process to ... Read More »
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