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Local Goodyear gets its Way
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 8th, 2020
A portion of 10th Avenue, N.W. will be renamed “Goodyear Way” to both honour the tire manufacturer’s 60th year of operation in Medicine Hat, as well as provide an address that makes sense on a map. City council approved an administrative committee proposal on Monday night that will see the plant, at present located officially ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID affecting younger demographic
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 8th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There is the impression that the Albertans currently being diagnosed with COVID-19 are a younger demographic. According to the numbers released by Alberta Health on Monday, 21 per cent are between the ages of 40 and 49 years, 20 per cent are 30-to-39 years old, 15 per cent 20-to-29 years of age and 14 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hall will reopen July 13
By Mo Cranker on July 7th, 2020
City hall will reopen to the general public on July 13, but on condition that visitors sign a log to accommodate potential need for contact tracing of the coronavirus, or be asked to leave and do their business via other means. City director of emergency management Merrick Brown told council on Monday that as city ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of C testing waste water for early signs of COVID-19
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 7th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The waste water in a town or city can paint a picture of how active COVID-19 is in that community. It can even help to identify the magnitude of people who have no symptoms of the virus but may be positive. Researchers at the University of Calgary, with funding from the Canadian Institutes of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff’s Bowers keeps reaching new heights in rock-painting initiative
By MO CRANKER on July 7th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker It’s been a year of setting goals and blowing past them for Sue Bowers. At the turn of the New Year, Bowers set a goal of painting and hiding 2,020 rocks around the town of Redcliff. She achieved that in May. About a month ago she launched a fundraiser with the Southern Alberta Humane ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local artist unveils ’37’
By MO CRANKER on July 7th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker If you’ve spent time living in the Hat, then you’ve undoubtedly seen James Marshall’s artwork. His latest work, named ’37’, was unveiled at the Cypress Club recently. The brick art mural depicts a sage grouse performing an elaborate dance to impress nearby hens. “It’s a male sage grouse in full mating posture, and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council opens back up to public
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Holding its first meeting open to the public in more than 100 days, city council drew an in-person crowd on par with non-pandemic times on Monday night. “Nice to see everyone in person,” said Mayor Ted Clugston to start the proceedings at the Esplanade Studio Theatre. About a dozen interested observers sat staggered on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council pauses plan to sell historic former school
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council has temporarily paused a plan to potentially sell a historic former school that houses non-profit group offices until the Kiwanis Club can make its case to keep the Gas City Kiwanis Centre at Elizabeth Street school open. Officials from the club and the society that leases the Edwardian-era brick and sandstone building ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six cases at local seniors residence
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 7th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat was last week, a resident of South Country Village – a seniors residence near the airport, Alberta Health has confirmed. By Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases at this seniors facility was four, including the death. On Monday afternoon Alberta Health said the number had climbed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana’s Hill County reports second case of COVID-19
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2020
A second case of the Coronavirus has been reported in Hill County, Montana, the county that surrounds the town of Havre. Health officials there reported that a women in her 30s has reported positive for the respiratory disease. Statewide, 37 new cases were recorded on Monday, bringing the total to 1,249 in the state that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province to restart free face mask distribution on July 13
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2020
After a brief suspension of the program, the province will restart the free distribution of face masks from July 13. These face masks will once again be available at A&W, McDonald’s and Tim Hortons restaurant locations across the province. Alberta’s health officials have said that wearing a face mask when social distancing of two metres ... Read More »
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