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Water Run able to go despite pandemic
By MO CRANKER on September 5th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The annual Water Run is taking place this fall but it will look a little different compared to previous years. The run is being held Oct. 10 outside the downtown YMCA and will kick off at 11 a.m. The run will likely be capped at 150 participants this year, organizer Dave McElhinney says. “We’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City briefs: Central Park getting fire pit installed
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire pit will be installed at Kiwanis Central Park this month thanks to a new sponsorship agreement between the city and Plains Midstream Canada. The pit will be installed on Wednesday on the site that formerly featured a horseshoe pit and near the winter ice skating rink and Kiwanis Kitchen. Benches were installed this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!Southern Alberta job numbers better than average
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta sits well below the provincial average and other areas where joblessness is as much as double last year’s rates. New figures on Friday from Statistics Canada peg the unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region at 8.6 per cent in August. That’s down 1.1 percentage points from July, but ... 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!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!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!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 »
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