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At-home learning options available for parents who choose so
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 13th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s two school divisions are readying online-learning programs for students whose parents are weighing options ahead of an Aug. 31 return to class. Pupils across Alberta have been home since mid-March when pandemic protocols barred large indoor gatherings. For public school students, the return could be via an online learning “At home HUB,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cancarb parent makes sales adjustment over COVID-19
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 13th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The parent company of Cancarb in Medicine Hat reduced its whole-year sales forecast by one third this month as it presented its first quarterly financial report that included the coronavirus pandemic. Tokai Carbon saw net sales across its product line fall by 32 per cent during the first six months of 2020, compared to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former political candidate charged with assaults
By Medicine Hat News on August 13th, 2020
Redcliff RCMP have charged former Alberta Liberal candidate and Walsh Save On Gas owner Anwar Kamaran with one count of assault and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a series of altercations in Walsh over the weekend. Redcliff RCMP Staff Sgt. Sean Maxwell says Kamaran allegedly assaulted a female in Walsh on Aug. ... Read More »
1 responseVolunteers set to return to Meals on Wheels delivery
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 13th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The seniors who have traditionally volunteered their time to deliver Meals on Wheels are starting to do so again, says the city. Throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and since, city employees have been doing the delivery of meals to protect the volunteer drivers who are seniors and considered to be in a vulnerable demographic. Now ... Read More »
1 responseTeen’s inaugural solo flight a first for school program
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 13th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade It was the day when dreams took flight. Logan Neubauer, 16, took to the skies Wednesday morning in his first solo flight and the next step in a career he hopes will be in aviation. In May 2019, Prairie Rose School Division announced a working relationship with Super T Aviation to offer a three-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walsh Save On Gas owner facing three counts of assault
By medicinehatnews on August 12th, 2020
Redcliff RCMP have charged former Alberta Liberal candidate and Walsh Save On Gas owner Anwar Kamaran with one count of assault and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a series of altercations in Walsh over the weekend. Redcliff RCMP Staff Sgt. Sean Maxwell says Kamaran allegedly assaulted a female in Walsh on Aug. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID under control at only local seniors’ home with outbreak
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade About a month ago the first local death reportedly linked to COVID-19 was connected to South Country Village seniors’ residence near the airport. At the time the number of positive cases at the residence was four, and then climbed to 10. Alberta Health says it has all quietened down there. “There are currently no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taber flood work could cost City of Medicine Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Newly announced grants to build a floodway near Taber may trigger the need for regional municipalities – including Medicine Hat and Cypress County – to put millions of their own money toward the project. The Horsefly Emergency Spillway, which would divert flood water past the town of Taber, will eventually join the St. Mary’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City counting traffic of all kinds at base of Scholten Hill
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Now you see it, now you won’t – a contraption attached to a light standard at the bottom of Scholten Hill. A camera is part of the equipment on that light standard and has been put in place by the city, says a spokesperson. It is recording traffic volume and what type of traffic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grocery worker strike avoided after Safeway union members support new deal
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2020
The potential for a province-wide grocery strike has been averted as the union representing Safeway workers says its members have overwhelmingly endorsed a new contract. The United Food and Commercial Workers, Local No. 401, announced this week that ratification votes throughout Alberta last week resulted in 90 per cent support. About half of the 8,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat man arrested for Brooks break-in was already wanted for robbery
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2020
A Medicine Hat man already wanted on suspicion of robbery is in custody in Brooks after he was picked up following another alleged break-in at a rural property. Mounties from the Brooks detachment say that a landowner chased a suspected trespasser off their property at about 7 p.m. Sunday, with the truck knocking down fences ... Read More »
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