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Alberta adds business relaunch help website
By Sean Rooney on May 11th, 2020
With all signs pointing towards a massive slate of reopenings later this week, Alberta has created a new website to help prepare businesses for an economic relaunch. Alberta Biz Connect (Alberta.ca/bizconnect) has sector-specific information for many of the businesses that could be allowed to open Thursday under Stage 1 of the provincial COVID-19 plan. Those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foremost property crime case leads to five arrests
By Medicine Hat News on May 9th, 2020
Five arrests have been made after a joint investigation by police agencies in southeast Alberta. Foremost-Bow Island RCMP announced Friday that an investigation in property crime in the village of Foremost over the winter culminated in a search warrant on May 6 that allegedly produced stolen property, a firearm and drugs. In total, 24 charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Losing her locks for right cause at right time
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on May 9th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Christine Bootland has spent her whole life waiting for a moment like this. The local cellist and music teacher has been growing out her hair for years and always said she would cut it off as a fundraiser one day. Then the world receded, public musical performances were put on hold, and Bootland decided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City lays off 15%, cancels hiring
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat has laid off 170 workers – about 15 per cent of its workforce – and have deferred filling about that many summer positions as it wrestles with closures and budget stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the News has learned. Municipal pools and recreational facilities, along with concert venues, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sakamoto’s series debuts in a time that displays its importance
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The debut of Mark Sakamoto’s documentary series on how certain communities are successfully tackling some of society’s most vexing problems was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. But the Hatter behind the series “Good People,” which is now available online, says the outbreak adds poignancy to the underlying premise of the show commissioned by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Valleyview seniors treated to parade of loved ones
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 9th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade More than 25 residents at AgeCare Valleyview seniors’ residence braved the wind and spots of rain for a celebration on Friday afternoon. A convoy of vehicles decorated for the occasion drove past with horns blaring and occupants enthusiastically waving and calling out to the residents. The residents who were not up to coming outside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kinsmen Club donation will allow much needed spruce-up of children’s library
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on May 9th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The local Kinsmen Club has stepped up to provide the Medicine Hat Public Library with some tender loving care. With few changes since its opening in 1992, the Kinsmen Children’s Library shows its share of wear and tear from decades of regular use – from stained carpeting to rusted bookshelves and worn fixtures – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local job numbers worsen but region fairing better than elsewhere in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on May 9th, 2020
The unemployment rate in rural southern Alberta rose in April but sits well below other areas of Alberta as the effects of the pandemic response plowed into economic activity. The jobless rate in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region rose to 6.8 per cent last month – up 1.6 percentage points from March but less than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Alberta readies re-opening, what will it all look like?
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant We’ve all heard the story about the boy who got caught smoking and was locked in a closest to finish a box of cigars before he was freed, supposedly cured of his desire for tobacco. It’s more than a little dated, kind of absurd and most likely a crime, to be honest, but the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask launch brings workers back to Weddingstar
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on May 9th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Weddingstar is getting ahead of the flattening curve. With relaunch initiatives beginning all over the world, the Dunmore-based wedding supply company is offering people a fashionable way to limit their risk of exposure in public by launching a new line of face masks on its website. “When we started this we were looking at, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID Alberta update Friday, May 8
By Sean Rooney on May 8th, 2020
In the past week Alberta has seen more than 1,000 new recovered cases of COVID-19, now with only 1,963 active cases reported. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw began her daily press conference Friday by changing what she talked about first – recovered cases instead of new cases. There are now 4,020 recovered ... Read More »
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