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Gaming revenge prank leads to hospital lockdown
By Medicine Hat News on May 7th, 2020
An online hoax led local police to briefly lock down the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Tuesday night, the city police reported early Wednesday, but the facility was reopen and operating as usual that day. “I can’t imagine how much stress it caused in an already stressful environment,” said MHPS Staff Sgt. Trevor Humphries. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City says hands are tied by provincial order as it cancels July 1 fireworks
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A complete ban on city activities until Aug. 31 will also nix the potential of a standalone Canada Day fireworks show, even without the traditional day-long festivities at Kin Coulee, city emergency officials said Tuesday. That caught organizers off guard, the News has learned, after they hoped that a pyrotechnic display could be staged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Routine changes show up in utility consumption data
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 7th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade You might say people’s routines have been a little different this April compared to last, and the city says that has had an impact on how much water and power we consumed. During the COVID-19 pandemic and isolation, more people are cooking at home and children are baking as part of their daily education ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Loans made available to utility providers
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new provincial bill would provide loans to utility providers to help them carry the cost of deferred power and gas bills during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Bill 14 was introduced late Wednesday as the legislature resumed sitting in Edmonton, and would provide more than $300 million in loans to ... Read More »
2 responsesCOVID-19 Wednesday, May 6 update
By Sean Rooney on May 6th, 2020
After four straight days of reductions in daily COVID-19 case counts, Alberta saw a slight uptick Wednesday with 70 new cases plus six deaths attributed to the virus. Alberta Health statistics show 15 of those new cases are in Brooks. Totals are now 5,963 for the province, 1,020 of those in Brooks and 33 in ... Read More »
1 responseHat hospital reopens after online ‘SWAT’ hoax
By Collin Gallant on May 6th, 2020
An online hoax led local police to briefly lock down the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Tuesday night, the Medicine Hat Police reported early Wednesday. It is reopen and operating as usual. Police say that a person in Seattle took issue with a 12-year-old boy during an online video gaming session, and attempted to “SWAT” ... Read More »
1 responseCity says relaunch still a ways off
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Emergency planners are figuring out how to reopen city facilities and return to normal service delivery from COVID lockdown, but stressed on Monday night that could take “months and months.” “We really don’t have an end in sight for this,” said Merrick Brown, the city’s director of emergency planning, during an update to council ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still a low hospitalization rate in the south
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade As of Tuesday morning… The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase in the south zone but the hospitalization rate remains low. Alberta Health Services says there were five COVID-19 patients in Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Monday and three of those within the ICU. There was only one other hospitalization in the south ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local resident wants to see Service Canada offices reopened after struggling to get help
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local resident says after hours on the phone trying to reach an agent it is time for Service Canada’s regional offices to reopen with Plexiglas barriers like banks and groceries stores have done to keep staff and public safe. Garry Schmidt applied for Employment Insurance on March 17 but there have been problems ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two cases linked to Costco but not considered an outbreak
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health has confirmed there are two positive cases of COVID-19 linked to Costco in Medicine Hat. “Health officials have taken swift action to protect the public and limit the spread. AHS has isolated the positive cases, is undertaking contact tracing, and currently investigating possible sources of transmission and any epidemiological links,” said Tom ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Businesses anxious to take city up on support
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Interest is high in potential grants from a city fund to support and bolster the small business sector as the economy relaunches from pandemic restrictions. But, business operators and entrepreneurs will have to wait until the parameters are set by the city to find out more details about the program paid for by the ... Read More »
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