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One-man movie focuses on personal growth
By MO CRANKER on October 10th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Local singer, songwriter and producer Robert Larrabee has spent his time cooped up during the COVID-19 crisis making a full-length film. The movie, ‘That’s Bob,’ features a number of different story lines and characters, all of which are portrayed by Larrabee. “This whole COVID-19 thing started in February and all of a sudden, all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assisted dying hurdles unfair, doctor says
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 10th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local physician is raising concerns about Medicine Hat’s only hospice refusing to allow medical assistance in dying to take place in the facility. Dr. Lena Derie-Gillespie, local family physician with additional skills in anesthesia who is an assessor and a provider for MAID, says the hospice’s requirement that a patient be moved out ... Read More »
6 responsesProvince’s TIER program contributing about $13M for Taber spillway project
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New money for flood management projects will arrive in southern Alberta this year via the province’s carbon levy on large emitters, but the funding scheme for a spillway near Taber is still up in the air. Provincial Environment Minister Jason Nixon announced a restart to the Alberta Community Resiliency Program on Thursday morning in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS partnership aims to offer virtual mental health services
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 9th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services has announced a partnership with Togetherall to offer a virtual mental health network. AHS says the “platform offers safe, anonymous, peer-to-peer supports with a global community” through an online network with mental health services 24/7. Albertans more than 16 years of age can interact with the virtual peer community or form ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Country Co-op grocery workers in Taber agree to new deal
By Medicine Hat News on October 9th, 2020
South Country Co-op grocery workers in Taber will not receive a pay rate increase in a new four-year contract but instead $500 per year lump-sum payments, according to new collective bargaining summary provided by Alberta’s labour ministry. About 85 workers in that town, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers No. 401, ratified the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another $500K city boost for business underway
By Medicine Hat News on October 9th, 2020
Three-quarters of a $2-million fund to help local businesses adjust to pandemic health protocols could soon be allocated, a city-led economic development office announced this week. Through Tuesday, says Invest Medicine Hat, $1.26 million had been allocated to businesses that could apply for up to $15,000 in reimbursements for installing things like plexiglass guards to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Restricted from visits with his grandmother, student inspired to write a pandemic poem
By MO CRANKER on October 9th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A Medicine Hat man is sharing a poem he wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic that sheds light on the struggles of living in a long-term care facility. Skyler McNiven-Berwick is an education student at Medicine Hat College and has made a point of spending as much time as possible with his grandmother during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another registered midwife means the Hat now has two
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 9th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Another registered midwife has joined Midwives of Medicine Hat. Ashley Reid, registered midwife and owner, says Hillary Johnstone joined the practice on Sept. 1. Johnstone is originally from northern Alberta and trained as a midwife in Ontario before deciding to return to this province. That doubles the number of local midwives in the practice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s new development plan could favour one community over another
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 9th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Long-term development in Medicine Hat will be guided by the ideas that not all communities are created equally and that concentrated infill development can arrest growing costs of maintaining infrastructure. The Municipal Development Plan, which sets growth patterns and priorities in a 30-year outlook, was passed by a 9-0 council vote on Monday. “We’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New college program to teach sustainable agriculture
By MO CRANKER on October 9th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hat College is adding a new program based around sustainable agriculture for the 2021 school year. The Agroecology Technician diploma will educate students around producing food, forage, fibre and fuel using sustainable methods. Program co-ordinator Brent Smith says he is excited to build this course for students in the region. “We want this ... Read More »
1 responseFuture uncertain for Alberta’s smaller newspapers
By Ryan McCracken, Trevor Busch and Nikki Jamieson on October 9th, 2020
Not unlike many industries impacted by the global pandemic in 2020, daily and weekly newspapers in southern Alberta have been struggling against adversity to maintain the vital role they play in their various communities, especially those in smaller, rural areas. But while Canada’s entire economy was walloped by COVID-19, traditional print media had already been ... Read More »
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