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City Notebook: Associate minister of natural gas takes on power
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In case you missed it, Dale Nally, the associate minister of the newly former Natural Gas portfolio in the Alberta cabinet, was given the added responsibility of electricity this week. That puts him on speed dial for the City of Medicine Hat. The city’s natural gas business unit has spent years trying to climb ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council gets ‘high level’ update at special meet
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council was give a “high level” update Friday on local action taken to help stop the spread of coronavirus as well as options for a local government response to aid financially stressed residents and businesses. That didn’t include any final decisions, and councillors the News spoke with said they are following a rapidly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library finds way to keep lending materials
By JEREMY APPEL on March 28th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Although the building remains closed to the public, staff at the Medicine Hat Public Library have figured out a way to resume lending out books and other materials. Gillian Reimer, MHPL’s head of marketing, tells the News members of the public can call into the library Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Inevitable’ city layoffs have begun
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Some city workers have been laid off already, according to the union representing them, and more will face that possibility in coming weeks, senior officials at the City of Medicine Hat said on Friday. That comes two weeks after city recreation and cultural facilities were closed to the general public as a response to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cyclepath delivering homemade sanitizer for Grit City
By MO CRANKER on March 28th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Employees and management at Cyclepath have been following the work Grit City Distillery has been doing recently and wanted to chip in to help. In the past week or so, Grit City started making hand sanitizer and has been giving it away for free to Hatters. Cyclepath staff stepped up this week and is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walsh gas prices can’t be beat
By GILLIAN SLADE on March 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Walsh has put this corner of the province on the map by selling gas at the pumps for less than anywhere else in Alberta. You can fill your gas tank at Walsh Save On Gas for 48.9 cents a litre. The owner, Anwar Kamaran, sums up why he decided to sell his gas currently ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police warn of added phone scams during pandemic
By JEREMY APPEL on March 28th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The COVID-19 pandemic is an important time to remind the public of people looking to exploit others’ vulnerability via phone scams, police say. “It looks like it takes a global pandemic to bring out the lowest of the low in scammers,” said Medicine Hat Police Service Staff Sgt. Gerald Sadlemyer, who has been temporarily ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City makes recommendations for outdoor safety
By Medicine Hat News on March 28th, 2020
Medicine Hat News Officials are now recommending that residents avoid play and recreation areas, such as skateparks, tennis courts, as well as playground equipment to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the city of Medicine Hat’s parks department announced on Friday. Outdoor common play spaces include the Inland and Saamis skateboard parks, outdoor courts (such ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag sector warns of food price, supply issues
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Groups representing food producers are warning of higher food prices and potential food shortages if the agriculture sector is hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic regulations, a call echoed by the Alberta government. Alberta Ag minister Devin Dreeshen told a press conference Thursday that he had confidence in the food supply chain as it is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Influenza numbers from across the province
By GILLIAN SLADE on March 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade As we approach the tail end of the regular influenza season, the number of people who have died from flu in the province is 36 and in the south zone six, according to the most recent data provided by Alberta Health Services (AHS). The data covers the period from Aug. 25, 2019 to March ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No local cases are in seniors’ homes
By GILLIAN SLADE on March 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade None of the cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat are in seniors’ retirement residences, says Dr. Shobhit Maruti, medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services south zone. Early this week Alberta’s second death from COVID-19 was revealed to be a woman in her 80’s living at Calgary’s McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre. There ... Read More »
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