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Public schools’ online hub teaching more than 450 kids
By MO CRANKER on September 23rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker When schools closed in March, education boards were forced into a scramble to get emergency online learning ready for students. But an extended summer afforded local boards the time to put together online learning programming that met the needs of everyone involved. The Medicine Hat Public School District has been running its At-Home Learning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CIBC’s Run for the Cure adapts to COVID reality
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 23rd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Canadian Cancer Society’s CIBC Run for the Cure has been bringing Canadians together in the fight against breast cancer for the better part of three decades – and the annual event isn’t about to let COVID-19 get in the way. As Canadian Cancer Society signature programs specialist Sarah Eccleston points out, the pandemic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coulee Collegiate partnership aims to serve students in SE Alberta
By MO CRANKER on September 23rd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Public School Division’s board met in person Tuesday evening at the school board’s office. It was a rather light agenda for the evening. The big presentation came from Tim Bloomfield with Coulee Collegiate, which is a partnership between the public school division, Prairie Rose School Division and Medicine Hat College. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Solar thermal site to be reclaimed in October
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s experimental solar-thermal facility’s days are numbered, the News has learned, as city utility department plans to dismantle and reclaim the site in October. Machinery bins were visible near the mirror arrays on Friday, and administrators say work will progress as soon as utility regulators sign off on the decommissioning. “We ... Read More »
1 responseLocal school divisions satisfied with government-supplied PPE
By MO CRANKER on September 22nd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker While supplies didn’t arrive before classes resumed for all local school boards, government-supplied sanitizer and masks have now been handed out to public, Catholic and rural schools. The Medicine Hat Public School Division was first to receive masks and sanitizer, and was able to disperse supplies to all its schools before the first day. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swift Current will have a race for mayor this fall
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
There will be a race for mayor of Swift Current after two public declarations ahead of official nominations this week. Incumbent Dennis Perrault will seek a second term this fall, he told the Alberta Newspaper Group last week. As well, former city councillor and current Chinook School Board trustee Al Bridal announced he would also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More artists ready for next semicolon tattoo event
By MO CRANKER on September 22nd, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker After an overwhelmingly successful first event, organizers are planning another free semicolon tattoo day for World Mental Health Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Gas City Tattoos. “We felt bad after our first one because so many people showed up and we couldn’t tattoo everyone,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver, passenger seriously injured in vehicle rollover on Sunday night
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
Two people were sent to hospital Sunday night after a single-vehicle collision in the city’s northwest. Medicine Hat police were called to the scene around the 2100 block of Brier Park NW at about 10:50 p.m. to attend the scene. Police say the car was travelling at high speeds, failed to navigate a turn and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interpretive Program hosting Sunday walk along the South Sask.
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 22nd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program will be celebrating World Rivers Day on Sunday with a walk along the berm and riparian area around Lion’s and Strathcona Island parks. The event – which begins at 2 p.m. – is a continuation of the Interpretive Program’s Riparian Areas Rock series and will prominently feature the South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planned boutique hotel foiled by COVID economy
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 22nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The developer behind plans to build a boutique hotel on a downtown parking lot has backed out of the project, Mayor Ted Clugston confirmed Monday. The city-owned lot that sits kitty-corner from city hall on First Street has been subject to four proposals in 15 years that have all now fallen through. Clugston – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFB Suffield warns of equipment move, air training exercises that will increase visible activity
By Medicine Hat News on September 22nd, 2020
Residents and motorists in southeast Alberta will notice increased activity at CFB Suffield, officials with the Department of National Defence are warning. This week, British Army Training Unit Suffield will begin moving heavy vehicles and equipment along Highway 884, across the Trans-Canada Highway to rail loading facilities near the Hamlet of Suffield. And until the ... Read More »
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