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Woman seriously injured in moped collision with truck
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A serious traffic collision on Thursday afternoon resulted in a woman being air lifted to Calgary. About 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 a moped being driven by a 35-year old Medicine Hat female was northbound on S. Railway Street. As she approached the intersection at Fifth Street SE she made an abrupt lane change and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water Run able to go despite pandemic
By MO CRANKER on September 5th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The annual Water Run is taking place this fall but it will look a little different compared to previous years. The run is being held Oct. 10 outside the downtown YMCA and will kick off at 11 a.m. The run will likely be capped at 150 participants this year, organizer Dave McElhinney says. “We’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last period of flu season saw very low levels
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade In the final weeks of the official 2019/2020 influenza season there were exceptionally low levels. According to the FluWatch report, issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the percentage of positive tests remained at the” lowest level recorded for the past nine seasons.” COVID-19 contributed to this, according to the report, due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City briefs: Central Park getting fire pit installed
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire pit will be installed at Kiwanis Central Park this month thanks to a new sponsorship agreement between the city and Plains Midstream Canada. The pit will be installed on Wednesday on the site that formerly featured a horseshoe pit and near the winter ice skating rink and Kiwanis Kitchen. Benches were installed this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta job numbers better than average
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta sits well below the provincial average and other areas where joblessness is as much as double last year’s rates. New figures on Friday from Statistics Canada peg the unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region at 8.6 per cent in August. That’s down 1.1 percentage points from July, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE fails to save hospital laundry
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The union’s endeavour to put a halt to the contracting out of laundry services at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital was not successful. Four years ago Alberta Health Services first talked of aging infrastructure in the laundry department at MHRH. Although no dollar amount was attached to the department locally, the NDP government revealed it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County officials reiterate desperate need for pause on tax changes
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cypress County officials are again calling on the province to press “pause” on linear tax changes they say would threaten the viability of the county’s budget. The statement released on Wednesday comes after a mass meeting of local government officials across southern Alberta with new Minister of Municipal Affairs Tracy Allard and area MLAs. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary follows Hat’s lead in joining Google Canada e-commerce program
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
The City of Calgary has joined a program from Google Canada to get more local businesses set up for e-commerce six weeks after the City of Medicine Hat. The pilot project in Calgary, announced Thursday, aims to enrol 90 businesses to engage on the “ShopHere” platform and develop websites and purchasing capability. A partnership of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana per-capita COVID numbers way above Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
Montana is consistently recording 50 per cent more positive COVID-19 cases than Alberta despite having one-quarter the population, a News analysis has found. That suggests the infection rate is currently six times higher on a per capita basis in Montana, while the number of fatalities is double comparatively. It comes as the Canadian Border Service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas station owner will plead not guilty to his assault charges
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
A representative for Anwar Kamaran appeared virtually in provincial court Thursday morning, noting that Kamaran would plead not guilty to his charges. Kamaran, a former Alberta Liberal candidate and the owner of Walsh Save On Gas, is facing one charge of assault and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a series of altercations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Discretion used when licence plates blocked
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Motorists could be fined if vehicle licence plates aren’t visible but there are also some grey areas where a judgment call is in order, police say. Your vehicle number plate is supposed to be “visible, clear and legible at all times,” said Const. Robert Angstadt of the Medicine Hat Police Service. “A tinted and ... Read More »
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