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Volunteers set to return to Meals on Wheels delivery
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 13th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The seniors who have traditionally volunteered their time to deliver Meals on Wheels are starting to do so again, says the city. Throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and since, city employees have been doing the delivery of meals to protect the volunteer drivers who are seniors and considered to be in a vulnerable demographic. Now ... Read More »
1 responseTeen’s inaugural solo flight a first for school program
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 13th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade It was the day when dreams took flight. Logan Neubauer, 16, took to the skies Wednesday morning in his first solo flight and the next step in a career he hopes will be in aviation. In May 2019, Prairie Rose School Division announced a working relationship with Super T Aviation to offer a three-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walsh Save On Gas owner facing three counts of assault
By medicinehatnews on August 12th, 2020
Redcliff RCMP have charged former Alberta Liberal candidate and Walsh Save On Gas owner Anwar Kamaran with one count of assault and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a series of altercations in Walsh over the weekend. Redcliff RCMP Staff Sgt. Sean Maxwell says Kamaran allegedly assaulted a female in Walsh on Aug. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID under control at only local seniors’ home with outbreak
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade About a month ago the first local death reportedly linked to COVID-19 was connected to South Country Village seniors’ residence near the airport. At the time the number of positive cases at the residence was four, and then climbed to 10. Alberta Health says it has all quietened down there. “There are currently no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taber flood work could cost City of Medicine Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Newly announced grants to build a floodway near Taber may trigger the need for regional municipalities – including Medicine Hat and Cypress County – to put millions of their own money toward the project. The Horsefly Emergency Spillway, which would divert flood water past the town of Taber, will eventually join the St. Mary’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City counting traffic of all kinds at base of Scholten Hill
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Now you see it, now you won’t – a contraption attached to a light standard at the bottom of Scholten Hill. A camera is part of the equipment on that light standard and has been put in place by the city, says a spokesperson. It is recording traffic volume and what type of traffic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grocery worker strike avoided after Safeway union members support new deal
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2020
The potential for a province-wide grocery strike has been averted as the union representing Safeway workers says its members have overwhelmingly endorsed a new contract. The United Food and Commercial Workers, Local No. 401, announced this week that ratification votes throughout Alberta last week resulted in 90 per cent support. About half of the 8,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat man arrested for Brooks break-in was already wanted for robbery
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2020
A Medicine Hat man already wanted on suspicion of robbery is in custody in Brooks after he was picked up following another alleged break-in at a rural property. Mounties from the Brooks detachment say that a landowner chased a suspected trespasser off their property at about 7 p.m. Sunday, with the truck knocking down fences ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local war hero passes away at age 96
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local Second World War veteran and recipient of France’s highest national order – the Legion of Honour, sadly passed away in Medicine Hat on Monday at the age of 96. In February 2018, Wilf Fairhurst was awarded the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour – the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After wet start to summer, dry conditions have led to fire bans and restrictions
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2020
Minimal rain and hotter weather in southeast Alberta are drying out crops, but also increasing concern about prairie fires. A fire restriction in the County of Forty Mile, enacted Aug. 6, cancelled all burning permits and restricted outdoor fires to approved containers, such as barrels and barbecues, and in place campfire pits. Cypress County has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bamford bringing live music back to the Hat
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on August 12th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken When Australian-Canadian country music artist Gord Bamford takes the stage at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede grounds on Friday night for back-to-back concerts, he’ll be looking out on a vastly different crowd. Instead of smiling faces, it’ll be headlights and grills in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while still bringing ... Read More »
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