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Lions Club donation births Mustard Seed laundry
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 28th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Mustard Seed will soon be able to launch a laundry program after receiving a $5,000 donation from the Medicine Hat Community View Lions Club. The money was used to purchase two sets of washers and dryers, which are currently on site waiting to be hooked up. The new program will allow guests to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Public School Division wants employees vaccinated, curriculum change halted
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 28th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Medicine Hat Public School Division will be putting pen to paper with letters to Premier Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange requesting education staff be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and for the proposed K-6 curriculum to be reconsidered. The provincial government recently reduced the age of eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City reorganizes departments with cuts in mind
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 28th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A remaking of the corporate flow chart at city hall is described by top administrators as a platform to seek out major spending cuts, including more than $5 million on salaries, and bolster revenue in 2021, top administrators say. First approved late last year, the official paper work to rename positions and assign new ... Read More »
1 responsePublic school division identifies COVID case at Medicine Hat Christian
By Medicine Hat News on April 28th, 2021
The Medicine Hat Public School Division announced a positive case of COVID-19 at Medicine Hat Christian School on Monday evening. The division’s statement says all close contacts of the positive case have been identified and are in quarantine and the school will remain open. “We are confident, based on AHS guidance, that those who have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat’s hospital laundry contract awarded to private company
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 28th, 2021
The battle to retain the city hospital’s in-house laundry service – and the jobs which came with it – appears to be coming to end with Alberta Health Services announcing its private contractor Tuesday. “It was a foregone conclusion,” said Avril Torrance, co-chair of the Palliser chapter of the Friends of Medicare, of the fight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For the Record: Redcliff eases its debt situation
By Medicine Hat News on April 28th, 2021
The Town of Redcliff retired more debt than it took on in 2020, according to the town’s year-end financial statements presented this week. They state the town’s accumulated long-term debt sat at $5.44 million at the end of 2020, about $330,000 less than where it sat Dec. 31, 2019. The current level puts the town ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Brew Co. closes taproom after employee tests positive
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on April 28th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi A staff member at Medicine Hat Brewing Co. has tested positive for COVID-19, and the brewery says the taproom is closed until further notice. “The staff member got tested on the weekend after having symptoms and we found out last night,” said Kaiden Vancuren, general manager of distribution and sales. “We made the decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary Club of MH, city police team up for bike initiative
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 28th, 2021
A program to provide cycling opportunities to Hatters is rolling forward after being launched last fall. The joint venture between the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat and city police is designed to utilize recovered bicycles that would usually go to auction and instead refurbish and provide them to individuals in need of inexpensive transportation. Rotary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robert Hoefman hopes to appeal
By Medicine Hat News on April 27th, 2021
A man convicted of the first-degree murder of James Satre outside his home as part of a million-dollar extortion plot is applying to have his appeal heard at the highest court in the province. Robert Hoefman, 59, was convicted by a Medicine Hat jury last month and sentenced to a life sentence with no eligibility ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rodeos hopeful for (needed) summer crowds
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 27th, 2021
Rodeo season is getting underway but the Brooks Kinsmen Rodeo has been at least postponed while a decision on whether the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede will be run is expected early in May. As for the chances of a fulsome Alberta professional circuit going forward, “we’re going to do our damnedest to have a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scotsman walks Canada to replenish homeland trees
By ALEX McCUAIG Special to the News on April 27th, 2021
The lush green rolling hills of Scotland and the dry sage-covered shortgrass prairie don’t have a lot in common except they both are largely devoid of trees. But a Scotsman is seeking to change the former by travelling across the latter. Micheal Yellowlees and his dog Luna left Vancouver Island at the beginning of March ... Read More »
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