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False positive tests rare but still possible
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 25th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There is potential for a positive COVID-19 test to in fact be wrong – a false-positive – and there is a higher chance of that in people without symptoms. At the end of May the health authority in Grey Bruce County Ontario reported five false positives out of a total of 3,000 tests done ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Popular restaurant chain coming soon to Medicine Hat
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 25th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade About six months ago Mayor Ted Clugston revealed in his state of the city address that Medicine Hat would be getting a Denny’s restaurant. Observant Hatters may have noticed a “Denny’s” sign has gone up in the area near Walmart where a new hotel is in the final stages of construction. It appears as ... Read More »
1 responseKitten numbers spike at APARC, as does need
By MO CRANKER on July 25th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Kitten season is in full swing and Alberta Pound and Rescue Centres is in need of help. APARC’s Medicine Hat branch has more than 50 kittens living at the shelter right now, with a handful living at the Page and Whisker downtown. “This is a combination of orphan kittens, cats with moms and then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Safeway workers to vote on new deal
By Medicine Hat News on July 25th, 2020
Safeway workers across Alberta will vote on a new union contract in early August, weeks after a strike vote and mediators’ report on how to break a stalemate in talks that have gone on since March 2017. About 8,100 workers are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local No. 401, and voting to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Point looks to attract pollinators
By MO CRANKER on July 25th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The parking lot at Police Point Park will soon be the place to bee. City parks staff as well as Medicine Hat College students and faculty are working to create the Police Point Pollinator Park in the parking lot closest to the Nature Centre. “This is an area where we wanted to have an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cielo’s biodiesel refinery faces opposition in Cypress County
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 24th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Opposition is being raised against a proposal to build a waste-to-diesel refinery near Dunmore, with a major agricultural firm stating it is “vehemently opposed,” though the developer says its plans are misunderstood. Cielo Waste Services has plans to build the facility that would transform organic waste, like municipal trash and potentially railway ties, into ... Read More »
1 responseCypress Hills Sheepdog Trials forced to cancel due to pandemic restrictions
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 24th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade If it had not been for COVID you could have enjoyed the Cypress Hills Sheepdog Trials this weekend. The event was to have taken place today and this weekend but due to health guidelines because of the pandemic, the event has been postponed. It takes stamina, skill and determination to herd sheep across a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SW Saskatchewan communities cash in on infrastructure funds
By Medicine Hat News on July 24th, 2020
The Town of Maple Creek will receive nearly $300,000 for its community fire hall through the latest round of Municipal Economic Enhancement funding from the Saskatchewan government, while Shaunavon will receive close to $246,000 for a variety of projects. The province announced the $150-million program in May, and this week’s announcement brings the total projects ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City police nab suspect wanted by cops in Winnipeg
By Medicine Hat News on July 24th, 2020
On Wednesday evening Medicine Hat Police Service, working in partnership with the Winnipeg Police Service, responded to a report of a stolen BMW SUV approaching the city. MHPS conducted a high-risk vehicle stop and arrested a 24-year-old male from Calgary without incident. A search of the vehicle also revealed stolen property that is possibly from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photographer crushes donation goal for health foundation
By MO CRANKER on July 24th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker When Hatter Bradley East started his Porch Portrait Sessions earlier this year, he hoped to raise a couple hundred bucks for the Medicine Hat and District Health Foundation. Now that he is finishing up the photography sessions, East has raised more than $2,000 that will be donated to the organization. “In my mind I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tattered rural church tells an historic story
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 24th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Turn off Highway 3 heading toward Etzikom and a little historic church near the side of the road paints a fascinating picture of life for farmers in the area more than a century ago. An architecturally interesting wooden church is showing its age and is no longer in use but there is also a ... Read More »
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