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Aurora lays off 25% of local workers
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 13th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Layoff notices were delivered to 11 employees at Aurora Cannabis’ Medicine Hat office, amounting to one-quarter of the local workforce, but construction on the massive greenhouse continues according to sources who spoke with the News this week. More than 30 company employees remained in place on Monday, including the person who spoke on condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA wants numbers on AHS laundry
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 13th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local MLA says Alberta Health Services needs to provide numbers to determine whether privatization of hospital laundry services and the loss of 25 jobs locally is appropriate. “I think it is incumbent on the government to be fully transparent, put these costs out front and include everything as to what it will cost,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Live wax museum delves into Canadian history
By JEREMY APPEL on February 13th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Grade 5 students at Roy Wilson Learning Centre got to dress up as their favourite Canadian historical figures or events Wednesday for the school’s fifth annual live wax museum. “They have the ability to show their learning in a unique way that isn’t just through a straight-on report. It’s something that can really come ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planning commission debates sprinkler subsidy
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 13th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Members of the municipal planning commission waded into the debate about whether city council should pay half the cost of residential fire sprinklers in a new subdivision. The body has no authority over a pending council decision to provide $2,500 grants to new homebuyers in the Coulee Ridge area in the city’s southwest. That ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IPC reports profitable production increase at its Suffield block plays
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
The major oil company operating on the Suffield block saw profits and production rise there during 2019, according to the year-end financial report of International Petroleum Corporation released on Tuesday. The global producer recorded a 2 per cent production increase in the field it purchased two years ago from Cenovus while prices nearly doubled compared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hires contractor to monitor coyotes during mating season
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
The city has hired a contractor to monitor coyote activity in the South Ridge coulee areas that will include the use of a vehicle to access specific parts of the trail system. It is mating season for coyotes and they consequently act more aggressively to protect their territory and den location. If you encounter a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Orphan wells not so much a regulatory issue: Hunter
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Orphan oil and gas wells are a policy issue not a regulatory issue, the province’s associate minister of “Red Tape Reduction” told a business audience in Medicine Hat on Monday. Grant Hunter, MLA for Taber Warner, spoke to the Chamber of Conference about his government’s efforts to reduce restrictions and compliance cost on businesses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair arrested in transport of meth from Medicine Hat to Swift Current
By JEREMY APPEL on February 12th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Police in southwest Saskatchewan have arrested two men accused of attempting to traffic methamphetamine from Medicine Hat to Swift Current. Officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit and the Saskatchewan Highway Safety Patrol pulled over a vehicle driving east along Highway 1 near Swift Current because its mud flaps weren’t equipped. Upon searching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Near normal runoff expected in southwest Saskatchewan
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
Near normal runoff is expected in southwest Saskatchewan this spring despite lower than usual snowfall and thanks to a wetter than average fall, the province’s Water Security Agency has announced. The outlook for 2020 states the southern portions of the province received well-above-normal precipitation in the autumn as freeze-up occurred, which will increase the runoff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic division expanding religious education resource next year
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2020
A new religious education resource for Grade 7 Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education students will be available in time for the 2020-21 school year, trustees heard at Tuesday’s board meeting. “Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ” is a resource developed by Canadian publisher Pearson that is also in use in Ontario and Saskatchewan Catholic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS looks to privatize laundry
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 12th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The privatization of hospital laundry services is on the table for the entire province, including Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Alberta Health Services has notified the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees of its plans asking for ideas and suggestions. “We are considering the outsourcing of linen services as one of the many opportunities presented in ... Read More »
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