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Council opens back up to public
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Holding its first meeting open to the public in more than 100 days, city council drew an in-person crowd on par with non-pandemic times on Monday night. “Nice to see everyone in person,” said Mayor Ted Clugston to start the proceedings at the Esplanade Studio Theatre. About a dozen interested observers sat staggered on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council pauses plan to sell historic former school
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council has temporarily paused a plan to potentially sell a historic former school that houses non-profit group offices until the Kiwanis Club can make its case to keep the Gas City Kiwanis Centre at Elizabeth Street school open. Officials from the club and the society that leases the Edwardian-era brick and sandstone building ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six cases at local seniors residence
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 7th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat was last week, a resident of South Country Village – a seniors residence near the airport, Alberta Health has confirmed. By Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases at this seniors facility was four, including the death. On Monday afternoon Alberta Health said the number had climbed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province to restart free face mask distribution on July 13
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2020
After a brief suspension of the program, the province will restart the free distribution of face masks from July 13. These face masks will once again be available at A&W, McDonald’s and Tim Hortons restaurant locations across the province. Alberta’s health officials have said that wearing a face mask when social distancing of two metres ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana’s Hill County reports second case of COVID-19
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2020
A second case of the Coronavirus has been reported in Hill County, Montana, the county that surrounds the town of Havre. Health officials there reported that a women in her 30s has reported positive for the respiratory disease. Statewide, 37 new cases were recorded on Monday, bringing the total to 1,249 in the state that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS confirms sixth positive COVID-19 case at South Country Village
By Gillian Slade on July 6th, 2020
The first COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat was last week, a resident of South Country Village – a seniors residence near the airport, Alberta Health has confirmed. By Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases at this seniors facility was four including the death. On Monday afternoon Alberta Health said the number had climbed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County of Warner now at 39 active cases, Alberta Health says no added risk to general public yet
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There has been a sudden and significant spike in the number of COVID cases in the County of Warner. A week ago Alberta Health was still reporting that there had been no cases of COVID in the County of Warner since the start of the pandemic. Then it all changed rapidly. According to Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID Cruise-in movie series is all 80s movies for drive-in lovers
By Alberta Newspaper Group on July 4th, 2020
The COVID Cruise-in IG Wealth Management outdoor movie series brings multiple 1980s films to the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Grounds for people to view from the comfort of their cars this summer. The first film, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, plays tonight, Pulp Fiction on July 11, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City set to start reopening Family Leisure centre next week
By Medicine Hat News on July 4th, 2020
City administrators say they are on track with a plan to open portions of the Family Leisure Centre to the public on Monday. The Cenovus Arena and South Country fitness floor will be available for bookings and use beginning next week as the facility reopens after months of pandemic-related restrictions. Other areas are scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twinning highway won’t undo pain endured
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Pain remains for those who’ve lost loved ones on Highway 3, even after an announcement this week that a major section of the southern Alberta route will be twinned. This week the province announced it will spend $150 million to add lanes and other improvements from Burdett to Taber to support burgeoning food production ... Read More »
1 responseMHC education grads lend helping hands through pandemic
By MO CRANKER on July 4th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker With K-12 schools being closed in March, it was looking like an early end to practicums for Medicine Hat College education students. Facing uncertain times and closed classrooms, graduating students from MHC began helping teachers gather resources to send to parents. Students in the education program also worked with their mentor teachers to spend ... Read More »
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