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City’s business relief comes just ahead of province
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The day after the City of Medicine Hat announced local grants to help smallest businesses adjust to operating under pandemic conditions, the province added a much broader support for operators who are attempting to reopen and recover from a weeks-long shutdown. This week the city announced it would immediately begin taking applications for up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Hey, it’s better than nothin’
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The old adage that death and taxes are unavoidable is maybe a bit too dark to mention these days, but a Medicine Hat city council strategy to provide one-year reprieve on tax increases provides some perspective, if not a ton of financial relief. The average household will pay about what it paid in 2019 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters stand together as one at anti-racism rally
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 6th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken At a time rife with division, it was about unity. Hundreds of peaceful protestors gathered at the steps of city hall Friday evening to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests taking place in the United States, while advocating for systemic change in Canada. “We’re not here to cause ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!They came to train and they never left
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Nearly 50 years ago four soldiers came to Medicine Hat and BATUS for nine months and did not want to leave. In 1972 in Britain, Lance-Cpl. Philip Buisseret, Lance-Cpl. Malcolm Medd, Sgt. Graham Stubbs and Trooper Steve Cox of the Royal Dragoon Guards were offered an opportunity to serve nine months as members of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment not as bad in southern Alberta but overall numbers are not promising
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The jobless rate in rural southern Alberta remained the lowest in Alberta as new unemployment figures show higher numbers, but also more job seekers as the economy begins to open. The unemployment rate in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region rose to 9.0 per cent in May, up from 6.8 per cent in April and well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City seeking bids for dismantling solar thermal array near Gas City Campground
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The days are numbered for a renewable energy project in Medicine Hat. Bids are now being accepted for the decommissioning and removal of a “solar thermal” array near the City of Medicine Hat’s power plant. The $13-million facility was commissioned eight years ago as a research project in partnership with provincial and federal innovation agencies, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Helium development ramping up in SW Sask.
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A flurry of new activity in helium development is taking place in southwest Saskatchewan just as the Alberta government begins courting more investment in this province. Two proposed facilities to process the inert element that is increasing in price and demand for high-tech applications are slated to be built over the next year close ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Call for masks leads to 13,000 sewn by volunteers
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 5th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken When Doris Sullivan received a call requesting masks for those in need, she picked up the phone and watched the community come together around her. What started as a small sewing operation quickly multiplied to include about 45 people volunteering time to help fabricate, launder, catalog and distribute more than 13,000 face masks to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connaught staff thanked in parade
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Parents and students sent a message of thanks to teachers for all they have accomplished during the COVID-19 lock down. A convoy of about 100 vehicles drove passed Connaught School on Thursday afternoon in what was called a Super Hero Parade. Some vehicles were colourfully decorated, others had messages written on posters that were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drilling beneath Maple Avenue Bridge required for sewer work
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2020
The next stage of building a major sewer trunkline will see crews drilling a bore beneath the northern approach of the Maple Avenue bridge this month. Work will resume Monday toward completing the Brier Park gravity bypass line that will serve the northwest quadrant of the city but runs to the sewage treatment plant under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City COVID relief goes to safety protocol
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A first block of funds from city coffers to help businesses in the COVID era will help them alter operations to pandemic safety protocols. Four weeks after money was earmarked, the details of an initial program offered through a local economic development agency were released on Thursday. Small businesses could quality for up to ... Read More »
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