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Child development program axe is ‘devastating’
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 14th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local agency’s program that has helped children with developmental challenges and their families for more than four decades, is cancelled. Rita Bessant, executive director for CORE Association, says it comes down to changes to government funding. CORE sent a letter to parents of clients enrolled in the children’s services program that as of ... Read More »
2 responsesNurses rally against upcoming UCP changes
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 14th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Nurses paced the sidewalk outside Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Thursday to sound the alarm about changes the government is planning for health care. “I don’t think depleting health-care workers, especially the frontline staff … should be the target,” said Megan Eggins, acting president of Local 70 United Nurses of Alberta. The union is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff native says Invictus Games will help him heal both body and mind
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 14th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant At 55 years of age, and with “wrecked legs” from three decades in the infantry, Wade Stach is one of the oldest members of the Canadian Invictus Games team. But the Redcliff native says it’s the path that will help him overcome depression caused by chronic ailments and the stress left from serving in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is no news good news for Aurora Sun?
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 14th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Aurora Cannabis provided no new details about its plan to complete the Aurora Sun greenhouse in Medicine Hat during a conference call to discuss financial results on Thursday morning. Company officials who last fall announced a scaled-back commissioning schedule for the huge facility did however they say that a new clampdown on capital spending ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High school artists on display at MHC, with reception tonight
By JEREMY APPEL on February 13th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel High schoolers from all four of the area’s secondary schools have had art on display at Medicine Hat College since Feb. 7. Tonight there’s a reception at the Culture Centre’s One on One Gallery at 7 p.m. to give the 72 entries recognition, with cash prizes awarded by visual communications faculty. Clint Lawrence, MHC’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!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 »
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