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Santa Claus Fund receives massive donation of vintage mini sticks
By MO CRANKER on November 28th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Families accessing the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund this year are able to gift their children a little piece of history. The SCF was contacted by Frank Callaghan this year, who ended up donating thousands of wooden mini hockey sticks. “Frank called us in October and he indicated that he had excess inventory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Mental Health Association offering free online workshop to southeastern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2020
The Canadian Mental Health Association is offering an online workshop open to the general public and free to southeastern Albertans. Living Works Start, on a 90-minute program, teaches people how to recognize the signs of someone thinking about suicide, and provides the tools to connect them with help and support. Please use the link below ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nearly 1.3 million Albertans already vaccinated for influenza
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The fourth weekly influenza report indicates 1,298,466 people in Alberta have now received the flu vaccine this season. This number is more typical for much later in the season – around January. In the south zone, which includes Medicine Hat, 83,138 people have been immunized, with 559,822 in Calgary, 118,465 in the central zone, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bentley appeals murder conviction
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2020
A man sentenced to spend at least the next 10 years in prison for the stabbing death of a Medicine Hat women is appealing his second-degree murder conviction. Noah Bentley, 30, was convicted in the 2018 death of Brenda Woloski last winter in Court of Queen’s Bench in Medicine Hat and sentenced this month to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks mayor says operating room vital to city’s obstetrics
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Mayor of Brooks says defunding the city’s maternity clinic is bad enough but fears that are circulating of the operating room being sacrificed are causing even more stress. Barry Morishita says nobody from Alberta Health Services has talked to the city about such plans, but an Ernst & Young report on AHS earlier ... Read More »
1 responseSE Hill group hosting toy drive on Sunday for Santa Claus Fund
By Medicine Hat News on November 27th, 2020
A toy donation drive that aims to stuff the whale slide at Central Park will proceed this Sunday as a drop-off event. The event, put on by the South East Hill Neighbourhood Association in support of the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund, takes place 1-3 p.m. at the park, but is now described as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Further clarification of cohort restrictions in Alberta
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health has provided additional clarification on the new COVID restrictions announced this week, including for those who live alone and for places of worship. No social gatherings are allowed at all except if you live alone, in which case you can decide on two people who will be your cohort for the duration. ... Read More »
1 responseMH Stampede Farmers’ Christmas Market cancelled
By Medicine Hat News on November 27th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Farmers’ Christmas Market has been cancelled as a result of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the city. The Stampede made the call Thursday to cancel the market – which was scheduled for Dec. 5-6 – citing the safety of staff, customers and all other attendees as priority... Read More »
Be the first to comment!26 turbines on the way for Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm
By Medicine Hat News on November 27th, 2020
The developer of a major wind farm project near Medicine Hat has secured delivery of 26 turbines ahead of major construction in 2021, BHEC announced Wednesday. The $200-million Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm is approved to be built on land north and south of the hamlet of Whitla in the County of Forty Mile, and would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Operation Warm the Hat at MHC Saturday
By MO CRANKER on November 27th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hat College students are doing their part to help the community this winter. Operation Warm the Hat is running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, encouraging people to donate new or used winter clothing at the college. Second-year social work student Gabriela Carreon says the event is COVID-safe. “We’re going to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask debate unlikely before Dec. 7
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 27th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Several city councillors say Medicine Hat needs to quickly address a local mask bylaw to help halt rising COVID rates, but procedure and the mayor are delaying a debate on the issue. Mayor Ted Clugston confirmed Thursday that he will not call a special council meeting to discuss a bylaw before its regular meeting ... Read More »
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