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County culvert repairs will see two routes closed for short periods
By Medicine Hat News on September 12th, 2020
Two well-travelled routes in Cypress County will see day-long closures for culvert repairs. Access to the Trans-Canada Highway from Eagle Butte Road will be closed Saturday to accommodate intersection upgrades. That affects northbound lanes at the Third Avenue in Dunmore, while southbound lane coming off the highway will remain open. Northbound traffic will be detoured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man with history of firearms offence faces nine more
By Medicine Hat News on September 11th, 2020
New charges against a Medicine Hat man with a legal history of gun charges now faces nine more, according to information detailed in Provincial Court on Thursday morning. Alberta’s organized crime unit, ALERT, announced this week it had arrested Denver Ailsby and four others following a search of an acreage east of Medicine Hat on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deal will see federal government take over grazing land in SW Sask.
By Medicine Hat News on September 9th, 2020
Ottawa will take over three provincial crown pastures in southwest Saskatchewan as part of a swap of grazing land with that province. Ministers of agriculture from the two governments announced the exchange Tuesday, along with federal environment minister Jonathon Wilkerson stating the areas in question are key to grassland conservation, local ranching and support to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman seriously injured in moped collision with truck
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A serious traffic collision on Thursday afternoon resulted in a woman being air lifted to Calgary. About 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 a moped being driven by a 35-year old Medicine Hat female was northbound on S. Railway Street. As she approached the intersection at Fifth Street SE she made an abrupt lane change and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last period of flu season saw very low levels
By GILLIAN SLADE on September 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade In the final weeks of the official 2019/2020 influenza season there were exceptionally low levels. According to the FluWatch report, issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the percentage of positive tests remained at the” lowest level recorded for the past nine seasons.” COVID-19 contributed to this, according to the report, due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire bans continue for long weekend
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire ban in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park will remain in place through the long weekend. Hot, dry weather in late August led to Alberta Parks to put restrictions on all wood and charcoal fires in the park, and counties in southeast Alberta have put similar measures in place. Cypress County and the County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DND working with British Army on their plans for Suffield
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In response to reports stating British Army tank training may be scrapped at CFB Suffield, the Canadian Department of National Defence says the base has many functions training domestic and allied forces. “We are working closely with our British counterparts as they continue to plan a variety of training exercises for their soldiers and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s get back at it
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 5th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant People are conditioned to see Labour Day as the end of fun. As a kid, it’s back to school time. It’s usually when you can decide if your CFL team is going to do anything this season. And that continues in adulthood with September being a sort of “back-at-it” period following lazy summer days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City briefs: Central Park getting fire pit installed
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
A fire pit will be installed at Kiwanis Central Park this month thanks to a new sponsorship agreement between the city and Plains Midstream Canada. The pit will be installed on Wednesday on the site that formerly featured a horseshoe pit and near the winter ice skating rink and Kiwanis Kitchen. Benches were installed this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta job numbers better than average
By Medicine Hat News on September 5th, 2020
Unemployment in rural southern Alberta sits well below the provincial average and other areas where joblessness is as much as double last year’s rates. New figures on Friday from Statistics Canada peg the unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region at 8.6 per cent in August. That’s down 1.1 percentage points from July, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary follows Hat’s lead in joining Google Canada e-commerce program
By Medicine Hat News on September 4th, 2020
The City of Calgary has joined a program from Google Canada to get more local businesses set up for e-commerce six weeks after the City of Medicine Hat. The pilot project in Calgary, announced Thursday, aims to enrol 90 businesses to engage on the “ShopHere” platform and develop websites and purchasing capability. A partnership of ... Read More »
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