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Staff member from Ecole St. John Paul II confirmed to have tested positive for COVID
By Medicine Hat News on September 1st, 2020
The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education announced Sunday that one of its staff members has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual works at Ecole St. John Paul II. After an investigation, the MHCBE says no additional staff members are required to isolate. MHCBE cleaning staff performed a deep sanitization of the building to disinfect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Zone has fewest cases of COVID-19 in Alberta
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 29th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The south zone now has the lowest number of active cases of all zones in the province, according to data from Alberta Health released this week. The entire south zone, which includes Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Brooks and the surrounding area, has 18 active cases of COVID. The central zone has 25, the north zone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bankruptcy numbers likely to swell
By GILLIAN SLADE on August 29th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Bankruptcy numbers have dropped dramatically since a 20 per cent increase was reported earlier in the year, but it is only the calm before the storm, says a bankruptcy trustee. Since the courts were basically closed for several months, creditors have apparently just been sitting back. “They can’t threaten court action when the courts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sierra school zone extended for Ecole Les Cypres
By Medicine Hat News on August 29th, 2020
A once-controversial playground zone that slowed traffic for those in the community of Saamis has been expanded now that a new school in the far south community is set to open Monday. Ecole Les Cypres was built over the last year at the corner of Saamis Rotary Way and Sierra Boulevard, on green space allotted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Kenney’s cabinet shuffle puts Madu in difficult spot
By COLLIN GALLANT on August 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Alberta has its ninth Municipal Affairs Minister in 10 years – 10th if you go by calendar years – after a mini cabinet shuffle this week. The task of ironing out the mountain of problems in linear tax assessment, in cities funding and a variety of other grudge matches between the province and cities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tattoo artist raising mental health awareness with semicolon event
By Mo Cranker on August 28th, 2020
This year has been difficult for just about everyone, and many are struggling with mental health. Hatter Falefitu Taefu is no different. The tattoo artist has been dealing with mental health struggles for most of his life. He says with a few people he knows, and several he doesn’t, having died from suicide this summer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Masks, sanitizers still not delivered to pair of local school boards
By Mo Cranker on August 28th, 2020
As local school boards get ready to return to classes next week, a couple may be without the provincial supplies to start things off. The Medicine Hat Public School Board confirmed with the News that it had received its shipment of masks and sanitizer on Friday. The Catholic School Board however, had not gotten its shipment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local farm harvesting small but mighty lentils
By Mo Cranker on August 28th, 2020
With summer winding down and fall on the horizon, it is now time for farmers in the area to start harvesting some of their crops. For the Neubauers, Friday was the first of three days harvesting red lentils. The News stopped by the Neubauer’s lentil field to learn more about legumes and everything that goes into a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City won’t open Crestwood Rec Centre this fall as numbers don’t add up
By Medicine Hat News on August 28th, 2020
Services at one city recreation facility are expanding, while the opening of another is delayed until at least the new year, according to Medicine Hat’s parks and recreation department. Since June the city has worked to reopen facilities following the blanket closure in March to comply with pandemic-related health orders. That began with staged segments ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Health Services mobile mammography service will be in Taber from September 8-12
By Medicine Hat News on August 27th, 2020
A mobile mammography service will be available in Taber from Sept. 8-12, says Alberta Health Services. Women ages 50 to 74, the group considered most at risk of developing breast cancer, will have access to mammography at the Heritage Inn Hotel and Conference Centre, 4830 46th Ave. You can book an appointment or learn more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire restrictions in southeastern Alberta become full bans, permits rescinded
By Medicine Hat News on August 27th, 2020
Fire restrictions are increasing throughout southeastern Alberta as hot dry weather continues to bake the region. On Wednesday both Cypress County and the County of Forty Miles raised their long-standing fire advisories to outright fire bans. That prohibits the use of incinerators and burning barrels, wood camp fires, charcoal barbecues and all fireworks. Fire permits ... Read More »
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