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Number needing daily breakfast outgrows size of The Champion’s Centre
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 1st, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The number of people seeking a cooked breakfast at the Champion’s Centre on N. Railway Street each morning has outgrown the size of the facility and this Saturday there is an opportunity for the community to respond. “Last Friday there were 137 and our average is 90 to 95,” said Colette Eirich, managing director ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fundraising efforts on for teen needing rare treatment for brain tumour
By Medicine Hat News on September 30th, 2020
The Gas City is rallying around Carson Presber. The 13-year-old minor hockey player was diagnosed with a germinoma tumour on his brain in July and will be forced to temporarily relocate to the United States with his family to receive a rare form of treatment known as proton beam therapy, according to a post on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Riding races taking shape in SW Saskatchewan for Oct. 26 election
By Medicine Hat News on September 30th, 2020
Races are shaping up in southwest Saskatchewan ridings now that the writ has been dropped ahead of the Oct. 26 provincial election. Closest to the Alberta boundary and Medicine Hat, incumbent Doug Steele (Saskatchewan Party) is defending the Cypress Hills riding seat. He faces Kelly Genert (New Democrat), a trades-person from Maple Creek, and John ... Read More »
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By Medicine Hat News on September 30th, 2020
Fundraising for a local family whose home was gutted by fire while they attended a funeral on Monday has shot past its goal in less than 12 hours. The family is identified in the post as Jody and Anton Selwood and their children, one of whom uses a wheelchair and has special needs. A relative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fundraiser started for family after Monday fire
By medicinehatnews on September 29th, 2020
Medicine Hat News Fundraising for a local family whose home was gutted by a fire while they attended a funeral on Monday has shot past its goal in less than 12 hours. More than $17,000 had been pledged by 9 a.m. on Tuesday on the popular fundraising platform “Go Fund Me” from about 170 individual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Study to use antenatal blood to track COVID-19’s arrival in Canada
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2020
A new serological study will use existing antenatal blood samples to determine when COVID-19 first entered Canada. The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force will analyze blood samples collected for standard testing of pregnant women across Canada. This $3.1-million investment will help track trends in the level of SARS-CoV-2 infection among pregnant women from the first wave ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire restrictions remain in place despite easing of risk
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2020
The risk of wildfire in regions surrounding Medicine Hat and Cypress County is easing, though local restrictions are still in place. A month-long fire ban remains in place throughout Cypress County and areas of Saskatchewan nearest to southeast Alberta, though the County of Forty Mile downgraded its alert level last week. Fire permits are still ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another spike in Montana’s Hill County
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2020
The Montana County directly south of Medicine Hat is reporting another major spike in coronavirus cases. Hill County, which surrounds Havre, recorded 21 new cases of the deadly respiratory disease on Monday morning, bringing the number of active cases there to 48. That comes after new cases were added each day last week, including nine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberation of Netherlands ceremony a go
By Medicine Hat News on September 26th, 2020
Though delayed by the pandemic, the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands will be held this coming week. Each year, the local Dutch community has planned special event to honour Canadian troops that pushed German forces out of the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. On Monday, the public is invited ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BluEarth buys Suffield Solar farm
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 26th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The soon-to-be in-service Suffield Solar farm has been sold to another renewable energy developer with major projects underway in the area. Combined it will make BluEarth Renewables one of, if not the largest solar power producers in Alberta this time next year. “We also believe more opportunities are on the horizon given the favourable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Electric Zambonis purchased
By Medicine Hat News on September 26th, 2020
Two Medicine Hat arenas will be cleaned by electric-powered ice-resurfacing machines this winter thanks in part to a climate initiative grant from the province. The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre has provided $100,000 toward the purchase of two “Zambonis” that will operate at the Canalta Centre and Hockey Hounds Arena. “We expect to see significant ... Read More »
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