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Regional unemployment creeps up month-to-month but remains well under this time 2018
By Gillian Slade on February 9th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The region’s unemployment rate rose in January but remains more than a full point lower than in early 2018. The jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region was 5.4 per cent last month — 0.9 per cent higher than the previous month, but 1.2 per cent lower than a year ago. The provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early water outlook predicts low water levels for region
By Collin Gallant on February 8th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Alberta Environment is predicting below-average water levels this summer in southern Alberta’s two main river basins that meet near Medicine Hat. Meanwhile, authorities in Saskatchewan are warning about possible water shortages on farms related to likely low runoff this spring. Alberta’s water supply outlook, published Wednesday, states that based on current estimates, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC’S job fair foreshadows coming boon
By Collin Gallant on February 7th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant As the local job market is expected to boom over the next year, job seekers and employers flooded the atrium and B-Wing at Medicine Hat College on Wednesday for the institution’s annual job fair. Along with traditional employers for the college’s policing and health-care programs, construction firms, greenhouses and even JBS meatpacking set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QuitCore: A six-week quit-smoking workshop through AHS starts in Redcliff on Feb. 25
By Gillian Slade on February 7th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A tobacco-cessation workshop program will be taking place in Redcliff starting later this month. The evening workshops take place Monday evenings for six weeks — Feb. 25 to April 1. QuitCore, the Alberta Health Services workshops, provide tools and support to help people build a tobacco-free lifestyle. The workshops are conducted by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kin Coulee closed for hours over suspicious package
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Kin Coulee Park was temporarily closed Tuesday as police investigated a suspicious package found in the park’s pedestrian tunnel. The Medicine Hat Police Service Explosive Disposal Unit was on scene at about 10:30 a.m. and rendered the device safe about four hours later. An MHPS release states the EDU robot was used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Electric cars coming but need charging stations to breed driver confidence
By Collin Gallant on February 6th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant An electric car owner in Medicine Hat says the future is coming, but the future needs to be able to fill the tank wherever it goes and whenever it gets there. On Tuesday the province announced $1.2 million to develop a 20-station fast-charging network in southern Alberta that will span from the Rockies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City directs CAO to weigh council’s supervised consumption site options, assuming there are any
By Collin Gallant on February 5th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council has asked top officials for a plan to tackle public concerns about crime near a planned supervised consumption site on S. Railway Street. A special motion added to Monday’s agenda by Coun. Julie Friesen and passed directs city CAO Bob Nicolay to “investigate all options available to the City ... Read More »
1 responseHope Street’s Coldest Night of the Year still looking for walkers
By Mo Cranker on February 5th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Coldest Night of the Year fundraising event for Hope Street Compassionate Ministry Centre is set for Feb. 23, and teams of walkers are still needed. “This is a family-friendly fundraiser that raises money in 135 locations across Canada,” Hope Street CMC executive director Murray Kumm said. “The money goes toward feeding the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cold weather to stay for the week at least
By medicinehatnews on February 4th, 2019
Throw another log on the fire and another layer of clothes on yourself. Medicine Hat sat at -24 C at 9 a.m. on Monday and felt like – 30 C with the wind chill, according to The Weather Network. Conditions are expected to improve only slightly over the rest of the week. Tuesday’s forecast is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Feb. 4-10
By Medicine Hat News on February 4th, 2019
Feb. 4 — Activity Afternoons, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Feb. 4 — Deutsche Konversation Gruppe,” MH Public Library, 7-8 p.m. Feb. 5 — Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Feb. 6 — Roving Gyms, Downtown YMCA, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 — Classic Movie “The Brass Bottle,” MH Public Library, 2 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Natural gas jumps a little for February, power still capped
By Collin Gallant on February 2nd, 2019
Medicine Hat News The cost of home-heating fuel will rise in February while power prices remain capped by a provincial government program, rates published on Friday by the City of Medicine Hat show. The price of natural gas for local utility customers will rise to about $2.16 per gigajoule — up from $1.35 in January ... Read More »
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