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Hutterite colony near Swift has spike in COVID cases; Sask. adds 60
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
A jump in positive COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is being attributed to a Hutterite Colony near Swift Current, according to a release on Wednesday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Across that province, 60 new cases were reported, including 43 on “single communal living setting” in the Rural Municipality of Lawtonia, southeast of Swift Current. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heat warnings arrive as temperatures soar
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
Right on cue, Medicine Hat is in a heat warning in the third week of July just as Medicine Hat Stampede Week would have kicked off. Festivities are cancelled this year due to the pandemic, but Medicine Hat was the hotspot in Canada at 3 p.m. as the temperature sat at 32.8C. A hot air ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Impaired-related charges for suspect in alleged drunk driving incident
By Medicine Hat News on July 23rd, 2020
A 21-year-old man has been arrested by police after allegedly driving drunk early Wednesday morning. Police received phone calls around 2 a.m. that a Dodge Ram crashed into two vehicles on Storrs Crescent. The driver then fled the scene. Police located the driver and the truck in the Ross Glen area after hearing a tire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teen woman killed in Highway 3 collision last week
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2020
A head-on crash on Highway 3 east of Taber last week claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman, RCMP reported on Monday. Police say the collision occurred at 6:50 a.m. on July 17, and neither speed nor alcohol appear to be factors. The driver of the eastbound car, a woman from Nobleford, was pronounced dead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman dies in motorcycle collision
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2020
Medicine Hat News A 58-year-old woman is dead after a single vehicle motor collision Monday afternoon. The crash happened at the intersection at Holsom Road and Highway 3. The woman was the lone occupant on a motorcycle. Police closed the intersection into the evening Monday, investigating the crash... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID cases spike in Montana
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2020
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Hill County, Mont., has risen from one to 32 over the course of two weeks, according to public health officials in the region that includes the town of Havre. On July 6, the first active case in months was recorded when a woman in her 30s tested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Land, lots of land, and more news coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new proposal to use the Maple Avenue Firehall for an expansion of the food bank to a community food centre will be brought forward to city council on Monday, the agency announced late Friday. And that might not be the biggest news coming forward from the city’s land department in the near future. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Was lockdown the right call?
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic it is clear that there are other health issues killing more Albertans annually and they did not require the extraordinary lockdown that has affected the economy. Drew Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat says he understands the need for the lockdown to protect everyone in the early stages, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ichor wouldn’t be Hat’s first mobile blood collection service
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Everything old is new again but this time it comes with an added fee. A home service for blood sample collection that was considered routine by the former Medicine Hat Diagnostic Lab, became obsolete after its contract with the government was cancelled about five years ago. Ichor Blood Services, a private mobile lab collection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Maser’s lumber lot to become automatic car wash
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A development group from Lethbridge has begun putting the former Maser’s lumber lot on Dunmore Road to a fresh start. Excavation began this week at the high-profile, but long vacant lot towards building a large, automatic car wash that will also include other leasable commercial space and the potential for a convenience store pad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Echo Dale lake open for swimming
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The lake at Echo Dale Regional Park will be opened for public swimming on Friday with more city recreation facilities and restrictions at the Gas City campground expected to be lifted early next week, the city has announced. The swimming lake and change rooms at the park west of Medicine Hat will reopen to ... Read More »
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