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Scholarships available through Leaders in Equality Award of Distinction program
By Medicine Hat News on January 22nd, 2021
Scholarship funding is available for students studying in fields where gender is traditionally under-represented. The Leaders in Equality Award of Distinction (LEAD) Program is now accepting applications. Total funding for the program is $225,000. Up to 90 student applicants in two categories will each receive $2,500. One scholarship program is open to women younger than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Point unveils newest Story Walk
By Medicine Hat News on January 22nd, 2021
Police Point Park is ready to unveil a new Story Walk. The latest walk will feature “Over and Under the Snow” by Kate Messner and will be available to take part in on Saturday. Upon completing the walk, participants can knock on the Nature Centre door to claim a prize coupon for the Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Construction rebound eased painful year
By Medicine Hat News on January 22nd, 2021
A relative bounce in residential construction, renovations and several new commercial projects kept Medicine Hat’s construction sector active in 2020, but the lack of new major projects left building permit figures lower for the year. New statistics from the city’s planning department peg the estimated value of proposed construction during the year at $48.8 million. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multiple charges laid in Monday’s weapons incident
By Medicine Hat News on January 22nd, 2021
Medicine Hat Police Service’s Major Crime Section has charged 54-year-old Dale Melbourn with multiple weapons-related offences following a high-risk incident that took place Monday in an isolated area near Smelter Avenue and Factory Street. An MHPS release states that around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, members received a report of a male in distress who was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outbreaks declared at two South zone facilities, including MHRH
By Medicine Hat News on January 21st, 2021
There are currently two COVID outbreaks in acute care facilities in the South zone. Alberta Health Services reports on its website that an outbreak was declared on one unit at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Jan. 14. Three patients linked to this specific unit tested positive for COVID -19 and two health-care workers linked to ... Read More »
1 responseFive deaths from Meadowlands outbreak
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 21st, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A COVID outbreak reported at a local seniors’ residence is now linked to five deaths. Meadowlands Retirement Residence in Medicine Hat revealed on Dec. 30 that nine residents had tested positive since the outbreak began on Dec. 19, and sadly two deaths were linked to it. There was also one member of staff who ... Read More »
1 responseThree hurt in grain elevator fire
By Medicine Hat News on January 21st, 2021
Three people were injured near Brooks on Wednesday as crews fought to extinguish a blaze at a grain elevator. Brooks RCMP, firefighters and utility workers were dispatched the area west of the city at about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A release from the Mounties states three people were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Firefighters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two positive COVID cases confirmed at Seven Persons School, isolation protocol underway
By Medicine Hat News on January 21st, 2021
Medicine Hat News There are two positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Seven Persons School. Prairie Rose School Division was notified of a second case at the school on Sunday. Alberta Health Services has notified 24 students and six staff that they are close contacts. One substitute was also deemed a close contact. All close ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 4,000 health-care workers have tested positive since COVID arrived
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 21st, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services says 5.5 per cent of health workers who have been tested for COVID-19 have been positive for the virus since the pandemic began. By Jan. 13 a total of 74,538 employees within AHS, Alberta Precision Laboratories and Covenant Health had been tested for COVID-19, and of that number 4,127 were positive. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South zone COVID hospitalization breakdown
By Medicine Hat News on January 20th, 2021
On Tuesday Alberta Health Services confirmed there were 26 cases of people with COVID-19 in three hospitals across the south zone, and five being treated in ICUs. Of the 26 hospitalized cases there were 17 in Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge and two of them were in ICU. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital had eight patients ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council looking into controversial coal proposal
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 20th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council will consider lending its voice to opposition of a coal mining proposal near the headwaters of the South Saskatchewan river basin. The proposed Grassy Mountain coal mine would be located in the Crowsnest Pass, just north of the town of Blairmore. Mayor Ted Clugston said Monday that the issue has ... Read More »
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