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More job losses at Medicine Hat College, AUPE reports
By Medicine Hat News on February 13th, 2021
More jobs have been lost at Medicine Hat College, according to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. According to an AUPE press release, the college has terminated the positions of three food service workers and two cooks who belong to the union. The workers had been temporarily laid off due to the pandemic. This follows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seniors celebrate Valentine’s with oodles of love
By Medicine Hat News on February 13th, 2021
Creating a “Wall of Sweethearts” was just one of the ways many in local seniors’ residences celebrated this week for Valentine’s Day. At Chinook Village Eileen Marchand gazes at the three photographs she has displayed on the wall. There is one taken on the day she married Ernest in 1947 after he was discharged from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looking at options with electric buses
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city’s bus fleet that famously switched to run on natural gas several years ago could go at least partly electric in the next round of replacements, city officials say, but only when the price is right. This week Ottawa announced $16 billion in new funding to help move major transit projects forward and ... Read More »
1 responseOnce again, still no influenza in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on February 13th, 2021
This week’s Alberta Health Services influenza report still shows no laboratory confirmed cases in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, has said the number of lab tests done this season for flu are more than ever before. The report says 1,530,446 Albertans have had the influenza vaccine this season which is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City cashes in on well reclamation fund
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat’s effort to abandon gas wells has now received $5 million from a federal program to help provinces tackle the problem while putting oilfield service companies to work. That information comes Friday as Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage detailed the new phases of the program that totals $1 billion in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four deaths taken off official COVID list
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2021
This week Alberta Health announced that four previous COVID-19 deaths had been determined not to be related to COVID-19. “To ensure reporting is as timely as possible, a death is counted and reported in the provincial total when a person is both diagnosed with COVID-19 and/or COVID-19 is determined to be a contributing cause of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College hosting online meet with community leaders
By MO CRANKER on February 12th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hat College will virtually host local leaders this morning to talk regional vitality. The 90-min conversation begins at 9 a.m. There are limited tickets available and can be found on eventbrite.ca. Regional vitality planning project manager Christie Wilson says the meeting will play host to a number of important conversations. “This is going ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No news on Aurora Sun plant as company gives financial report Thursday
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 12th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Aurora Cannabis officials say the company is executing on its path to repositioning as a profitable “premium” producer, as they released a financial report Thursday that gave no new information on the future of the paused Sun facility in Medicine Hat. CEO Miguel Martin says the Edmonton-based company narrowed its unadjusted loss to $12 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta plans to ramp up efforts on rapid testing
By Medicine Hat News on February 12th, 2021
This week the provincial government announced the expansion of rapid COVID-19 testing that can give results within about 15 minutes. All operators of long-term care and designated supportive living facilities will be required to set up a program to test staff at least once per week, and the Alberta government will provide the testing kits ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!YMCA will offer limited programs
By Medicine Hat News on February 11th, 2021
The YMCA in Medicine Hat is announcing how it plans to offer programming as health restrictions change. It will offer one-on-one dry-land and swimming lessons to those who register as well as reduced membership fee while centres remain generally closed due to restrictions. CEO Sharon Hayward said in a release the offers are a way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No variant cases in South zone yet
By Medicine Hat News on February 11th, 2021
There are 120 variant cases of COVID-19 in Alberta but none in the South zone yet, according to online data from Alberta Health. Calgary zone has 58 cases, Edmonton 43 and Central zone 19. Several of the variant cases were identified from samples collected through the border pilot program at Calgary International airport that started ... Read More »
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