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Subsidy program available to assist with suicide bereavement counselling
By Medicine Hat News on February 11th, 2021
A subsidy program has been announced to assist southeastern Albertans with suicide bereavement counselling. The Canadian Mental Health Association of Alberta Southeast Region says the program provides support for family members and friends who have suffered a loss due to a death by suicide. The funding was provided through Alberta Ministry of Health to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County to open Welcome Centre
By Alberta Newspaper Group on February 11th, 2021
Cypress County will be keeping the doors open at the now former Walsh Visitors Information Centre under a new name starting in May. The Cypress County Welcome Centre will be opened after the province decided in early 2020 not to operate the Visitors Information Centre in the small border hamlet. The centre attracts 20,000 visitors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International Petroleum meets year-end projections despite bumpy road in 2020
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 10th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant International Petroleum Corp. wound up meeting original year-end production targets in 2020, and remained cash positive in a rocky year that saw curtailments and plunging revenue as oil prices were rocked in the spring. The global producer, with major operations centred at Suffield, said Tuesday in its year-end financial report it is maintaining discipline ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power plant’s future will be election issue
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 10th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City utility and elected officials say they hope to form a better relationship with ratepayers alongside a choice to halt major decisions on the power plant until after the fall election. One vocal opponent of a sale says the future of the utility will almost certainly become a ballot box issue. “I don’t think ... Read More »
2 responsesFeds give more than $1M to regional community foundations
By MO CRANKER on February 10th, 2021
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Community Foundations in southern Alberta will share more than $1 million in federal funding announced Tuesday. Multiple Community Foundation offices will share $1,267,320 to transform public spaces in response to COVID-19. “I was in a Zoom call today about this funding and we were talking about how our communities are struggling through COVID,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana hit harder by COVID but able to vaccinated faster than northern neighbours
By Medicine Hat News on February 10th, 2021
Montana, which compared to Alberta has recorded four times as many COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita, has now vaccinated four times more people in a similar comparison. State public health officials said Tuesday that 144,300 doses had been administered to the state’s 1 million residents, and 39,800 people are now considered fully immunized. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre offers membership refunds; new operator will keep name the same
By Medicine Hat News on February 10th, 2021
The latest monthly edition of the Veiner Centre news is offering to reimburse Veiner Centre memberships for those who request this. Anyone wanting a refund should call the Veiner Centre, 403-529-8307. A contract to operate the Veiner Centre and Strathcona Centres was recently awarded by the city to Calgary-bases Kerby Centre, which had the only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Car crashes into Taylor home, female suspect arrested after fleeing on foot
By Medicine Hat News on February 10th, 2021
A vehicle crashed into a private home on Taylor Road on Monday night. A 9 p.m. 911 call came to police from a resident in the 700 block, who reported that a vehicle had just crashed into their house. The female driver had fled the scene on foot. Medicine Hat Police Service contained the area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID vaccine clinics to open across Sask. this spring
By Medicine Hat News on February 10th, 2021
Mass immunization clinics will be staged at nine locations in southwest Saskatchewan when health officials there begin distributing the coronavirus vaccine to the general population this spring. Saskatchewan announced Tuesday its general rollout plan that describes two phases, including current work to vaccinate 190,000 persons in priority groups, health-care workers and all residents over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Pacific donation brings vital piece of equipment to MH Regional Hospital
By Medicine Hat News on February 10th, 2021
A large corporate donation to the Medicine Hat & District Health Foundation has made it possible to purchase vital equipment in the Intensive Care Unit at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Canadian Pacific donated $23,000 to purchase a “LifePak 15” – an important piece of life-saving equipment. CP made the donation through its community investment program, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter charged in relation to storage unit B&Es in Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on February 9th, 2021
A Medicine Hat man has been charged with breaking into storage lockers in Brooks, the RCMP detachment in that city announced Monday. In late January, mounties were called to investigate a break-in to seven units at a local storage complex, and then on Feb. 4 executed a search warrant at a residence on Wild Rose ... Read More »
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