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Who’s running for what and where in SW Saskatchewan?
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2020
Maple Creek Mayor Michelle McKenzie will serve another term as she was the only candidate to submit a nomination for the top post in the town 90 minutes east of Medicine Hat. The race for council positions also include a father and daughter and a mother and daughter, not to mention the chief administrator of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flu shots available through doctors and pharmacies, but no AHS drop-in clinics this year
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 16th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Many pharmacies and doctors offices are already providing influenza immunization but families with children under five can make an appointment with Alberta Health Services for after Oct. 19. Due to COVID-19 there will be no AHS drop-in flu clinics. Those eligible to receive influenza immunization through AHS are required to book an AHS appointment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coulee Ridge ‘town hall’ meeting moves to online format over weather
By Medicine Hat News on October 15th, 2020
A planned in-person “town hall” meeting at the new community of Coulee Ridge later this week has been forced online by inclement weather, the developer has told the News. “We figured that the wind and noise in the tent and construction work (nearby) might be an issue, so we’ll be going on to Zoom (video ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana COVID cases now as bad as it gets
By Medicine Hat News on October 15th, 2020
Areas of Montana closest to Medicine Hat passed a new milestone in COVID-19 on Wednesday with 200 active cases and three more deaths in Hill County. That region of about 16,000 people, including the town of Havre, added 36 new cases in statewide numbers published Wednesday morning. The total active case now sit at 200, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspects sought after highway fireworks fight causes grass fires
By Medicine Hat News on October 14th, 2020
RCMP in Redcliff are looking for motorists who they say engaged in a duel with fireworks as they drove down the Trans-Canada Highway over the weekend. “Numerous” grass fires were started Saturday morning after what police allege one person shot back at a trailing car as they travelled from Alberta to Saskatchewan. Dry, windy weather ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junior oil firm Cor4 Oil seeks bids for its dry natural gas properties near Suffield
By Medicine Hat News on October 14th, 2020
Junior oil and gas producer Cor4 Oil is soliciting bids for its dry natural gas properties that border the northern portions of CFB Suffield. In a listing through Sayers Energy Advisors, the private firm that is focused on oil production near Brooks is asking for offers on fields and other non-core properties in southeast Alberta. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City needs to ramp up effort to shrink its budget shortfall
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 14th, 2020
Medicine Hat will need to speed up its plan to erase a structural deficit in the municipal budget by 2027, city hall finance officials have told a council committee. That is due to new financial challenges posed by the pandemic, affecting revenue and service delivery, provincial and global recession, and the expectation of another rough ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virtual concert lineup put together for seniors’ residences
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 10th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A recreation co-ordinator at a seniors’ residence says what residents have missed most during the pandemic is the music concerts often provided by local artists and volunteers. Kay Guest, recreation co-ordinator for Meadow Ridge Seniors Village, decided to find a solution and contacted Sakamoto Agency about organizing virtual entertainment. Sakamoto Agency decided to offer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$815M in upgrades coming to SA irrigation districts
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 10th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Alberta and Ottawa’s infrastructure bank say they are making a “generational investment” to expand cropland in southern Alberta’s irrigation districts, and officials say more is still to come. Districts will undertake more than $815 million worth of capital projects, including the creation of four off-stream reservoirs, thanks to a partnership that states 200,000 irrigated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Development fees should remain the same until review is completed
By Medicine Hat News on October 10th, 2020
Development fees in Medicine Hat will likely stand pat until the end of 2021 as administrators conduct a review of off-site levies. The fees are charged to new developments to recover the city’s cost extending new roads and water, sewer and storm sewer lines to new communities. They were last overhauled in 2012, but are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment numbers hold steady in Alberta’s southeast
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 10th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The southeast region’s unemployment rate held steady in September and below the Alberta jobless rate that also remained steady, though more people returned to work according to figures released on Friday. In the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region, the rate remained at 8.6 per cent, where it sat in August, though a full point higher than ... Read More »
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