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Places of worship are restricted to one-third capacity, website changed
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There has been a change to the COVID-19 restrictions for places of worship. When new restrictions were announced by the government last week, Premier Jason Kenney verbally stated that places of worship were restricted to one third of the building’s capacity under the fire code. When the government’s website was updated it was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Natural gas cost going down while power price ticks up in Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on December 2nd, 2020
Utility prices are moving in different directions in December for residential and small- to medium-commercial accounts in Medicine Hat. The rate for natural gas of the month will be $2.77 per gigajoule according to rates published Tuesday by the city’s utility department. That is down from $3.14 in November, while the rate of power moves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tackling web giants should be a federal priority
By Alberta Newspaper Group on December 2nd, 2020
Southern Alberta Newspapers Newspapers in communities from coast to coast dot the nation’s landscape like a media mosaic. From the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of Georgia, journalists are on the job telling the stories that matter most, stories that remain part of the vital fabric of the communities these newspapers still serve. Today ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newell residents running out of time for electoral boundary feedback survey
By Medicine Hat News on December 1st, 2020
Tomorrow is the last day for County of Newell residents to complete a public feedback survey on potential changes to the county’s electoral boundaries. Changes would involve the electoral maps and reduce the number of divisions rom 10 to seven. That is part of a rebalancing exercise to even out populations in the districts, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local resident says price differences on masks unfair to those who need them most
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 1st, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local resident says some stores are taking advantage of people needing face masks and that price gouging is taking place. Gordon Robertson says he went to a convenience store because he was in a hurry and needed a face mask. The store was selling a pack of five blue/white disposable face masks for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds sign letter to council urging city mask bylaw
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 1st, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A group of doctors in Medicine Hat called for an expedited debate on a local mask bylaw in an open letter to council, co-signed by more than 400 Hatters including nurses, teachers, former aldermen, school board trustees and others. Drs. Paul Parks and Nicoelle Wanner write in the letter that was delivered Monday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local doctors call for expedited debate on MH mask bylaw
By Collin Gallant on November 30th, 2020
A group of doctors in Medicine Hat is calling for an expedited debate on a local mask bylaw in an open letter to council that is co-signed by more than 400 Hatters including nurses, teachers, former aldermen, school board trustees and others. Drs. Park Parks and Nicoelle Wanner write in the letter that was delivered ... Read More »
1 responseNearly 1.3 million Albertans already vaccinated for influenza
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The fourth weekly influenza report indicates 1,298,466 people in Alberta have now received the flu vaccine this season. This number is more typical for much later in the season – around January. In the south zone, which includes Medicine Hat, 83,138 people have been immunized, with 559,822 in Calgary, 118,465 in the central zone, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bentley appeals murder conviction
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2020
A man sentenced to spend at least the next 10 years in prison for the stabbing death of a Medicine Hat women is appealing his second-degree murder conviction. Noah Bentley, 30, was convicted in the 2018 death of Brenda Woloski last winter in Court of Queen’s Bench in Medicine Hat and sentenced this month to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Mental Health Association offering free online workshop to southeastern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2020
The Canadian Mental Health Association is offering an online workshop open to the general public and free to southeastern Albertans. Living Works Start, on a 90-minute program, teaches people how to recognize the signs of someone thinking about suicide, and provides the tools to connect them with help and support. Please use the link below ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks mayor says operating room vital to city’s obstetrics
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Mayor of Brooks says defunding the city’s maternity clinic is bad enough but fears that are circulating of the operating room being sacrificed are causing even more stress. Barry Morishita says nobody from Alberta Health Services has talked to the city about such plans, but an Ernst & Young report on AHS earlier ... Read More »
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