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Feds 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!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 »
Be the first to comment!Local LTC workers sign deal with three-year wage freeze
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Long-term care workers at southeast Alberta’s publicly operated Cypress View Foundation will see no raises for the next three years, according to the latest bulletin from Alberta Labour. It’s the last of the outstanding contracts for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local No. 46, and the latest in a string of wage freezes, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City scrubs power sale option
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A sale will not be considered as part of a current review of the City of Medicine Hat’s power plant, according to a statement from Mayor Ted Clugston and senior officials on Monday afternoon. Last month the utility department announced it was conducting a strategic review to determine the potential effect of growing renewable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City rec facilities begin slow reopen
By Medicine Hat News on February 9th, 2021
A few skaters were back on the ice in Medicine Hat on Monday as city administrators reacted to weekend notice that some group activities on the rink and leisure facilities would be allowed as the reopening process began. One-one-one fitness instruction, some private group bookings and rentals were previously announced, and the city has said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan awards contract for Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2021
The Saskatchewan government has awarded its lead engineering contract on the proposed Lake Diefenbaker irrigation expansion to Clifton Associates. The $4-billion project was announced last summer by the province, which said phases built over the next 10 years would add 2,500 jobs per year and billions to the province’s gross domestic product. Phase one, estimated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another week rolls by with no influenza
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2021
More than 1.5 million Albertans have now been vaccinated against influenza for this season – 96,013 in the South zone. There are still no recorded cases of influenza in the province, and so few cases across Canada that it has still not officially declared a flu season. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of ... Read More »
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