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Covenant Health one of Alberta’s top-70 employers
By Medicine Hat News on January 27th, 2021
Covenant Health that operates St. Joseph’s Home and Carmel Hospice in Medicine Hat has been named one of Alberta’s top 70 employers. “We are honoured to be named a leading employer in Alberta again this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place significant demands on our health-care teams and the system as a whole. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Waterfront District’ headlines annual State of the City address
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 27th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant An overview of a “Waterfront District” headlined the annual State of the City address by Mayor Ted Clugston on Tuesday as a video showed administrators calling the city-led development a “billion-dollar opportunity.” The potential transformation of most of River Road into a pedestrian mall, Finlay Bridge, a focus on higher density housing, and changes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Operating costs balloon at Co-op Place
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 27th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The operating costs at Co-op Place may be more than three times more than originally projected when the city approved building the major spectator rink seven years ago. That is according to a city councillor who mentioned the facility this week while questioning the results of an effort to put another local facility under ... Read More »
3 responsesMHRH outbreak ongoing, Cardston’s is over
By Medicine Hat News on January 27th, 2021
A COVID-19 outbreak in the Cardston Health Centre is over. An outbreak was declared Jan. 12 after two people in that acute-care facility tested positive. Alberta Health Services reports on its website that an outbreak at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Jan. 14 is still in effect. An outbreak in an acute-care or a continuing-care ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local doctor explains how COVID patients are treated in hospital
By Medicine Hat News on January 27th, 2021
There is still no specific medication to treat COVID-19 but at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital a range of treatments are used and the province has a team looking at research from around the world. Dr. Sean Hollingworth, MHRH anesthesiologist and interim associate South zone medical director, says oxygen is still used consistently, and also a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clugston to seek third term as mayor
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 27th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Ted Clugston will seek a third term as mayor, he announced at the conclusion of the annual State of the City address on Tuesday. “The choice to run again or not has weighed heavily on my mind,” he said during a pre-recorded message broadcast online in place of the traditional luncheon that was cancelled ... Read More »
2 responsesBody of missing Foremost man found
By Medicine Hat News on January 26th, 2021
The body of a man who went missing from his Foremost home in early November has been found. RCMP consider the death non-suspicious but have ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death of Mark Jensen. The 51-year-old man was last seen by neighbours in the village south of Medicine Hat on Nov. 5, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Booming Bitcoin opens up expansion opportunities for Hut 8
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 26th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cryptocurrency miner Hut 8 has secured upward of C$90 million in financing this month for potential expansion as the price of Bitcoin rides high to start 2021. The firm that has its main data-processing centre in Medicine Hat brought in C$77.5 million in a stock offering in mid January that it will use for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flu shot popularity continues to rise even as Alberta remains at zero cases
By Medicine Hat News on January 26th, 2021
Albertans continue to get the influenza vaccine for a total of 1,518,893 people, according to the latest report from Alberta Health Services. The number of people getting the flu vaccine has increased every year. Towards the end of January 2016 it was 1,052,762 across Alberta and in 2019 there were 1,228,110 and last year 1,317,503. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Marketing Grant returns to southern Alberta
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 26th, 2021
It has been one full year since the first case of the novel coronavirus was reported by Health Canada. In this time, we have seen restrictions come into place, lifted and mandated back. In among the rising and falling COVID-19 cases, our communities and economy have been tested, and in the end we have witnessed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What a difference a year (and real-life data) can make
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 23rd, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade One year ago Canada had its first two positive COVID-19 cases, in Ontario, and the top public health official considered the risk of contracting the virus nationwide to be low. “Canadians should not be concerned that they can pick up the virus from an infected individual by any casual contact, such as walking through ... Read More »
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