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COVID cases spike in Montana
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2020
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Hill County, Mont., has risen from one to 32 over the course of two weeks, according to public health officials in the region that includes the town of Havre. On July 6, the first active case in months was recorded when a woman in her 30s tested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Was lockdown the right call?
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic it is clear that there are other health issues killing more Albertans annually and they did not require the extraordinary lockdown that has affected the economy. Drew Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat says he understands the need for the lockdown to protect everyone in the early stages, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Land, lots of land, and more news coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A new proposal to use the Maple Avenue Firehall for an expansion of the food bank to a community food centre will be brought forward to city council on Monday, the agency announced late Friday. And that might not be the biggest news coming forward from the city’s land department in the near future. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ichor wouldn’t be Hat’s first mobile blood collection service
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Everything old is new again but this time it comes with an added fee. A home service for blood sample collection that was considered routine by the former Medicine Hat Diagnostic Lab, became obsolete after its contract with the government was cancelled about five years ago. Ichor Blood Services, a private mobile lab collection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Maser’s lumber lot to become automatic car wash
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A development group from Lethbridge has begun putting the former Maser’s lumber lot on Dunmore Road to a fresh start. Excavation began this week at the high-profile, but long vacant lot towards building a large, automatic car wash that will also include other leasable commercial space and the potential for a convenience store pad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Echo Dale lake open for swimming
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The lake at Echo Dale Regional Park will be opened for public swimming on Friday with more city recreation facilities and restrictions at the Gas City campground expected to be lifted early next week, the city has announced. The swimming lake and change rooms at the park west of Medicine Hat will reopen to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local buses to increase capacity, offer masks to passengers
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat Transit will increase capacity on buses next week and offer masks to passengers, officials announced on Thursday. They also say that 90,000 non-surgical masks have been provided by Alberta Health Services and the city is recommending that passengers use one or their own while travelling. “We want our drivers and passengers to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southwest Saskatchewan bracing for upswing in COVID-19 cases
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 17th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New restrictions for care homes in Southwest Saskatchewan have been imposed as health officials brace for an upswing in COVID-19 cases across the region. They come as 31 out of 42 new cases in the province on Thursday were reported in the southernmost health region, which excludes Regina. New protocols to limit outside contact, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 tests available for everyone, but there may be a wait
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 17th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Anyone in Alberta can have a COVID-19 test whether they have symptoms or not but it may take a few days. Between July 8 and 14 about 3,000 tests were booked in the south zone that includes Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. A spokesperson for Alberta Health Services says some people with symptoms are upset ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat well abandonment effort already approved for $1 million
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 16th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat’s effort to abandon natural gas wells has already been approved for a total of $1 million from a federal-provincial clean-up fund, and that only represents applications for very preliminary work, according to city officials. That information can forward Wednesday as Alberta government held a press conference to highlight its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BREWD survey highlights various ideas for local economic development
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 15th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A survey of business owners done before the coronavirus pandemic highlights some long-bandied about ideas for economic development – ideas that will become the subject of action plans even as the economic outlook is much less clear, say officials. The Business Retention and Expansion Workforce Development (BREWD) survey was launched last summer as a ... Read More »
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