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Hatters could be splashing around by second week of July
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 2020
Medicine Hat’s two remaining splash parks will reopen on Saturday, while a tentative schedule released by the city parks department shows the public could return to two swimming pools and some fitness facilities by the second week of July. Outdoor spray parks at Ross Glen Towne Centre and Saamis Rotary Park will be open to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Knitting group passes pandemic time with love
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 20th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Many seniors in long-term-care at River Ridge Seniors Village received blankets on Friday that were knitted by some of the residents. When Molly Webster had previously noticed the comfort that a small blanket could bring someone in long-term-care, she was determined to ensure everyone that needed one would get one. Webster, a resident at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cadet takes second place with virtual speech on Victory in Europe Day
By MO CRANKER on June 20th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker A young Hatter combined a love of cadets and history to bring home a second-place award from the annual SPIRIT of Victory public speaking event. Jerusalem Cooper joined air cadets earlier this year and says the second-place honour was a great surprise. “Because of the coronavirus I wasn’t able to perform my speech anywhere,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SW Sask. Experiences eight-hour power outage Thursday morning
By Medicine Hat News on June 19th, 2020
Medicine Hat News A broken power pole in Southwest Saskatchewan left the town of Maple creek without electricity for about eight hours on Thursday. SaskPower reported the outage that also affected Richmound, Tompkins, Golden Prairie and nearby rural areas at about 4:20 a.m. Crews had restored power to all rural areas by 11 a.m., then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harlow berm for the greater good: city
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 19th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A city councillor says the second phase of the Harlow berm will go ahead regardless of resistance, and that the Riverside berm did not go ahead because it would have been too costly to fight. Many Riverside river-front properties have riparian rights to the land by the water. After the 2013 flood when many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest man who pulls out knife during investigation
By Medicine Hat News on June 19th, 2020
Police say they arrested a man on Thursday morning after he pulled out a knife while officers were conducting an investigation. Officers were called to the 1000 block of Balmoral Street at about 6 a.m. on a report that a 20-year-old man had taken a vehicle without the consent of its owner. They found the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID response to cost Brooks $900K
By Medicine Hat News on June 19th, 2020
Responding to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown will cost the City of Brooks almost $900,000 in lost revenue, extra costs and financial aid measures, local administrators stated this week. The city of 15,000 residents an hour west of Medicine Hat was the centre of one of Alberta’s largest outbreaks of COVID-19. Once additional expenses, lost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat shouldn’t be in power business,CTF says
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 19th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant It shouldn’t matter that Medicine Hat’s public utilities are potentially skewing financial comparisons, according to a lobby group critical of government spending, because Medicine Hat should not be in the utility business. This week the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released analysis comparison stating Medicine Hat spent far more than any other city in the province ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River Heights students donate to HALO with food wrap proceeds
By MO CRANKER on June 18th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Grade 4 students at River Heights Elementary School got together Wednesday to sell eco-friendly food wraps in support of HALO. Two classes of the students work together every year to sell their Eco Bee Kind Food Wraps. This year the teachers and students in charge of the student-run business decided HALO would be a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PST not on city’s radar just yet
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s mayor is giving the cold shoulder to a proposal that a one per cent provincial sales tax be created to provide stable cash source to cities for infrastructure spending as the provincial government grapples with deficit spending. City of Lethbridge council voted Monday to get the issue on the fall agenda of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat, Brooks still at one case
By Ryan McCracken on June 17th, 2020
Forty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Alberta Wednesday — 13 more than Tuesday — bringing the number of active cases in the province to 486. Medicine Hat and Brooks both remain at one active case of the virus, while Cypress County and the County of Newell have no active cases. Lethbridge is up to ... Read More »
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