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Hip replacement patients waiting several weeks longer in south zone
By Gillian Slade on January 18th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Hatters waiting for hip replacement surgerywait more than seven weeks longer than the provincial average, according Alberta Health Services online data. For the first quarter of the 2018 fiscal year the provincial average wait, for 90 per cent of patients, was 44.1 weeks and 45.3 weeks in the second quarter. Hip replacement patients ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Cypress interim CAO hired on for same gig in Kneehill County
By Collin Gallant on January 18th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Peter Tarnawsky, who was recently the interim manager of Cypress County during a hiring process, has found similar work in Kneehill County. Reports from Drumheller state that Tarnawsky will serve as the chief administrative officer of that municipality until a permanent replacement can be found. The position opened in October when Kneehill’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final request in for 600-acre solar park
By Collin Gallant on January 18th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A solar park developer looking to build a 600-acre array near Grassy Lake has made its final application to utility regulators to move ahead with the project. The Alberta Utility Commission announced Tuesday the proposal by Sunset Solar, Ltd. is now being considered and could release a decision if no further written ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local author about to release chilling tale of hunters encountering evil in the Rockies
By Gillian Slade on January 17th, 2019
Medicine Hat News If you love books set in a Canadian landscape and you like to support local authors, there are two reasons to support a new book. A work of fiction set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and authored by a local resident will be published within weeks. “Do not call a devil, for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police clarify misunderstood aspect of new impaired law
By Jeremy Appel on January 17th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Police Service issued a clarification Wednesday about recent changes to impaired driving laws in response to “misleading information” circulating on social media. Prior to the changes introduced on Dec. 18, it was a criminal offence to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 per cent. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Worker killed on site of Cavendish plant build in Lethbridge
By None on January 17th, 2019
Lethbridge Herald One person is dead following a workplace accident at the Cavendish construction site on Wednesday morning. Occupational Health and Safety officers were on site at 43rd Street N. in Lethbridge and are investigating, according to officials. “We don’t have a lot of details yet, but what we do know is that an incident ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No air show this summer in Lethbridge
By None on January 17th, 2019
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Heraldnkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com LETHBRIDGE The skies will be quieter this summer. Confirmed early Wednesday morning via email: there will not be a Lethbridge Air Show in 2019. Stacy Green, the air show’s director of communications, said that in late December the Lethbridge International Air Show Association notified City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County councils ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!24 days in jail for resisting arrest on New Year’s Eve
By Jeremy Appel on January 16th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man guilty of resisting arrest and a breach of recognizance in relation to a New Year’s Eve incident at a local liquor store was sentenced Tuesday to 24 days in jail. Dakota Brant appeared in provincial court via closed-circuit TV from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre. According to an agreed statement of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown location chosen for Medicine Hat’s supervised consumption site
By Gillian Slade on January 15th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A supervised consumption site for Medicine Hat will be located in the building that used to be the Mango Tree restaurant, HIV Community Link announced Tuesday. A lease agreement has already been finalized and the SCS is expected to be in operation later this year, according to a press release. “HIV Community Link ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Creating a buzz about safety
By Mo Cranker on January 15th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Two of the region’s largest employee training businesses have merged to create F&S Safety Buzz. The merger took place Dec. 1 and the combined group is now hoping to help as many businesses become safe as possible. “We’re a safety company and we do everything from training all the way to safety management,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hut 8 using about 5 megawatts less electricity to mine cryptocurrency than when it started up
By Collin Gallant on January 15th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Company-wide electricity use by local cryptocurrency miner Hut 8 fell by about five per cent — enough to power about 2,000 homes — even though it is expanding its data processing capacity in Alberta. The firm, which operates its main facility in Medicine Hat, stated on Jan 8 completion of a plan ... Read More »
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