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Weddingstar making sure vulnerable have masks
By MO CRANKER on December 5th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The folks at Weddingstar are doing what they can to help during the pandemic. The businesses is making its way to different organizations around the city to make large mask donations, totalling more than 4,000 given away. “With the mask mandate here we wanted to use our large stock of masks to give back ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hospital lab will only test hospital patients
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services has issued a request for proposals to transition its laboratory collection services to private contractors and there are also implications for Medicine Hat’s hospital. The transition applies across the province and not only for community collections sites. On-site hospital testing at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital will only be for hospital patients, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yard waste collection yields 600-tonne increase over 2019
By Medicine Hat News on December 4th, 2020
Another year of yard care is in the books, or rather in the bin, according to city solid waste department, which recorded a marked increase in tonnage from yard cart collection in 2020. A jump of more than 600 tonnes from last year is attributed to an increasing number of yard carts, more major yard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s college campus stop comes off transit schedule until March
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The city has suspended transit service onto the Medicine Hat College campus until March. The bus used to head north on Southridge Drive, cross over the Trans-Canada Highway, continue on College Avenue and turn left toward a stop on campus. That bus no longer makes that turn but instead continues down College Avenue before ... Read More »
1 responseLocal options available for required COVID-19 travel test
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There are now two options locally for anyone travelling and needing a COVID-19 test result in order to do so. According to online sources there are nearly 70 countries accepting travellers from Canada, but they require a negative test with results in 24-48 hours of travel. The reasons for travel include business or needing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal COVID relief cash will subsidize day camps at YMCA until the end of March
By Medicine Hat News on December 3rd, 2020
The local YMCA is providing childcare options for school-aged children. Money from the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency community support fund, administered by the United Way, will be used to offset the cost of licensed day camps until March 31. It can mean a savings of up to 60 per cent for families on PD days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still $2M owed from utility deferrals
By Medicine Hat News on December 3rd, 2020
Local utility customers still owe about $2 million from a springtime bill deferral program that ended nearly six months ago, officials confirmed this week. At its height, the City of Medicine Hat’s utility department was carrying unpaid accounts for about 6,900 home and small businesses as part of a provincial moratorium on gas and power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask bylaw explained
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A 90-day bylaw requiring mask-use in Medicine Hat should be considered alongside laws against bullying and intimidation, said councillors as well as the head of a group that opposes mandatory masking. The bylaw specifically states that store owners or other members of the general public cannot demand proof of exemptions, though bylaw officers have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat man wins $250K with EXTRA win
By Mo Cranker on December 2nd, 2020
Medicine Hatter Gerald Kat has won $250,000 after guessing all seven numbers of the EXTRA number on his Lotto Max ticket for the Oct. 16 draw. Kat nabbed his winning ticket from the Maple Avenue Co-Op gas bar. He says he is stunned to win... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island mom, kids are missing
By Medicine Hat News on December 2nd, 2020
Mounties in Bow Island are looking for a mother and her three children after neighbours haven’t seen the family for several weeks. Officers with the town’s detachment say Jessie Foyston, 41, is new to the community and doesn’t have any known local connections. Foyston, who is also known as Jessie Howell, has one son, Enrique ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s COVID fatality rate levels off as more testing now done
By GILLIAN SLADE on December 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade While cases of COVID-19 and deaths in Alberta are climbing fast over the past month, the province’s fatality rate has declined since April. Official numbers from Alberta Health at the end of April show that 1.6 per cent of those who tested positive ended up dying. That figure has dropped to a current 0.9 ... Read More »
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