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AHS hosting free online session regarding screen time for children
By Medicine Hat News on January 19th, 2021
Alberta Health Services is hosting a free online session to help parents set limits on screen time for children. AHS says the information session is for parents, caregivers and influencers of children and youth to learn how to help youth safely navigate the online world. Who’s In the Driver’s Seat? Finding Balance in our Family’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks RCMP seek suspects in string of graffiti
By Medicine Hat News on January 19th, 2021
Mounties in Brooks are tracking down taggers who have gone on a graffiti spree this month. The detachment announced Monday it is looking for those responsible for spray painting a number of businesses in the city with crude references to feminine hygiene products, animals as well as “U.S.A.,” and “C.I.A.” Officials say the vandalism, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CCDA’s future will have to wait
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 19th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The seemingly age-old question about what to do to improve the City Centre Development Agency will have to wait another two weeks for an answer. But, the parties involved in an hour-long public hearing and council debate on Monday aren’t sure about what will come forward at that time. The annual issue of passing ... Read More »
1 responseSalons swamped on day one of reopening
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 19th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade About 10 days ago hairstylists demonstrated locally about COVID restrictions that had forced them to close, but on Monday they were open for business once more. Paul Hemsing, an owner of Salon Purity in Crescent Heights who had helped to organize the protest, said he was “excited” to be back on the job. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FLC to do maintenance before reopen
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
The parks and recreation department will move up maintenance projects at the Family Leisure Centre to have them complete before the facility is allowed to reopen. The north-side facility is typically closed a few weeks each summer so crews can drain the pool, re-grout tiles, replace pipes and perform mechanical work. That will take place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barnes went to Saskatchewan in December for business meetings
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
Drew Barnes MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat told media that he travelled to Saskatchewan in December. He is reported to have stated that on Dec. 14 he drove on his own to Saskatchewan to meet two business associates individually. He returned the next morning having observed social distancing, the hygiene protocols and health guidelines of each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Zone still sitting well above 50 COVID cases/100K threshold
By Medicine Hat News on January 16th, 2021
The South zone has the lowest number of active cases of COVID in the province at 383, but it also has the smallest population. According to Alberta Health Service’s community report for 2020, the South zone has a population of 308,924 spread over a region that includes, Lethbridge, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Cypress County. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clearing the confusion with a handful of more mud
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant If you thought your power bill was confusing, then wait until you get into a “strategic assessment” of the city’s place in the utility sector. How the city exists in the market, how it makes money interacting with the provincial grid, its requirement to operate under special status, the economics and logistics of power, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Mary’s River Irrigation District taking expansion plans to its members
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 16th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant More information about a major irrigation expansion program in southern Alberta is coming out as irrigation districts engage their members. Details of major projects in the St. Mary’s River Irrigation district are still privy to members of the organization that includes areas near Medicine Hat. Officials said that a general outline was mailed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All in seniors’ residences to be vaccinated: Alberta Health
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 16th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The province says people in seniors’ residences are being offered the COVID-19 vaccination even if they are not in government subsidized care. “All residents and staff in long-term care and designated supportive living facilities in the province are receiving the vaccine. This applies to both those accessing care through Alberta Health Services or outside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flu shots way up, still no official cases
By GILLIAN SLADE on January 16th, 2021
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta has now provided influenza vaccine shots to more than 1.5 million Albertans, which is about 200,000 more than last year at this time. According to the latest influenza report from Alberta Health Services, dated Thursday, a total of 1,514,141 doses have been administered across the province. Of those, 95,033 were in the South ... Read More »
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