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Environmental 360 Solutions acquires Waste Watchers
By Medicine Hat News on July 9th, 2020
A waste management company that arrived in Medicine Hat originally to handle the municipal curbside recycling pickup has now purchased a substantial foothold in the construction waste sector. Environmental 360 Solutions acquired Waste Watchers, a locally based family owned service that specializes in bin delivery, pickup and disposal as well as commercial contracts. “Waste Watchers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hall set to re-open Monday
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 8th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City hall will re-open to the general public on July 13, but on the condition that visitors sign a log to accommodate potential need for contact tracing of the coronavirus, or be asked to leave and do their business via other means. City director of emergency management Merrick Brown told council on Monday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta allowing nurse practitioners to complete driver medical exams
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 8th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The provincial government announced earlier this year it would no longer cover the cost of a driver’s medical exam and it will now allow nurse practitioners to do the exam in addition to family doctors. Driver’s medial exams are required at specific intervals for drivers of a certain age, type of drivers’ licence or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CPSA to have more public representation on councils, tribunals and committees
By Medicine Hat News on July 8th, 2020
The provincial government has announced amendments to the Health Professions Act that will require the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to have a higher representation of members of the public on it’s council. CPSA’s councils, hearing tribunals and complaint review committees will have to consist of 50 per cent members of the public. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hall will reopen July 13
By Mo Cranker on July 7th, 2020
City hall will reopen to the general public on July 13, but on condition that visitors sign a log to accommodate potential need for contact tracing of the coronavirus, or be asked to leave and do their business via other means. City director of emergency management Merrick Brown told council on Monday that as city ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council opens back up to public
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 7th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Holding its first meeting open to the public in more than 100 days, city council drew an in-person crowd on par with non-pandemic times on Monday night. “Nice to see everyone in person,” said Mayor Ted Clugston to start the proceedings at the Esplanade Studio Theatre. About a dozen interested observers sat staggered on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six cases at local seniors residence
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 7th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The first COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat was last week, a resident of South Country Village – a seniors residence near the airport, Alberta Health has confirmed. By Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases at this seniors facility was four, including the death. On Monday afternoon Alberta Health said the number had climbed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana’s Hill County reports second case of COVID-19
By Medicine Hat News on July 7th, 2020
A second case of the Coronavirus has been reported in Hill County, Montana, the county that surrounds the town of Havre. Health officials there reported that a women in her 30s has reported positive for the respiratory disease. Statewide, 37 new cases were recorded on Monday, bringing the total to 1,249 in the state that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS confirms sixth positive COVID-19 case at South Country Village
By Gillian Slade on July 6th, 2020
The first COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat was last week, a resident of South Country Village – a seniors residence near the airport, Alberta Health has confirmed. By Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases at this seniors facility was four including the death. On Monday afternoon Alberta Health said the number had climbed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID Cruise-in movie series is all 80s movies for drive-in lovers
By Alberta Newspaper Group on July 4th, 2020
The COVID Cruise-in IG Wealth Management outdoor movie series brings multiple 1980s films to the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Grounds for people to view from the comfort of their cars this summer. The first film, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, plays tonight, Pulp Fiction on July 11, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County of Warner now at 39 active cases, Alberta Health says no added risk to general public yet
By GILLIAN SLADE on July 4th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade There has been a sudden and significant spike in the number of COVID cases in the County of Warner. A week ago Alberta Health was still reporting that there had been no cases of COVID in the County of Warner since the start of the pandemic. Then it all changed rapidly. According to Alberta ... Read More »
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