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About 1 in 20 customers using utility deferral program
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 2nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant About four per cent of Medicine Hat utility customers are taking advantage of a billing deferral program brought in to help ease personal finances during the COVID pandemic response, the News has learned. Six weeks after the local officials launched the program that follows a provincial order, about 1,300 customers have left amounts owing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friends of Medicare asks public to sign petition that urges the reversal of privatizing lab services in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on May 2nd, 2020
Friends of Medicare is shining a spotlight on the work being done in medical laboratories, and it has launched a petition urging the government to move away from privatization. The petition urges Minister of Health Tyler Shandro and the Government of Alberta to reverse the privatization of Alberta Precision Laboratories and instead expand its duties ... Read More »
1 responseAgeCare Valleyview hosting drive-by parade next week
By Medicine Hat News on May 2nd, 2020
AgeCare Valleyview is holding a drive-by parade to show appreciation for residents and staff on May 8 at 1:45 p.m. AgeCare Valleyview is located at 65 Valleyview Dr., and the parade will also be taking place in the church parking lot across the street... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weekly COVID-19 numbers update
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade As of Friday morning… The south zone continues to lead the province with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita. The south zone has a population of 306,577 and the number of COVID cases expected to be announced on Friday will top 1,200. Based on the population of Brooks, a total of 5.8 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls for Alberta elected officials to take pay cut
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on government elected officials to take a pay reduction to bring them in line with other provinces and in recognition of all the Albertans who have recently lost their jobs. “At $121,000 annually, Alberta’s rank-and-file MLAs make significantly more than their counterparts in other provinces.,” said Franco Terrazzano, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leon’s puts focus on front lines with gift card giveaway
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on May 2nd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Leon’s Furniture in Medicine Hat has launched a new promotion to help local businesses while honouring the efforts of frontline workers. The promotion – which has been running for nearly three weeks – allows Hatters to nominate frontline workers in the community for a $50 gift card to a local business of the week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Playing catch-up
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 2nd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The acronym “ICYMI” is used as a social media short-hand for “in case you missed it,” and as May blossoms onto the scene, there’s a lot of catch-up to do. Hatters may or may not be clamouring for haircuts or a round of golf and a return to usual. Some of that happens Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the News — Friday, May 1
By Collin Gallant on May 1st, 2020
A roundup of coverage in the Medicine Hat News and developing stories on the morning of Friday, May 1, 2020. Alberta’s ‘re-open’ planPremier Jason Kenney outlined how certain restrictions on business and general activity will be eased in the province in phases beginning this weekend. Find out details here. Alberta NumbersHealth officials reported 190 new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede officially cancelled
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2020
They had little choice, but on Tuesday night the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede made it official – there will be no Stampede this summer. In the wake of provincial restrictions confirmed to apply to outdoor festivals, the local Stampede’s board of directors decided there was no way to safely hold the 122nd edition of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City prepping for flood despite no threat
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 1st, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Flood prep in Medicine Hat will be jumpstarted even though there is no current threat, officials said this week. Ice jams in northern Alberta damaged 1,000 buildings this week in Fort McMurray, where 14,000 residents are evacuated, the province reported on Thursday. That situation is lessening however, as ice begins to melt and break ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advice from Hatters to Fort Mac: Don’t bomb the ice jam
By GILLIAN SLADE on May 1st, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade As Fort McMurray deals with a flood created by an ice jam, there are some lessons to be learned from history. Late March 1951 the Royal Canadian Air Force was brought in to drop bombs in the South Saskatchewan River. Large slabs of ice about 10 feet thick created the blockage near Police Point. ... Read More »
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