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Canadian Mental Health Association offering free online workshop to southeastern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on November 28th, 2020
The Canadian Mental Health Association is offering an online workshop open to the general public and free to southeastern Albertans. Living Works Start, on a 90-minute program, teaches people how to recognize the signs of someone thinking about suicide, and provides the tools to connect them with help and support. Please use the link below ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nearly 1.3 million Albertans already vaccinated for influenza
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 28th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The fourth weekly influenza report indicates 1,298,466 people in Alberta have now received the flu vaccine this season. This number is more typical for much later in the season – around January. In the south zone, which includes Medicine Hat, 83,138 people have been immunized, with 559,822 in Calgary, 118,465 in the central zone, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks mayor says operating room vital to city’s obstetrics
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Mayor of Brooks says defunding the city’s maternity clinic is bad enough but fears that are circulating of the operating room being sacrificed are causing even more stress. Barry Morishita says nobody from Alberta Health Services has talked to the city about such plans, but an Ernst & Young report on AHS earlier ... Read More »
1 responseFurther clarification of cohort restrictions in Alberta
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health has provided additional clarification on the new COVID restrictions announced this week, including for those who live alone and for places of worship. No social gatherings are allowed at all except if you live alone, in which case you can decide on two people who will be your cohort for the duration. ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Foundation’s volunteer door-hanger campaign ready for delivery
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2020
Hatters looking for help, or for a way to help out, can expect more information coming soon to a doorknob near them. The Community Foundation of Southeast Alberta is in the midst of a door-hanger campaign that will promote volunteer opportunities for those looking to pitch in as well as outline community resources for those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Applications open for provincial residential tenancy disputes
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2020
The Alberta Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service is now accepting applications from residents and landlords of mobile-home communities for tenancy-related disputes, including return of security deposits and disputes over damages. Legislation passed in May has made this possible. Residents and landlords of mobile-home communities can also participate in an online survey until Dec. 13 about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff has four COVID-relief projects approved
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2020
Four construction projects in Redcliff have been approved for provincial funding meant to boost economic activity and battle a COVID-caused slump. The town’s council heard Monday that administrators had received confirmation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs that four applications to the Municipal Stimulus Program had been approved. They are: – $315,700 for municipal campground ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Folk Music Club ensuring live music not lost in pandemic
By MO CRANKER on November 25th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Medicine Hatters will get to view live music from the comfort of their homes Friday thanks to the Folk Music Club. Alberta band Over the Moon will be performing live on the Medicine Hat Music Club’s Facebook page starting at 7 p.m. “We wanted to be able to present a show,” said club executive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Zone had 26 patients in hospital with COVID-19 as of Monday morning
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 24th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta Health Services says there were 26 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals across the south zone on Monday morning. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital had seven patients, with two in ICU. Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge had 15, with three in ICU. Oyen’s Big Country Hospital had one patient, and Brooks Health Centre had three. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local physician pens letter to Premier Kenney urging halt to further restrictions
By GILLIAN SLADE on November 21st, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade A local physician is urging the provincial government not to invoke any further COIVD-19 restrictions. Dr. Bao Dang, internal medicine and respirology, sent a letter to Premier Jason Kenney saying he is opposed to a lockdown. “I am aware that many of my colleagues lately have written to you and very publicly demanded re-instituting ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat Real Estate ceases open houses until new year
By Medicine Hat News on November 21st, 2020
The Medicine Hat Real Estate board has suspended open houses until the end of the year, according to several realtors in the city. Open houses were cancelled for several months this spring during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. Several agencies posted on Friday that as a result of rising case numbers in the ... Read More »
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