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Fair Deal Panel seeks online survey doers
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
The Fair Deal Panel has an online survey for the public on how best to define and secure a fair deal for Alberta. The survey is available until March 15 at fairdeal.ca. Panel chair Oryssia Lennie says members have already connected with many thousands of Albertans through local engagement sessions, meetings, email and online. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pembina Pipeline building new propane unit near Empress
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
Construction has begun this month on a pipeline near the Empress straddle plant complex that will feed a new rail loading facility that will kick off in March, the company behind the $120-million project said Thursday. Pembina Pipeline is building a new propane factionation unit at its facility in northeast Cypress County, near Burstall, Sask. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City councillor in Thunder Bay to receive Special Olympics torch as next Games host
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat officials are in Thunder Bay this weekend for the beginning of the 2020 Special Olympic Winter Games, and to mark two years until the summer edition of the Games are held in southeast Alberta. City councillor Brian Varga will also officially receive the games flag following the event in a ceremonial exchange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hulgaard pleads guilty to promoting hatred
By JEREMY APPEL on February 29th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Loki Hulgaard has pled guilty to wilfully promoting hatred and a Firearms Act violation. Hulgaard, who was arrested in August 2018 after attempting to circulate currency with anti-Semitic slogans printed on it, was slated for trial Feb. 26-28, but pled guilty Wednesday, the day the trial was supposed to commence. He came to police’s ... Read More »
1 responseHulgaard pleads guilty to charge of wilfully promoting hatred
By Jeremy Appel on February 28th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Loki Hulgaard has pled guilty to wilfully promoting hatred and a Firearms Act violation. Hulgaard, who was arrested in August 2018 after attempting to circulate currency with anti-Semitic slogans printed on it, was slated for trial Feb. 26-28, but pled guilty on what was supposed to be the first day of the trial. Upon ... Read More »
1 responseRubble finds his forever home
By Mo Cranker on February 27th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Months after being abandoned at a local boarding kennel, seven-year-old Fila de Sao Miguel Rubble now has a home. Hatters Kevin and Jayne Heinrich picked the dog up from Pet Park Boarding Kennel early Thursday afternoon, which was an emotional goodbye for boarding kennel staff and members of the Southern Alberta Humane Society. “We’ve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Travel precautions urged over COVID-19 virus
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 27th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Alberta travellers returning from five countries in addition to China are required to take specific precautions to protect against the spread of the COVID-19 virus. “Going forward we are expanding our testing protocol to include the following areas in addition to China,” said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health. “Hong Kong, Singapore, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta will no longer cover non-urgent out-of-country health care
By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2020
The provincial government will no longer be covering out-of-country health care if it is non-urgent. Effective April 1, Albertans travelling in another country will no longer be covered for elective, non-urgent health services and routine lab tests. Currently only Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador provide out-of-country coverage for elective, non-urgent health services. For “emergency health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!JBS beef-processing plant in Brooks named a ‘sustainable producer’
By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2020
The JBS Canada beef-processing plant in Brooks has passed an audit to become a “sustainable producer,” the Canadian Roundtable of Sustainable Beef has announced. One of the largest processors in the county, JBS helped form the effort, and this third-party audit of its huge plant near Brooks shows its meeting commitments to use modern, lower-impact ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grandchildren of island Scots sought for genetic study that aims to improve medical treatments
By Medicine Hat News on February 26th, 2020
People who have grandparents who were born in the Orkney or Shetland islands in Scotland are being asked to join a genetic study aimed at improving medical treatments. The University of Edinburgh is conducting the study, and says there are many people with a connection to the Northern Isles now living in Canada. About 4,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jason Melhoff named executive director of Invest Medicine Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 26th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There will be a familiar face in front of the City of Medicine Hat’s new look investment attraction program. Jason Melhoff, a well-known local business man and former head of the local Chamber of Commerce, was named the managing director of Invest Medicine Hat on Tuesday afternoon. He takes the lead in an economic ... Read More »
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