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MHSA starting up 6-week SkateSkool program
By Mo Cranker on February 9th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Now that winter finally hit the city, skateboarders have been left with few options for places to practise. The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association and The Summit are hoping to help young and inexperienced skaters get their skills ready for warmer weather. The groups are offering SkateSkool classes twice a week for six weeks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspects sought by police after home invasion in Crescent Heights
By Collin Gallant on February 9th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Police are looking for suspects after an early morning home invasion in Crescent Heights on Friday. Authorities say several men forced their way into a residence in the northwest part of the community at about 4:15 a.m., brandishing weapons and making threats toward the people inside. They fled once police were called ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several bomb threats called for schools, Walmart in Taber
By None on February 9th, 2019
Alberta Newspaper Group Multiple bomb threats were investigated Friday in Taber, which included three schools within Horizon School Division No. 67, and Wal Mart, making for a long day for local emergency services. Horizon School Division schools received three anonymous bomb threats, with the latest coming in the early afternoon at Central School. Given school ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Health Services lifts boil-water advisory
By Gillian Slade on February 9th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A boil water advisory for the town of Oyen has been lifted effective immediately, Alberta Health Services said Friday. The boil water advisory was issued Feb. 5 but testing has confirmed the quality is now restored. Residents with health concerns can contact Health Link to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional unemployment creeps up month-to-month but remains well under this time 2018
By Gillian Slade on February 9th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade The region’s unemployment rate rose in January but remains more than a full point lower than in early 2018. The jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region was 5.4 per cent last month — 0.9 per cent higher than the previous month, but 1.2 per cent lower than a year ago. The provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial government establishes Conversion Therapy Working Group to ensure ‘hurtful practice’ banned for good
By Gillian Slade on February 9th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A Conversion Therapy Working Group has been established to make recommendations to the minister of health on how to “most effectively ban this dangerous and hurtful practice in Alberta,” the Ministry of Health announced Friday. The group, co-chaired by MLA Nicole Goehring and advocate Glynnis Lieb, will include academics, representatives from health, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retired military member to present about loadmasters on Monday to Medicine Hat Aviation Historical Society
By Medicine Hat News on February 9th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A retired member of Canada’s military will present to the Medicine Hat Aviation Historical Society on Monday. Sgt. Serge Levine (ret’d) will present Journeys of a Loadmaster with the Canadian Armed Forces. A poster for the event sent to the News describes a loadmaster as taked with the safe loading, transport and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early water outlook predicts low water levels for region
By Collin Gallant on February 8th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Alberta Environment is predicting below-average water levels this summer in southern Alberta’s two main river basins that meet near Medicine Hat. Meanwhile, authorities in Saskatchewan are warning about possible water shortages on farms related to likely low runoff this spring. Alberta’s water supply outlook, published Wednesday, states that based on current estimates, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC’S job fair foreshadows coming boon
By Collin Gallant on February 7th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant As the local job market is expected to boom over the next year, job seekers and employers flooded the atrium and B-Wing at Medicine Hat College on Wednesday for the institution’s annual job fair. Along with traditional employers for the college’s policing and health-care programs, construction firms, greenhouses and even JBS meatpacking set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QuitCore: A six-week quit-smoking workshop through AHS starts in Redcliff on Feb. 25
By Gillian Slade on February 7th, 2019
Medicine Hat News A tobacco-cessation workshop program will be taking place in Redcliff starting later this month. The evening workshops take place Monday evenings for six weeks — Feb. 25 to April 1. QuitCore, the Alberta Health Services workshops, provide tools and support to help people build a tobacco-free lifestyle. The workshops are conducted by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kin Coulee closed for hours over suspicious package
By Medicine Hat News on February 6th, 2019
Medicine Hat News Kin Coulee Park was temporarily closed Tuesday as police investigated a suspicious package found in the park’s pedestrian tunnel. The Medicine Hat Police Service Explosive Disposal Unit was on scene at about 10:30 a.m. and rendered the device safe about four hours later. An MHPS release states the EDU robot was used ... Read More »
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