Author Archives:
Positive ways to connect as a family from MHPSD
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With everything that has happened in 2020, the Medicine Hat Public School Division (MHPSD) says positive social and emotional connections are more important now than ever before.The...
Sep 16, 2020
Survey results to help assist the success of the local business community
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Business Retention Expansion and Workforce Development (BREWD) survey results will help assist the success of the business community.Businesses in the region took part in the su...
Sep 16, 2020
AHS launching online booking tool for care home visits
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services (AHS) says it has developed an online tool that allows designated family/support persons and other visitors to request scheduled visits with their loved one in conti...
Sep 16, 2020
No emergency training for crew on boat where fire killed 34
LOS ANGELES - Crew members on a dive boat say they were never instructed on emergency procedures before a predawn fire swept through the vessel as it was anchored off the South California coast, killi...
Sep 16, 2020
County set to reduce speed limits in hamlets
DUNMORE, AB - Cypress County councillors have passed first reading of a bylaw which will see speed limits in most of the hamlets reduced to 40 kilometres an hour.A survey conducted of 340 county resid...
Sep 16, 2020
Have Mercy: Blowouts stir talk of mercy rule to end lopsided ballgames early
Blue Jays backup infielder Santiago Espinal could only offer a helpless smile as he watched DJ LeMahieu turn on his pitch and launch it over the Yankee Stadium wall. Pressed into mound ...
Sep 16, 2020
Annual mass honouring Montreal's unclaimed dead adopts special meaning during COVID
MONTREAL - Audience members were called to lay white roses in front of the altar of a Montreal cathedral on Wednesday during a ceremony in honour of the hundreds of Quebecers ...
Sep 16, 2020
Easier, quicker saliva sampling eyed for next stage of COVID-19 testing
TORONTO - A saliva-based COVID-19 test is likely to be available this fall, say private and public health officials touting various methods under consideration across the country as lineups grow at CO...
Sep 16, 2020
One new COVID-19 case in Medicine Hat, 171 in province
Medicine Hat has one new case of COVID-19, and a total of four active cases.The total number of COVID-19 cases in the city is now 75. There are now 69 recovered and two deaths.Across the province, the...
Sep 16, 2020
Jays reliever Giles goes back on the injured list; Hernandez activated
NEW YORK - Toronto Blue Jays reliever Ken Giles returned to the 10-day injured list Wednesday due to a right arm injury. Manager Charlie Montoyo said the right-hander had an MRI exam but he had yet to...
Sep 16, 2020