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Restrictions at city facilities while exemption plan is developed
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Capacity will be limited at city facilities in the short-term as officials await further clarity from the province on the Restrictions Exemption Program."Short-term we're not going ...
Sep 17, 2021
Demand for vaccine picks up at local pharmacies
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A surge in vaccine interest is being seen at some local pharmacies, following this week's vaccine program announcement in Alberta. "It has gone crazy. The phones haven't stopped bec...
Sep 17, 2021
'At least six': first outbreak identified at city school
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The first outbreak of the new school year in Medicine Hat was identified by Alberta Health Services Friday.A letter was sent out to parents of Webster Niblock School notifying them ...
Sep 17, 2021
Visitation access reduced at AHS sites
Alberta Health Services is reducing family/designated support and visitation access at sites as COVID-19 hospitalizations strain the health-care system.The following measures will come into effect on ...
Sep 17, 2021
More than 2,000 new daily COVID-19 cases; active cases up again in Medicine Hat
Alberta has recorded the highest new daily COVID-19 case count of the fourth wave.The 2,020 new cases reported today are the most since early May and among the most recorded at any point during the pa...
Sep 17, 2021
Tenacious Belgium immigrant pioneered Canada's mussel industry in the 1970s
CHARLOTTETOWN - When Joe Van Den Bremt first floated the idea of producing cultured mussels on P.E.I. in the 1970s, the local fishermen laughed at him. "They were all telling me, 'We use that stuff fo...
Sep 17, 2021
COVID and the Holocaust are not comparable, says local Jewish community member
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A local member of the Jewish community stresses kindness as she's seen online posts about comparing COVID-19 to the Holocaust.Dina Jubrak is a practicing member of the Jewish commun...
Sep 17, 2021
Montreal Alouettes face B.C. Lions minus head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation
MONTREAL - With head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation, the Montreal Alouettes' play-calling Saturday will be by committee led by Andre Bolduc. The Alouettes (2-2) are at home to the B.C. Lions ...
Sep 17, 2021
Veteran TFC fullback Justin Morrow looks to keep making a difference post-soccer
TORONTO - Justin Morrow cost Toronto FC some US$100,000 in allocation money when he came over in a December 2013 trade with the San Jose Earthquakes. Back then, it was a fair chunk of change - a sourc...
Sep 17, 2021
Conservative dropped as candidate over tweets says she is still the Tory choice
OTTAWA - A Conservative candidate dropped by the party over Islamophobic tweets she claims were faked says she is still running as the "confirmed" Tory candidate in the Toronto riding. The Tories dump...
Sep 17, 2021