Author Archives:
Province gives more details on lower child-care fees next month
Starting in January, $16.5 million in transition funding will be available for licensed child-care providers. Those providers will receive a one-time transition grant of $211 per enrolled space.This f...
Dec 22, 2021
Start of winter semester delayed at MHC due to Omicron
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat College will delay the start of the winter semester, and classes will be online where they can be to start the semester.Classes won't start until Jan. 10 and will be de...
Dec 22, 2021
Grinding away: pandemic has dentists seeing a rise in teeth problems
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After nearly two years of COVID people have become familiar with some of the physical signs of stress, such as weight gain or chewed fingernails.In other areas, like inside the mout...
Dec 22, 2021
Users of Access to Information Act complain of delays, secrecy and inconsistencies
OTTAWA - Canadians using the Access to Information Act have voiced concerns about excessive delays in producing government records and even a "culture of secrecy." The findings come in an interim repo...
Dec 22, 2021
522 Omicron cases among 1,346 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta
There are 46 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.Medicine Hat has had 4,646 total cases - the 46 active, 4,522 recovered and there have been 78 deaths.There are eight new cases in th...
Dec 22, 2021
Authorities: Carbon monoxide caused deaths of 7 in Minnesota
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras whose bodies were found inside a Minnesota home last weekend died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Wednesday. Re...
Dec 22, 2021
Liberal MP censured for defying advice on non-essential travel
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has been censured by his party's chief whip for defying advice not to travel out of the country unless essential. Chief government whip Steven MacKinnon says he is profoundly dis...
Dec 22, 2021
Alberta registered nurses to vote on four-year deal with pay hike of 4.25 per cent
EDMONTON - An Alberta nurses' union is asking its members to sign off on a proposed four-year collective agreement that amounts to pay increases of 4.25 per cent.The increase is among the recommendati...
Dec 22, 2021
Toronto FC adds experience to backline by signing free agent Shane O'Neill
Toronto FC added some experience to its much-maligned defence Wednesday by signing free-agent defender Shane O'Neill on a deal that runs through 2024. The 28-year-old spent the last two seasons with t...
Dec 22, 2021
Calgary Flames refuse to pay more for rising costs of a new arena
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames pulled out of an arena deal with the city because team owners were no longer willing to shoulder a disproportionate amount of rising costs or more risk. Calgary Sports and...
Dec 22, 2021