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Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat is now consulting with stakeholders and adjusting plans in light of today’s announcement from Special Olympics Canada (SOC) regarding the cancellation of the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games 2022 in Medicine Hat. With a number of challenges emerging due to COVID-19, including the inability to hold regional competitions in 2020 and the potential challenges with competitions into 2021, SOC elected to cancel the Games acknowledging that the typical pathways that qualify athletes for national competition are not possible.

Medicine Hat – Work to improve the safety, traffic flow, and capacity of the Family Leisure Center west parking area is now complete. Remaining landscape work will continue throughout September.

Medicine Hat – In line with the Big Marble Go Centre’s safe relaunch, additional programming will be available beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2020. “We’re excited to be able to offer more opportunities to play badminton, basketball and pickleball and are gearing up to be able to offer more than 30 fitness classes each week,” said James Will, General Manager of Parks & Recreation.

Medicine Hat – Beginning Tuesday, September 1, Medicine Hat Transit (MHT) will be increasing single ride fare to $2. 00 per passenger following a successful return to non-essential travel. Transfers will continue to be unavailable until further notice, as well as the sale and use of MHT tickets.

Medicine Hat – In order to expand recreational opportunities along the South Saskatchewan River, a set of concrete stairs will be constructed at the Strathcona Boat Launch. .

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Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat has ratified a new collective agreement with Local #46 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The previous agreement expired on December 31, 2019.

Medicine Hat – The installation of new LED lighting inside the Cenovus Arena at the Big Marble Go Centre has been completed. 50 LED lighting high bay fixtures, and 3 LED lighting wall packs have been installed, replacing the original lighting inside the arena over the ice and the stands.

Medicine Hat – The Crestwood Recreation Centre, originally scheduled to reopen this fall, has been delayed as part of the City’s review of safely reopening facility operations. City staff worked closely with Alberta Health Services to understand best practices for all of our facilities.

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Medicine Hat – Beginning Monday, July 20, Medicine Hat Transit (MHT) will further ease restrictions for riders. In following with the updated guidelines released by the Government of Alberta, MHT will remove the ‘Essential Travel Only’ guidelines, as well as update capacity limits.

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Medicine Hat – Beginning Monday, July 13, City Hall will begin easing restrictions to access services within the building. .

Medicine Hat – The Big Marble Go Centre staff are excited to welcome the community back into the facility beginning Monday, July 6. On Monday, the following areas will be open for public access:.

Medicine Hat – On July 6, 2020, the City of Medicine Hat will launch a new eProcurement tool that will allow vendors to register, view and download bid opportunities online in one quick, easy and convenient location. The City will continue to post bidding opportunities on the Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) website, aligning with previous practice, but a link will now direct potential bidders back to the new City of Medicine Hat eProcurement webpage.

Medicine Hat – A partnership between the City of Medicine Hat, Invest Medicine Hat (IMH) and Tourism Medicine Hat is helping residents rediscover the city and celebrate beautiful staycation destinations right here in Medicine Hat. “Many residents have had to cancel or scale-back their summer plans due to COVID-19,” says Kelli Ireland, Marketing Specialist with Invest Medicine Hat.

Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat City Council will meet as scheduled on Monday, July 6, 2020 at 6:30 p. m. This meeting will be open to the public and is being held at the Esplanade Studio Theatre, 401 First Street SE.

Medicine Hat – A report released earlier this week by the Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF) showing Medicine Hat as the highest spending big city (over 30,000) on a per capita basis in Alberta has prompted City officials to clarify the approach used in the report. “The CTF report does not take into consideration the differences between municipalities,” says Dennis Egert, Commissioner of Corporate Services.

Medicine Hat – Recent public and local business engagement, in conjunction with the current Municipal Development Plan review, identified a desire for the downtown area to have a pedestrian friendly environment. With this in mind, the City of Medicine Hat has recently completed a posted speed limit review of roads in the area.