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Beyond some morons on social media, it seems few took advantage of April Fools to try to score laughs about the coronavirus, which is something that shouldn’t be miraculous, but is these days.
One notable exception was the City of St. Albert, which announced residents should watch the early television broadcasts where they would be selecting via lottery ball machine which birth years would be eligible for additional doses of vaccine. Talk about brainless.
People are sick of the pandemic, and probably could use a laugh, but that’s not it.
Sherwood Park did the old motorized-trash-bin gag.
For the record, the News stopped April Fools in 2016 after a certain president of the United States made the idea of a fun, false and frivolous story in the media no fun for anyone.
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Rural bus service needs provincial backing to survive
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Premier Rachel Notley unveiled a $700,000 provincial pilot project during Stampede Week in 2018 to help cover the costs of a private operator running bus service between 11 communities on Highway 3. The City of Medicine Hat, represented by Mayor Ted Clugston (left), oversaw the grant that was wound down last month at a total cost of about $400,000, entirely to the province. NEWS FILE PHOTO
The Highway 3 Connector bus route between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge was wound down at the end of last month and likely won’t be revived without new financial support from the province, City of Medicine Hat officials say.
Grants add $11 million to city summer construction
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Were you surprised the UCP government went back to stage one of its reopening plan on Tuesday?
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The Linden Lot, across from city hall in downtown Medicine Hat, is set to become additional office space as the building on the site will be expanded thanks to a federal government grant to move construction projects forward as economic stimulus coming out of the COVID pandemic. The city owned building, which was once rented to Canada Post s downtown branch, currently houses the city s health safety and environment offices. NEWS FILE PHOTO
Redeployed federal grants will add almost $11 million in projects to the city’s summer construction budget, it was confirmed Wednesday.