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A n interesting thing happened in 2020: While many businesses took massive hits that will in some cases prove to be the death knell for companies, applications for new businesses skyrocketed across the country in the second half of the year. Applications for new employer identification numbers — required for companies to hire employees — hovered around 860,000 per quarter in 2018 and 2019, according to Census data, then surged to 1.6 million applications in the third quarter of 2020 and another 1.1 million in the year's last quarter. What's more, despite the pa...

Jean-Paul Ollivier: The voice of the Tour de France The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept Jean-Paul Ollivier: The voice of the Tour de France For 41 years Jean-Paul Ollivier guided TV viewers along the byways of France, tracking the peloton of the famous race. Here, he tells Jane Hanks all about it 10 February 2021 'I find it difficult to define why I love [Le Tour] so much. I think it is because it is a mix of a number of elements. It is a great party, a beautiful spo...

Weekend Mailbag: Jan. 23, 2021 Poll Government policy Weekend Mailbag is a new online feature at the Medicine Hat News which includes letters to the editor that could not be fit into the paper in a timely fashion. Check back each Saturday for more thoughts from the community, or share yours by submitting a letter to the editor by email at letters@medicinehatnews.com. —– Dear editor, Below are a few comments about current health issues and the United Conservative Party of Alberta: a) Per capita, Alberta has had among the highest number of COVID-19 infections in Canada. This can be largely ...

Who is the oldest living Cub? By JohnW53 on Jan 8, 2021, 3:07am CST + In June of 2014, the last year before the Cubs' current Renaissance, the seventh-inning stretch on WGN was sung by Lennie Merullo. Merullo was the last living member of the Cubs' 1945 World Series. He was 97 at the time, and 98 when he died on May 30, 2015. Merullo, a shortstop, played his entire career with the Cubs: 639 games, over 7 seasons, from 1941 through 1947. He had a career WAR of 1.4 and an OPS+ of 69. .......... When I came across Merullo's name again recently, I wondered: Who is the oldest living C...

Amid all of the losses, there were positives for many people. Families celebrated new pregnancies, marriages, and homes. People furthered their education, they began new hobbies, and some shed a few pounds. One man even quit carpentry to open up a Lego store in Lancaster. "We got married in October," said Samantha Hubler, who previously worked as a nurse at the Lebanon VA. Newlyweds, like the Hublers, discovered what it meant to tie the knot. Other relationships are just beginning to be explored. "Just celebrated our first Christmas together, and her name is Jeanne," said Joe Fullerton, a Che...