Hope College hoping to open fall 2012

Times Reporter

 

Three board members from the Hope College board made a presentation to county councillors during their regular council meeting on April 19. Reeve Ben Armstrong had heard them speak at a previous engagement and liked the sound of what it is being planned, and wanted council to have an opportunity to hear it as well.  

Hope College is hoping to open fall of 2012 in Drumheller. The main focus of the college is to train health care professionals, which may sound familiar, but at Hope College they want to train rural professionals to work in rural health care. 

The presenters said it would be unique, because working in a rural hospital emergency room is completely different than working in the city, where many people do their practicum. In a city hospital a nurse may work just in labour and delivery for their twelve-hour shift, whereas in rural hospitals it may be labour and delivery in the morning and a car accident in the afternoon. The board is looking for sponsors, and the county said they would review the information and give a response at a later date.  To find out more about Hope College, people can go to their website www.hopecollege.ca

 

WADEMSA 

County council passed a motion to pay the 2011 WADEMSA Fire and Dispatch requisition. Councillor Glenn Koester said even with help from the province it would still leave them slightly in the red.