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TransCanada bridge in Medicine Hat will remain open

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CTVNews.ca Staff Published Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:01AM EDT Last Updated Monday, June 24, 2013 1:52AM EDT

Emergency crews in Medicine Hat have prepared for the worst as water levels in the citys major river continue to rise and are expected to peak Monday morning.

The water flow in the South Saskatchewan River is projected to top 5,000 cubic metres per second on Monday. Similarly high flows in the river in 1995 caused widespread damage across southern Alberta.

Flooding on the Bow and Elbow Rivers devastated parts of Calgary on Thursday and Friday, and more than 20 communities in Alberta have been on alert after heavy rains.

Approximately 10,000 people have been asked to leave the low-lying areas of the city as the South Saskatchewan River continued to rise over the weekend.

Volunteers sandbagged areas around city hall and the downtown core in preparation for the high waters.

Soldiers have also worked to build a dyke around the citys drinking water treatment plant.

Both the water treatment plan and power plant continue to be protected by berms, Ron Robinson, the citys director of emergency management, said at a news conference. Our drinking water is safe.

On Sunday, the water flowed higher than most people in the city had ever seen.

I worked the flood in 95 and it was really bad then, resident Kevin Elderkin told CTV News. They say it's supposed to be twice as bad, if not three times as bad (now). It's hard to fathom.

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Medicine Hat in ‘good shape’ as river swells: mayor

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Sonja Puzic, CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, June 24, 2013 8:27AM EDT Last Updated Monday, June 24, 2013 2:42PM EDT

The Alberta government has announced it will provide $1 billion in funding to kickstart the first phase of flood recovery in the province.

Premier Alison Redford made the announcement Monday afternoon.

Earlier Monday, residents of Medicine Hat, Alta. were relieved to learn that the South Saskatchewan River had crested overnight and water levels were slowly receding.

But damage was severe in many other southern Alberta communities, after historic floods washed out roads, destroyed homes and displaced tens of thousands of residents.

The town of High River, about 37 kilometres south of Calgary, is almost entirely flooded and 80 per cent of the community has no power or basic services, the Alberta Emergency Management Agency said Monday.

At least three people have died and a fourth person is missing.

Officials say they are worried that some of High Rivers 13,000 residents are still inside their homes, despite the evacuation orders. Members of Canadian Forces are on the ground, assisting local authorities.

Soldiers are also helping out in Medicine Hat, where some flooding occurred along the South Saskatchewan River. But an anticipated disaster appears to have been avoided.

The city was expecting the water flow in the river to reach 6,000 cubic metres per second, but it peaked at about 5,300 cubic metres.

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Medicine Hat in 'good shape' as river swells: mayor

Medicine Hat flood waters starting to recede

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City officials are warning Medicine Hat, Alta., residents to stay away from a mandatory evacuation zone, despite experiencing lesser than anticipated flood waters Monday after a weekend of sandbagging and other preparations.

The South Saskatchewan River peaked at midnight at a speed of 5,460 cubic metres per second, according to the city's Facebook page.

The waters are now starting to recede, said Medicine Hat Mayor Norm Boucher, adding the process will likely take days.

However, "that could change," said Ron Robinson, the director of emergency services. Currently, the waters are receding at a speed of 40 cubic metres per second, he said, but that could change to as slow as 20 cubic metres per second.

Despite the lower speed, the river is flowing through the city higher and faster than ever recorded, CBC's Bonnie Allen reported Monday morning, standing near the river, which had risen about a third of a metre overnight.

These "historic amounts of water" are putting pressure on the precautionary measures installed over the weekend, said Allen, including containing walls and sandbags.

Emergency officials remain on high alert as the waters could spill over these walls. Already, city hall and the city's arena and baseball diamond have experienced some flooding.

In the area near the arena and baseball diamond, the precautionary measures are holding up well. Edmonton police officers built a sandbag wall on a residential street that, so far, has managed to keep the water at bay.

Residents must stay away from the evacuation zone. Residents who do not comply with this order may be fined up to $10,000 and face a possible sentence of up to one year in jail, according to the city's Facebook page.

A re-entry plan is under development, said Robinson.

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Evacuations ordered in Medicine Hat, Alberta

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MEDICINE HAT, Alberta, June 23 (UPI) -- As floodwaters that killed three people slow in parts of Alberta, officials ordered evacuations in Medicine Hat in anticipation of its river bursting its banks.

Some 10,000 people in the 62,000-person community were told to leave their homes, bridges and roads were closed and gas was turned off in homes and businesses Sunday, CNN reported.

The South Saskatchewan River is expected to burst its banks early Monday morning, and could reach its highest-ever level in history, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.

"We don't want to anticipate the worst, but we're going to be prepared for the worst," Alberta Premier Alison Redford said. "We know that from what we've seen everywhere else that this is more exceptional than we've ever seen in Alberta before, so we're presuming that that's probably the circumstance that we're looking at (in Medicine Hat) as well."

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Saturday the city was still under a state of emergency, though the flow of floodwaters was starting to slow and residents could begin returning home.

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Research and Markets: Regenerative Medicine Markets – 2013 Report

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/23dgtg/regenerative) has announced the addition of the "Regenerative Medicine Markets" report to their offering.

Regenerative medicine is a way of treating injured and diseased human tissue by using laboratory-grown or therapeutically-induced human tissue as a replacement.

This TriMark Publications report discusses the current state of regenerative medicine. The study provides a thorough overview of regenerative medicine sector together with analyses of the funding trends, intellectual property, market opportunities, therapeutic pipeline, research collaborations, partnership activities, and guidelines for establishing new ventures.

The report enables the reader gain in-depth knowledge about ongoing tissue engineering and stem cell therapy research programs carried out in universities and other research centers. Moreover, this analysis profiles the leading companies developing regenerative medicine solutions.

Key Topics Covered

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2. Regenerative Medicines: An Overview of Segments

3. Regenerative Medicine: The Next Evolution of Medical Treatment

4. Recent Advances in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research

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Medicine Hat under evacuation orders for rising waters, 10,000 asked to leave

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CTVNews.ca Staff Published Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:30AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, June 22, 2013 11:58PM EDT

The city of Medicine Hat is under a state of emergency as it braces for rising waters and heavy flooding over the coming days, expecting water levels similar to those that hit low-lying areas of Calgary in recent days.

Medicine Hat, approximately 300 kilometres southeast of Calgary, issued a mandatory evacuation in the low-lying areas of the city. The South Saskatchewan River, which winds through the city, is expected to rise Sunday and crest Monday.

According to the citys website the river is expected to peak early Monday morning with a flow rate between 5,100 to 6,000 cubic metres per second.

Nearly 10,000 residents were scheduled to be relocated Saturday morning, and the gas was shut off in the evacuated area as of 2 p.m. local time. The citys transit is moving people to the Evacuation Centre at the Medicine Hat College.

Electricity is also expected to be cut off. Several roads, including the entire Highway 41 Industrial Ave. corridor, have been closed.

Inmates at the Medicine Hat Remand Centre were being transferred to Lethbridge and Calgary, the Alberta Solicitor General announced in a tweet.

Residents of Medicine Hat are bracing for the worst.

You can hear the river threatening, one woman told CTV News. It looks very placid but its not, and stuff is starting to come.

Earlier reports indicated that as much as 70 per cent of the 10,000 residents were ignoring the order to leave their houses.

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