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AHS to offer free emergency preparedness webinar
By Medicine Hat News on April 25th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Alberta Health Services is looking to honour Emergency Preparedness Week with a free workshop to help families ready themselves for potential disaster. The interactive and educational webinar will guide participants through a step-by-step approach to create a personal emergency preparedness kit, while also focusing on emotional and social wellness. This program is primarily tailored ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small licence holders pushed for on-par water conservation
By Medicine Hat News on April 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Small water users are being asked to conserve along the same lines as voluntary agreements signed by some large water users in the province last week ahead of expected drought in the province. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz sent a letter to small municipalities and other licence holders this month asking them to abide by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Access fee legislation unlikely to affect Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on April 25th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A provincial government plan to change how utility access fees are calculated likely won’t affect how the fee is determined in Medicine Hat. Local officials have said they base the charge on a percentage of more stable regulator distribution rates, rather than as a percentage of energy prices, as the City of Calgary does. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlesnakes will be returning to city with warm weather
By ANNA SMITH on April 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com With warmer overnight temperatures, Medicine Hat and area will see rattlesnakes starting to move out into their summer hunting grounds, but this is nothing to fear. Currently, overnight temperatures are preventing most snakes from dispersing from their overwinter den sites, said Sheri Monk, owner of Snakes on a Plain, a company specializing in snake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County motions to leave Intermunicipal Committee
By ANNA SMITH on April 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County is considering withdrawing from the Intermunicipal Committee – used to foster dialogue between elected officials in Medicine Hat and Redcliff – as per a motion passed at the end of the Wednesday’s county council meeting. The motion directs administration to send a letter to the City of Medicine Hat, as well as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County receives feedback on land use bylaw
By ANNA SMITH on April 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Following a series of open houses in regards to an upcoming Land Use Bylaw review, a presentation was made to Cypress County council this week. “We put out a public survey for March 11 through to April 15, and we also hosted a series of open house in-person participation opportunities, both here at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tensions remain but council, mayor say progress being made
By Collin Gallant on April 25th, 2024
@@CollinGallant One month after city council imposed sanctions on Mayor Linnsie Clark, Clark and council both say work of the city is proceeding, but some interactions at council show a disconnect still exists. This week, Clark’s request for human resources and expense reports from top administrators was delayed for a second time. It will return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS addressing encampments with community-led program
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 25th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Police are addressing homelessness concerns in the city’s core and other neighbourhoods by working with community parents to provide an alternative response to temporary outdoor encampments. Two weeks ago the Medicine Hat Police Service sent out its first Pro-Active Engagement and Community Enhancement team, or PEACE, to identify encampments and provide basic human needs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat property tax rates set for 2024
By Medicine Hat News on April 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews City councillors approved a general property tax increase above 4 per cent this year while slightly increasing the portion of total taxes paid for by multi-unit housing properties. The proposed increase was laid out in a budget passed in late 2023, but on Monday, council finalized mill rates and confirmed a staff recommendation that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local clay manufacturer expands business to meet demand
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 24th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Plainsman Clays has expanded operations with the purchase of a second building and plans to ramp up production this year to meet growing demand for high-quality clay products. Plainsman Clays has grown into Canada’s largest clay manufacturer and distributor since founded in Medicine Hat in 1962, and typically produces 104,000 boxes of clay every ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former guard pleads guilty to improper data search
By Medicine Hat News on April 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A former police cell guard has pleaded guilty on improperly searching a Medicine Hat police database while she worked for a subcontractor and her part in a drug-fuelled stolen property ring last year. Teegan Clara George Austin agreed to a plea deal Tuesday in Alberta Court of Justice in Medicine Hat. The agreement, worked ... Read More »
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