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City could add ‘remote work’ to land-use bylaw
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One of the buzzwords of 2020 could soon have a legal definition in City of Medicine Hat land-use legislation, Wednesday’s meeting of the municipal planning commission heard. Administrators plan to introduce a “remote work” category to the land-use bylaw, mainly in order to define it as something different than a typical home-based business and ... Read More »
1 responseDental office donates to YMCA to support men’s health
By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2022
Sun City Dental has stepped up with a $75,000 donation to the YMCA of Medicine Hat for renovations in the Downtown YMCA’s Men’s Health Plus Club change room. The donation will allow for improvements including new hot tub mechanical, plumbing and electrical upgrades, new flooring, updated fixtures and countertops, according to a YMCA media release. ... Read More »
1 responseSEAWA boasts results of four-year riparian restoration project
By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2022
Four years after embarking on a 10-site riparian restoration project, members of the South East Alberta Watershed Alliance are proud to announce more than 11.5 kilometres of land were restored and native shrubs and trees were reintroduced to more than 2 kilometres. Four of the 10 sites have also been re-categorized as ‘conservation sites’ rather ... Read More »
1 responseA third major wind project proposed for Cypress County
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Another major wind farm proposal would see turbines erected from the edge of Dunmore to the sites of two more going up between the Cypress County hamlet and the Cypress Hills. The Buffalo Trail wind farm proposal would see at total of 65 turbine towers erected in two phases, each capable of producing about ... Read More »
1 responseCity gets $630K to offset transit woes
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 14th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat will receive $630,000 from the province and Ottawa to help make up for a steep decline in transit ridership and revenue during the pandemic. The money, part of nearly $160 million being spent in Alberta, includes $10 million designated to mid- to small-sized communities. “We’re really, really grateful for the funding,” said ... Read More »
2 responsesLocal group raising funds to bring over Ukrainian refugees
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 13th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A local group looking to take in Ukrainian refugees is partnering with the Community Foundation of Southeast Alberta to raise funds and other supports. A release late Tuesday states that donations handled by the CFSEA for the effort will receive a tax receipt and will go toward cost of transportation, accommodation, rent and food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Not much for city capital projects set for 2022
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 13th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews With the start of construction season approaching, the City of Medicine Hat released its map of 2022 projects on Tuesday, showing few new major projects and some items awaiting final completion after being held up last fall. In development vein, the land department will oversee the completion of the Towne Square space at 603 ... Read More »
1 responseCatholic board honours outstanding staff members
By JAMES TUBB on April 13th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education recognized some of its own Tuesday afternoon. At the MHCBE’s public meeting the board honoured its nominee for the Edwin Parr Award, handed out in the province for an outstanding first-year teacher, and recognized the winner of the Face of Christ Award for an outstanding support staff ... Read More »
1 responseCity dishes out downtown incentive grants
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 13th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews More that a half-million dollars in downtown building incentives were allotted in two days last week, according to officials with Invest Medicine Hat which administers the Waterfront District “vibrancy” and “housing” grants. The vibrancy grant refunds up to half eligible costs up to $50,000 to business owners whose improvements contribute to the city centre. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Property rights a bigger issue than attendance suggests
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 13th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hearings on provincial property rights did not attract much of a crowd in Medicine Hat on Tuesday, but a legislative panel studying the issue says it has had strong response and has the mandate to suggest strengthening laws surrounding the contentious issue. For more than a decade worries about expropriation, rural representation and grazing ... Read More »
1 responseOverdose advocates turn to lawsuit after injunction attempt fails
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 12th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society and Moms Stop the Harm say they are not giving up after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the groups’ injunction application last week, which requested the repeal of a policy requiring Alberta supervised consumption service users to show ID. Local advocate and MSTH member Kym Porter ... Read More »
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