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Default power rates fall in Medicine Hat for April
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 4th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Power prices are way down in April for those on default rate pricing in Medicine Hat – about half of what they were in February – but with a provincial deferral program now moving into a collection stage, they now match fixed contract rates. How power and natural gas are charged to city utility ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council ratifies CUPE contract through 2026
By Medicine Hat News on April 4th, 2023
Most city hall employees now have a new union contract through the end of 2026. City council ratified the four-year agreement Monday with some 800 inside, outside and transit workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local No. 46. It provides an across-the-board increase of $1.55 per hour to all classifications, retroactive to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD board approves pair of student trips to United States
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Public School Division’s board of trustees approved this week a pair of upcoming U.S. trips. The first was on behalf of Cameron Rittinger and Medicine Hat High School students (MHHS baseball team) for a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. from April 10-16. Superintendent Mark Davidson addressed the board and said, “In the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tourism MH ready to roll out new Sunshine Trolley
By KENDALL KING on April 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Tourism Medicine Hat is giving locals and visitors more opportunities to see the city in style this summer with rollout of a second Sunshine Trolley. “We got the original trolley around five years ago,” tourism project co-ordinator Mo Cranker told the News. “The positive reception and community welcome the old trolley (was given) got ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As prices fall, some to now pay back provincial utility deferrals
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 1st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Utility prices are set to plunge in April, though added power charges for some customers will help pay off a provincial rate cap put in place over the winter. The spectre of record high power prices in the winter led the provincial government to establish a deferral program last fall. That resulted in 25 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unusually, there are no fire restrictions coming with April for Cypress County
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 1st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Seasonal fire restrictions, typically enacted April 1 in Cypress County, will be delayed as cooler weather has kept snow and ice on fields in southeast Alberta. The county announced Thursday that burn permits will be issued until further notice. Across the region, fire restrictions announced last October remain in place in the County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With residencies going unfilled, questions arise on international doc restrictions
By KENDALL KING on April 1st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Following news that Alberta has 42 vacant post-graduate residency positions so far this year, questions have been raised over restrictions to international medical graduates, or IMGs, seeking residency positions. Data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service released last week shows Alberta has the highest number of vacant residency positions after the first round of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River Heights Grade 3s delve into news with Happy Heights Herald
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 1st, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Michelle Warmink, teacher at River Heights Elementary School, and her teaching partner Karen Barnes Olechowski started the Happy Heights Herald with their Grade 3 students back in September. The two teachers wanted students to be excited about what was happening in the school and have a way of connecting them with the community and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial Court to officially become Alberta Court of Justice
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 31st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The final docket session of “Provincial Court” in Medicine Hat was held Thursday. On Monday, the name changes to the “Alberta Court of Justice,” as part of a modernization of the court system in the province, including the process to rename two of the three branches of the judiciary system. “Over the past five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City-owned renewables becoming a likelihood
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 31st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City power officials will strongly consider renewable energy production – solar fields or wind turbines – when the municipal power plant next needs expansion, the News has learned. That comes as this week’s federal budget opened up a system of private-sector tax credits to incentivize new green energy production projects. Included as well however, ... Read More »
1 responseLocal NDP candidates take aim at UCP pension plans
By KENDALL KING on March 31st, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com Local NDP candidates are calling out the province’s UCP government over talk of potentially pulling Alberta from the Canada Pension Plan. Brooks-Medicine Hat candidate Gwendoline Dirk and Cypress-Medicine Hat candidate Cathy Hogg came together Thursday to share concerns over the impact leaving the CPP and establishing a provincial pension plan would have on constituents, ... Read More »
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