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Medicine Hat looks to reduce city water usage by 10% heading into summer
By Collin Gallant on April 20th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Collin Gallant cgallant@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: CollinGallant The city will strive to reduce local water use by 10 per cent this summer by altering operations at city facilities and also asking residents to pitch in. Should an expected dry summer limit access to water, efforts at city departments would ramp up, and restrictions on things like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New large-scale solar plant approved by Utilities Commission
By Medicine Hat News on April 20th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News Another solar mega project has been approved with no added restrictions or requirements for six weeks after a pause on renewable energy projects last fall and winter. Alderson Solar, a plan to build a 100-megawatt solar facility on 660-acres of land north of the TransCanada Highway near Suffield, was approved by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Presentation showcasing new energy sector job opportunities runs next week
By Medicine Hat News on April 20th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News A rescheduled presentation by Alberta Federation of Labour on the future of energy sector jobs will take place in Medicine Hat on Tuesday. The local stop on the eight-city tour of southern Alberta was originally scheduled for last month, but arrives in Medicine Hat on April 23. Energy sector observer Markham ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library to host convention for free comic book day
By ANNA SMITH on April 20th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com ANNA SMITH asmith@medicinehatnews.com Anna Smith The Medicine Hat Public Library is looking to bring the city’s underground geek culture up into the light with the first ever annual comic convention. The idea stemmed from the yearly celebration of Free Comic Book Day, which the library has participated in for many years, said event organizer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Co-op Place to clear lost and found
By Medicine Hat News on April 20th, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News In the spirit of Spring Cleaning, Co-op Place seeks to empty out their lost and found next week. The arena that acquired quite a few items over the past year at public events and private ice rentals, said Co-op in a newsletter. Next week, from April 22 to April 28, all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith hopes name change urges power price drop
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 19th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The province has renamed the “Regulated Rate Option” for electricity as “the rate of last resort,” but Medicine Hat will still have the pricing mechanism available when it decides on its next permanent rate-setting formula, potentially in 2025. Premier Danielle Smith outlined the name change Thursday, saying the former title gives a false impression ... Read More »
1 responseDoctor accused of sex assault says physician shortage means he should practise
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat doctor accused of engaging in oral sex with a mentally disabled man in his care will appeal a professional conduct board ruling against him, while the professional association will appeal for harsher penalties than those that will allow him to continue seeing patients. The College of Physicians and Surgeons announced Thursday ... Read More »
1 responseFinancial support for water conservation could be coming
By Collin Gallant on April 19th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat could provide some financial support to help Hatters conserve water this summer, say administrators who plan to roll out an information campaign soon ahead of impending drought this summer. Details of basin-wide water sharing agreements called for by the province are expected to be released today. Top administrators told ... Read More »
1 responseExtended hours at local pools to make up for Big Marble renovations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2024
Swimmers will be taking their flippers to new pools to start the summer. As city crews start preparations to shutdown Kinsmen Aquatic Park at the Big Marble Go Centre for renovations starting May 15, plans are being made to accommodate swimmers. Outdoor pools will open as follows: Hill Pool (44 Seventh St. SW) opens May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local firefighters learn lifesaving techniques for heavy vehicle collisions
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 19th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Local firefighters have been training all week on how to manoeuvre large vehicles including school buses and semi trucks following a collision where a victim may need to be extracted. In a training scenario at the Marshall Avenue compound a small two-door vehicle found itself wedged under the rear end of a school bus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman charged with stealing money from Redcliff Legion makes first court appearance
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Kristine Huff made her fist appearance in the Alberta Court Justice on Wednesday facing two charges involving theft and fraud from the Redcliff Legion over a two-year period. Huff is charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 as she is accused of defrauding the Legion for a total of $63,749.30 between March 2020 ... Read More »
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