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Scrap value, ag value detailed in solar field approval
By Medicine Hat News on December 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A plan to build major solar fields near Lethbridge has been approved as regulators reveal some details of how they will now consider cleanup financing and agricultural productivity of sites as provincial policy direction evolves on the subjects. A decision by the Alberta Utilities Commission on Lethbridge Solar Two and Three proposals states today’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPSD opens new dual-sport training facility
By BRENDAN MILLER on December 6th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division welcomed members of the community Thursday to the grand opening of its new training facility for the 76 Hockey and Ringette Academy, including an official ribbon-cutting event. The division worked with Source for Sports to bring an artificial training ice as well as three full-sized nets with goalie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beef worker union says no sign of layoffs yet at Cargill plant in High River
By Medicine Hat News on December 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The union representing beef slaughterhouse workers in the province says Cargill’s plan to cut its global workforce may not affect members at the High River plant, but it is still evaluating the situation. The United Food And Commercial Workers, Local No. 401, president Thomas Hesse said the union is requesting information on an announcement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to explore energy division MCC, but no decisions coming until after next election
By Collin Gallant on December 6th, 2024
@@CollinGallant City council has voted 9-0 to further explore creating a separate city-controlled corporation to operate its energy business, but any final decisions may not come until late next year. Mayor Linnsie Clark says that squarely puts the question into the 2025 municipal election next October, and she’ll ask council to hold off making major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual Medicine Hat News Twinkle Tour needs your addresses!
By Medicine Hat News on December 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews It’s that time of year again, and the Medicine Hat News is asking interested residents to submit their addresses as we highlight all the dazzling local Christmas light displays. If your home is lit up for the holidays and you’d like to show it off, we would like to include you in this year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Teachers Association comes out against province’s student screening policy
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 6th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers Association, says teachers stand “firmly against” the province’s announcement it would be introducing enhanced literacy and numeracy screening tools for students K to Grade 5 starting in January. “The Alberta Teachers Association stands firmly against the province’s plan to subject every kindergarten and elementary student in Grades ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Traffic lights to be installed on Third Street SE this weekend
By Medicine Hat News on December 6th, 2024
This coming weekend, residents are advised that two new traffic lights will be installed downtown. Two spots along Third Street SE will see construction, at the intersections of Fifth and Sixth avenues, starting Saturday morning. This work is expected to be complete by the evening, but some work maybe required on Sunday morning. During this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massive computing hub announced for Louisiana mirrors what Premier Smith says Alberta hopes to attract
By Medicine Hat News on December 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Computing giant Meta will build a US$10-billion computing hub in Louisiana and vows to offset carbon produced at three huge new gas plants required to power the facility with investments in renewable energy. The announcement comes one day after Premier Danielle Smith promoted a provincial government priority of closing deals with firms looking to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vigil on Thursday will honour National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 5th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Thirty-five years after the l’École Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal, the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society invites residents to come out to a local vigil in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. “Fourteen women were killed at l’École Polytechnique in a horrific act of violence and hatred towards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former city CAO Ray Barnard remembered after his passing
By Medicine Hat News on December 5th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Ray Barnard, who served two different terms as the city’s chief administrative officer in the 1990s and 2000s, has died, city council was informed Monday night. Coun. Robert Dumanowski, who worked with Barnard, made the announcement to begin the regular council meeting to note that Barnard had passed away in October in Edmonton. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith sees AI hubs as power partners for Alberta
By Collin Gallant on December 5th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Efforts to lure artificial intelligence hubs to Alberta could vastly increase power demand, Premier Danielle Smith told reporters Wednesday, but also massively increase power production across the province. Smith and Technology Minister Nate Glubbish discussed the previously announced plan to win data hub projects while proposing they be coupled with large, new natural gas ... Read More »
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