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City cuts offsite fees, but ends subsidy program
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Fees paid by developers to connect new subdivisions to city roads and utility mains will be cut by more than half next year, but City Hall will also remove a subsidy program that saw taxpayers pick up an additional 30 to 90 per cent of previous costs to help spur new construction. Most of ... Read More »
1 responseBrooks and region sees crime uptick over 2021
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Crime is up in Brooks compared to 2021, according to new statistics for the first 10 months of the year presented to the County of Newell and City of Brooks this week. The RCMP detachment centred in Brooks reports an overall increase of 14 per cent in total criminal offences reported this year, after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Influenza numbers continue to rise quickly across the province
By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2022
New statistics from Alberta Health confirm health-care professionals’ warnings that influenza is spreading rapidly across the province. Alberta’s lab-confirmed influenza cases have more than doubled between the Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 updates, jumping from 891 lab-confirmed cases to 2,082. Influenza A continues to comprise the majority of cases – over 99 per cent – ... Read More »
1 responseCooking program offers education, nutrition in money-saving way
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A community cooking initiative is helping Hatters to eat healthy while saving on money and time. Called the Big Cook, the initiative brings community members together for a one-day cooking session where each person helps to cook a variety of large-batch meals, which are then frozen and divided equally between the group. The concept ... Read More »
2 responsesMHMT to perform radio play of A Christmas Carol
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is putting a new spin on a Christmas classic with its upcoming production of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 2-4 and 8-10. Introduced to MHMT last year, the radio play format invites audiences into a 1940s radio broadcasting studio where a small but skilled group of actors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rate formula changes explained
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters with annual fixed-rate utility contracts saved about $550 each compared to those with default market rates this year, analysis by the News suggests. That comes after heavy criticism from ratepayers about the city-owned utility doing little to shield Hatters from runaway utility bills this year, and major changes Monday to avoid further losses. ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil opts to wait on scope of provincial utility relief
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A proposal to offer a local utility relief program in Medicine Hat is on hold until after city council and staff see what the province proposes to take the edge off high utility bills. Two weeks ago council called for options to help “the most disadvantaged” Hatters during expected record high utility prices this ... Read More »
1 responseBusiness Briefs: Oil company loses $119M lawsuit against the Province of Quebec
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An Alberta oil company with operations in the southeast has lost its $119-million claim that the Province of Quebec violated its rights under NAFTA when it revoked drilling licences near the St. Lawrence River in 2011. Prairie Provident Resources announced Tuesday a tribunal had rejected the claim by 2-1 margin that argued the Quebec ... Read More »
1 responseMcCoy students all set for opening of Something Rotten
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Something Rotten, the musical Monsignor McCoy High School is putting on this year, opens Thursday. The first part of this week saw the cast and crew spending long days at the Medicine Hat College Eresman Theatre perfecting lighting and sound and having dress rehearsals. Grade 11 student Alyssa Bernhart is not only the choreographer ... Read More »
1 responseCity budget process requires more talks in early December
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 23rd, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council’s new budget process lurched forward Monday, but after councillors sat until 11 p.m. on Monday, more discussions will be needed early next month before a vote. Council members heard presentations this week and asked questions about budget requests from the Medicine Hat Public Library and Medicine Hat Police Service (which both develop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No alarming absentee rates yet, outside public school division
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 23rd, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division has seen a significant increase in absences this week, with five schools reporting 10% or higher rates. Alberta Health Services provided letters for each of the schools, while enhanced cleaning measures and other safety precautions have been implemented. Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education issued the following statement ... Read More »
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