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Federal budget gets an F from MP Motz
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The new federal budget is getting a failing grade from Medicine Hat-Cardston Warner MP Glen Motz. The federal budget was introduced April 7, comprising a Liberal plan to address home prices and inflation, plus manage the recovering economy and boost military support in the face of new global conflicts. Back in the Hat this ... Read More »
1 responsePrairie Gleaners send nearly 2M cups of soup to help Ukraine
By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2022
The Prairie Gleaners have been busy making a difference in Ukraine. The local charitable organization has donated 37 pallets consisting of 19,704 bags of its dehydrated vegetable soup mix to NGO partners since December, all of which will end up in Ukraine, according to a Thursday press release. Ten pallets, consisting of 5,240 bags total, ... Read More »
1 responseMake the Towne Square great, officials urge
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In a show of solidarity, city elected officials and administrators are jointly asking the community to help make the Towne Square a success. Mayor Linnsie Clark – who made the project an election and recent budget issue – the head of Invest Medicine Hat and administrators now in charge of the lot across from ... 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 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 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 responsesDental 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 responseCity 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 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!Local 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 »
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