Monday in Medicine Hat, Oct. 16
By medicinehatnews on October 16, 2023.
City council is set to debate an interim power rate at Monday night's city hall meeting. NEWS FILE PHOTOAll eyes are on city council’s meeting tonight as a public hearing and debate on power prices proposal is on the agenda.
Record high rates in the summer led council to allocate $33 million in utility credits on to power bills this autumn, while an interim rate, if approved, would switch all contract customers on to a lower rate as of Nov. 1. Expect a large crowd and potentially long, heated public hearing, however. A group calling itself the “Medicine Hat Utility Ratepayers Association” plans to lobby for a rate based on bare cost of production at the city’s power plant. They’ve also said they plan to request an end to Medicine Hat’s franchise exemptions if the interim rate moves forward instead of a cost-plus model. Read the full story here. The Meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, or can be watched live at the City of Medicine Hat’s YouTube channel, found at the City of Medicine Hat’s YouTube channel. UPDATE — Fatal crash in Cypress County A man and teenaged girl from Leader, Sask. were killed on Sunday evening when their vehicle swerved to avoid a moose and was struck head on northeast of Medicine Hat , according to Redcliff RCMP. Read the full report here. Smith headed for city Premier Danielle Smith is expected in town late Monday, ahead of a Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday with other elected officials in the region. The Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA will also take part in a forum with Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright on Wednesday. Details are here. Tigers wallop Rockets Shane Smith scored a hat trick as Medicine Hat kicked off an extended road trip in British Columbia with a 9-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets (the full game story is here). The Tigers are next in action on Tuesday night in Victoria. Read Holiday Train
The CP Holiday train will be later to Medicine Hat than usual, but will be carrying hometown country sensation Mackenzie Porter when it arrives in the Hat on Dec. 19.
The schedule for the railway’s annual fundraising set of stops was released this weekend and also shows an expanded North America route after a merger with U.S.-based Kansas City Southern railways.
The train bound for Medicine Hat will arrive in Canada from North Dakota on Dec. 17, then head west. It will be in the region two days later, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, with stops in Swift Current, Maple Creek, the Hat (at 3:15 p.m.), then Tilley, Brooks and Gleichen. Stay up to date with issues and happenings in the city and Southeast Alberta with the Medicine Hat News, in print online and on social media. 14
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