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Finance officials suggest steady relative tax burden
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 30th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City finance officials are recommending maintaining the relative property tax burden when council approves rates and discusses comparisons between single-family residential, multi-family and non-residential (commercial) class. Thursday’s meeting of the corporate services committee also heard that overall bills will increase 4.7 per cent on average once an increase in the provincial education amount is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clark to seek court ruling on sanctions
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark will go to court to overturn sanctions placed upon her by council last week, she told a press conference on Wednesday, stating she will stick to her position that what council ruled a “breach of council conduct” was just her asking tough questions of administrators. Clark also told a crowd of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway bridge repairs begin today, minor traffic delays expected
By Medicine Hat News on March 28th, 2024
Bridge repair work to strengthen two bridges along the Trans-Canada Highway that cross over Box Springs Road begins today. Officials at Volker Stevin say they will be using part of the shoulder on both directions of the road to conduct repairs on the steel grinders under the bridge, leaving a full lane for traffic to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Live music, arts to be featured at upcoming spring market
By Medicine Hat News on March 28th, 2024
There is a buzz at Medalta as it gets set to host the ‘Bees & Blossoms’ two-day spring market April 5 and 6. Organizers say they are excited to present a spring market following big success of the ‘Heritage Christmas Market’ in November. The spring market will feature more than 40 unique artisan stalls as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tensions were mounting between mayor and city manager
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 28th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A letter from Linnsie Clark’s lawyer to investigators of a breach of conduct complaint argues the Medicine Hat mayor is correct that process wasn’t followed at city hall in a corporate reorganization last summer. Therefore, it concludes, Clark did not defame city manager Ann Mitchell during an Aug. 21 meeting that became the centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biologist turns tough-to-hear science into easy-to-read stories
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 28th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The annual meeting of the Grasslands Naturalists Society on Tuesday also featured the reveal of a new collection of stories from one of Alberta’s foremost biologists. Lorne Fitch, a noted authority on Alberta watersheds, has been working in biology for 50 years and is a retired provincial fish and wildlife biologist. He is one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Memorial on Saturday for ‘lifeblood’ of Hat music scene, Bill Wahl
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 28th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com In honour of his work and all of the lives he had touched throughout his career, a memorial concert will be held for Bill Wahl on Saturday at the Cypress Centre. The band director at Crescent Heights High School for more than 30 years and the founding director of the Medicine Hat Concert Band, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS highlights mass marketing and phone scams to end fraud prevention month
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 27th, 2024
The Medicine Hat Police Service finishes fraud prevention week in Canada highlighting mass marketing and phone scams. MHPS says mass marketing and phone scams are one of the most common frauds, with the fraudster wanting to obtain personal information or be provided money from victims in any method. Whether is it by phone or by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP, AUPE raise concerns about new continuing care regulation
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 27th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to the provincial continuing-care regulations have sparked concern, as the revised document makes no mention of a minimum number of hours of nursing care. Previous regulations required a 1.9 hours of nursing and personal care per day in a continuing care home, a portion of which had to be provided by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Rose sets priorities in capital plan
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 27th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools hosted a virtual public meeting Tuesday in order to discuss its 2025-2028 capital plan. The plan needed to be approved by the end of March, which in turn necessitated the extra meeting. Chief financial officer Ryan Boser briefly spoke to the contents of the plan during the meeting, outlining priorities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties in Brooks on the lookout for stolen Honda Civic
By Medicine Hat News on March 27th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP are looking for a stolen car taken in that city over the weekend. At 6:45 on Saturday morning a green 2000 Honda Civic was taken from a residence near Second Avenue E and Seventh Street E while the owner was warming up the vehicle. It’s licence plate reads Alberta CMH-2552. Semi jack-knifes ... Read More »
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