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Police charge 34 motorists with impaired driving in December
By Brendan Miller on January 4th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Police Service, alongside Alberta Sheriffs, issued 34 impaired driving charges while conducting local check stops throughout the month of December. Police say in total they checked 1,359 vehicles through mandatory alcohol screening check stops to make sure motorists weren’t consuming alcohol while operating their vehicle. In Alberta a motorist will fail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fee hikes to add $11 average to utility bills
By Medicine Hat News on January 3rd, 2024
medicinehatnews.com@Medicine Hat News Annual increases to utility service fees for 2024 will add about $11 per month to the average residential property in Medicine Hat this year. That equates to a 4.5 per cent increase that was approved as part of a two-year budget in late 2022. Since estimates for 2024 have not changed, no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transit changes for two routes take effect Thursday
By Brendan Miller on January 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Brendan Miller bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Beginning Jan. 4 the city will be making changes to transit routes 21 and 56 after an increase in ridership in 2023. The city is continuing to track ridership numbers coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and says they will continue to adjust service as ridership increase. Transit officials say they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Roundup: Another ATM theft in SW Sask.
By Medicine Hat News on January 3rd, 2024
medicinehatnews.com@Medicine Hat News Another automatic teller machine has been stolen in southwest Saskatchewan, RCMP in Shaunavon report. Two weeks ago a stolen front-end loader was employed to smash into a credit union branch in Burstall. RCMP detachment in Shaunavon reported that at midnight on Dec. 30, two culprits attached chains to an ATM in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caution urged after video captures river rescue
By Brendan Miller on January 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Fire officials are reminding residents to take caution while walking their pets along the South Saskatchewan River after a video was posted on Facebook showing an unknown women falling into the ice while trying to save a dog. The video starts by showing the woman on her hands and knees on a thin ice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New rates for power, gas well below what former formula would charge
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The price of gas and electricity in the City of Medicine Hat has fallen to start the new year to substantial discounts compared to recent history. Natural gas will be charged at $1.95 per gigajoule in January as the city-owned utility moves to a cost-plus model for rate setting. That is down from $2.78 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat Bylaw launching new informative Facebook page
By Brendan Miller on January 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday, Medicine Hat Municipal Bylaw and Enforcement will launch a new Facebook page to interact with residents. They will also use the page as an educational tool to help inform residents on important information around local bylaws, as well as highlighting certain bylaws throughout different seasons of the year. “It’s a good way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police respond to suspicious package, turns out to be homemade firework
By Brendan Miller on January 2nd, 2024
On Monday at 10:45 a.m. police responded to a complaint of a suspicious package in a parking lot located in the 800 block of Second Street SE. Police dispatched their Explosives Disposal Unit after they discovered what appeared to be a detonated explosive device. An investigation revealed the device was a large, crudely constructed homemade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in Review: Despite utility domination, a lot happened at city hall this year
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 2nd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Power bills topped the issues tackled by City Hall in 2023 and a larger review of the utility business may be the biggest issue emerging in 2024, but the last 12 months featured several major issues and long debates on a variety of issues. Power City council discussed relief options and the potential for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A list of runners up for the 2023 Story of the Year
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 2nd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Twelve months makes for a lot of news, and 2023 was no exception. A heated debate and calls for relief from high utility bills is the top news story in Medicine Hat during the last year, and a business review of the city’s utilities interests will continue to make news in 2024. Here is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High prices, angry citizens; power price uproar named 2023 Story of the Year
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 2nd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant COLLIN GALLANT Nothing got Hatters hotter under the collar in 2023 than air conditioning… specifically, the cost of running it. Sky high power bills across the province and a new contract pricing system renewed long-simmering complaints about linking local rates to the provincial average during the long, hot summer. The back and forth between ... Read More »
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