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City budget update calls for 4% property tax hike
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 21st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Council heard Monday that huge profits from the city’s utility interests are still offsetting property taxes, but through investment returns powered by stashed-away electricity profits from years past. The 2024 budget update will still require about $5 million more tax revenue, and a 4 per cent tax increase, as it was presented Monday evening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarification: City’s Fair Entry report included out of date information
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 21st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A recent report on the City of Medicine Hat’s “Fair Entry Program” included out of date information and an incorrect scale of qualifying incomes. The News published “City could review income thresholds to ‘Fair Entry'” on Nov. 16, and included the Statistics Canada low-income cutoffs (also known as LICO) for large urban areas. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forty Mile residents could receive provincial rebate on internet services
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 21st, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Some residents in the far south of the County of Forty Mile could receive $1,000 rebates in a provincial effort to pilot satellite-based internet service in a push to connect rural communities to communications infrastructure. The Ministry of Technology and Innovation will pilot the program in areas of the counties of Forty Mile, Warner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday in Medicine Hat, Nov. 20
By James Tubb on November 19th, 2023
Medicine Hat News City council meets tonight The 2024 city budget amendments will be the major discussion item at tonight’s city council meeting. Council members heard an initial update on spending and the size of a proposed tax increase on Oct. 24. It predicts that higher than first-expected investment income and continued strong power pricing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Should municipal politics include party affiliations, UCP asks
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 18th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The provincial government is asking Albertans about whether party affiliation should be noted on local elections ballots, but councillors in the region are saying “nay.” The province is in the midst of multi-year process to update election law for local councils and school boards, toward potential changes before the next round of municipal elections ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Drug Coalition hosting interactive exhibit on addiction at Esplanade
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 18th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Drug Coalition, in partnership with the City of Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat Community Housing Society, is hosting an interactive exhibit at the Esplanade called Addictions Don’t Discriminate. The exhibit will coincide with National Addictions Awareness week and will be on display from Nov. 21 through Nov. 25. Featuring real-life stories of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police release details crash near Bassano
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Police have released more information about a fatal highway crash near Bassano on Tuesday night that killed two people and sent three others to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Bassano RCMP responded to the two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Range Road 191, north of the town, at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. They determined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Date set for new solar project approval in southern Alberta
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A schedule for written hearings to approve a major new solar power project near Hays, west of Medicine Hat, has been released, but with only the M.D. of Taber registered as an intervenor in the process. Texas-based Proteus Solar applied this summer to build the three-phase solar array, totalling 205-megawatt capacity over 974 acres ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Briefs: City puts out request for proposals for power plant review
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 18th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A study of the city’s Comco business model is now out to tender, and garnering interest from several national-level infrastructure and business advisory firms. Council ordered a third-party review of business practice, mission statements and rate-setting options in September to address concerns raised by Hatters with high power bills, a council committee heard Thursday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sheriffs to tackle problem property, public safety in Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 17th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews LETHBRIDGE Six Alberta sheriffs who focus on problem properties and public safety will service Medicine Hat from a new regional office in Lethbridge, the province announced Wednesday in that city. The new branch of the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit will cover the two major cities south of Calgary and the region from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jan, Bruce Dynes, a downtown staple couple, shift to retirement
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 17th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Jan and Bruce Dynes own the building that houses their small business, Framing and Art Centre, on Second Street downtown. After 45 years they are ready for retirement and are seeking a buyer for the business, but will continue to live above the shop. Extended vacations are part of their retirement plan, visiting new ... Read More »
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