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Condo buildings could go on vacant lot near TCH
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Municipal land earmarked as surplus to the city’s needs several years ago could be developed as two four-storey condominium blocks near the community of Harlow, according to a permit application filed with city planning department. The 0.9-acre site at 1064 First Street SW was put on the market after a 2020 survey of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Various agriculture board positions filled by southern Albertans
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Hat-area greenhouse manager David Hoekstra will join the board of the Alberta government-funded “Results Driven Agricultural Research.” Also joining the 10-person board is Brian Brewin, former reeve of the MD of Taber, who was nominated by the Alberta Potato Growers Association. It was created in 2020 as an arms-length group to determine ag research ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Show Review: Mean Girls, nice production
By Brendan Miller on February 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Perhaps “nice production” is an understatement. Let us rephrase. “Mean Girls, fantastic production” would better describe the feeling you’ll have after attending the Broadway production at Crescent Heights High School, but let’s just leave the headline as is – nice is simply the opposite of mean. Crescent Heights is known for its rich theatre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tensions run high at UCP town hall
By Brendan Miller on February 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Premier Smith faced backlash from local residents during a UCP town hall as she spoke about her new transgender policy and the Alberta Pension Plan. Smith joined Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright at the public library to hear from citizens before the legislative assembly reconvenes at the end of February. The session was moderated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Outrage’: Local advocacy groups baffled and furious with proposed trans policy
By Brendan Miller on February 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Two local advocacy groups are speaking out following Premier Danielle Smith’s introduction Wednesday of sweeping transgender policy. “It was outrage right across our board,” says Ellie, a board member with Prism Medicine Hat, describing the association’s reaction following Smith’s announcement. Prism Medicine Hat calls itself an experimental, non-hierarchical, community-led NGO created by passionate 2SLGBTQIA+ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local Cancarb workers to vote on joining Unifor
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One of Canada’s largest unions has applied to represent workers at the Cancarb production plant in Medicine Hat. Peter Donnelly, the company’s president, confirmed to the News on Friday that he received notice this week that Unifor Local No. 4050 had applied with the Alberta Labour Relations Board to certify the plant in Brier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local utility rates still about half the provincial average
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Local utility rates for February will remain at about half the provincial average – the system Medicine Hat power used to determine prices before late 2023. At that time, council approved a new interim rate-setting policy to address complaints over record-high prices in the summer and confusing contract options. The blanket rate for power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks brewery beer bottle burglary blanks RCMP
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews BROOKS Thieves made off with about $400 worth of empty beer bottles from a microbrewery in Brooks on Wednesday, RCMP officers in that city report. Officers attended the “Piston Broke Brewery” to discover the lock on an outside fenced storage area cut and a stockpile of bottles missing. There is no security footage or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Wright voices support for trans rules while local groups scramble to react
By Brendan Miller on February 2nd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com While local advocacy groups scramble to react to a video message posted Wednesday by Premier Danielle Smith on the platform X introducing the UCP’s new sweeping transgender policy, the area’s other MLA has voiced his support. Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright provided the News the following statement: “When I ran in the last election, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex plant in Louisiana to be fully operational this month
By Medicine Hat News on February 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Methanex expects its new plant in Louisiana to reach full operating capacity this month, the company announced with financial reports this week. Geismar 3, built at a cost of US$1.3 billion over three years, was green-lit in favour of a 2013 proposal to twin the company’s Medicine Hat plant. That came after several years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forced power shutdowns ‘very unlikely’ in the Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 2nd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City administrators are clarifying who has ultimate control over operating the Medicine Hat power system following an emergency alert earlier this month and a flurry of questions from the public. Two weeks ago as Alberta shuddered in the midst of record-breaking cold, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) made a public appeal to turn ... Read More »
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