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Frustrated Hatters fill chambers but mostly file out after getting improved utility relief
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 6th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant About 250 Hatters filled city council chambers Monday as councillors voted on relief options, promising to make their voices heard over soaring utility rates. Most lasted about 75 minutes and left after an improved package for ratepayers not only in the Hat, but also Redcliff and some Cypress County hamlets, was approved. Last week, ... Read More »
1 responseCity council OKs major utility relief package
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 6th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council has approved $33 million in “cost relief” over the next three months – one-third more than an initial proposal – while utility officials will study creating a “best in market” price for the fall ahead of a business model review. It’s a package to quell rising anger over perceived profiteering ... Read More »
1 responseOwn Cancer golf event raises $52K for centre in Calgary
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 6th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A relaxed golf fundraiser in August brought in big money for the fight against cancer. The locally organized “Own Cancer” event at Desert Blume Golf Club on Aug. 10 raised $52,000, offering 48 golfers two meals and a round of golf before a live auction in the evening. Proceeds support the provincewide campaign to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Briefs: Work on Ross Glen coulee trail to last into October
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 6th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Work to rehab a portion of the city’s Heritage Trail system near Ross Glen was set to begin Tuesday. The Ross Creek Coulee trail will be closed as a new culvert and asphalt are installed while users are diverted to sidewalks along a portion of Ross Glen Drive. City officials say the new culvert ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC practical nursing instructor wins prestigious award
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 5th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A practical nursing instructor at Medicine Hat College has received a prestigious award. Stephanie Nowaczyk is the recipient of Leadership in Nursing Education – PN Educator award recipient by Alberta Nursing Education Administrators. “I was so emotional when I received the award because it really means a lot to be recognized for the hard ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat Public Library busy all summer long
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 5th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com If you’ve gone to the Medicine Hat Public Library this summer or driven down First Street SE, you are aware there hasn’t been much available parking. That’s in-part due to a full array of all types of programming hosted at the library over the summer. “Summer was amazing, it was very busy. It was ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil set to hear utility relief options
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 5th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Coun. Andy McGrogan told a crowd of 500 Hatters last week that entering a town-hall style meeting on high utility bills felt like he was being led to his demise. “Now I have a feeling that I was right,” he joked while answering questions in the session that featured accusations of mismanagement, price gouging, ... Read More »
1 responseMHN analysis: Who’s paying for the profits?
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 2nd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s unique place in the Alberta market allows it to market exclusively to customers in a franchise area of Medicine Hat, Redcliff and parts of Cypress County. But, in Alberta’s unique provincial power market it can also sell power to the grid and make major profits when demand and prices spike. It has ... Read More »
1 responseCity council to consider up to $25M in utility relief for Hatters
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 2nd, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council will consider refunding almost $25 million in power profits to utility accounts on Tuesday as well as launching an interim power rate while a third-party review of local rates is completed. That is according to an agenda package released late Friday for the Sept. 5 meeting – the date when council members ... Read More »
1 responseLocal Highland dancers make the most of Scotland trip
By FERNANDO MORENO Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 2nd, 2023
mhnews@medicinehatnews.com Eleven students of Diamond V Highland Dance Academy are back from Scotland for a trip that lasted from August 2-14. It was a quick and compact trip. The kids’ levels ranged from beginners to premiers and many of them returned with awards. “They just blew my mind,” says Lee Vossler, highland dance teacher in ... Read More »
1 responseCity services program for Ukrainians could be extended to all refugees
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 2nd, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A year-old program to provide Ukrainians fleeing conflict in their country with certain city services free of charge for three months could be extended and offered to all refugees when they initially settle in Medicine Hat. The city’s public services committee heard this week that the program launched in May 2022 provided up to ... Read More »
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