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Province denies funding to help with 2022 tornado damage
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 6th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Disaster relief claims sent in after the 2022 tornado and damaging wind storm in Cypress County and Medicine Hat region have been rejected by the province, twice. City administrators confirmed Wednesday that its finance officials detailed $4 million in damages and costs related to the storm and cleanup and forwarded it to the provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plans to upgrade Havre highway could be finalized in the fall
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 5th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Plans to upgrade the highway leading from Havre, Mont. toward the U.S.-Canada border could be finalized this fall ahead of construction in the 2024-25 schedule, that state’s Department of Transportation has stated... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC project using fungi to remove heavy metals from soil
By Medicine Hat News on July 5th, 2023
A research project at Medicine Hat College is taking a creative, but natural approach to removing heavy metals from soil in the city’s landfill. The project – which operates in partnership between its Centre for Innovation and the City of Medicine Hat – is using fungal mycelium to break down heavy metals in large quantities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council expands ‘fair entry’ utility program, everyone else will wait until year end for potential relief
By Medicine Hat News on July 5th, 2023
With extraordinary profit, could come an extraordinary dividend, but likely not until the end of the year, city council determined late Tuesday night on potential utility relief options. That discussion was sparked last week after profit forecasts at the city’s power plant rose to $134 million in this year’s record Alberta power market, while power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local animal advocates make case for trap, fix, release program to city council
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 5th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Trapping, fixing and then releasing cats provides a non-lethal route to control the stray cat population, humane society officials told city councillors Tuesday as they contemplate allowing the practice in Medicine Hat. That came after council defeated a bylaw to allow the program but a decision won’t be made until the city studies other ... Read More »
1 responseOur Collective Journey making connections in public schools
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Tara Schneider-Pichette and Ryan Oscar from Our Collective Journey gave a presentation presented to the Medicine Hat Public School Division board last week. OCJ has been in the schools for the past three months building a safe space for students to come and make connections with them based on their recovery experience and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Convicted killer, extortionist Robert Hoefman loses appeal
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 5th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a Medicine Hat man convicted of extortion and murder, stating it had no merit and “the evidence pointing to his guilt on both counts is overwhelming.” Robert S. Hoefman, 61, was convicted of the crimes after a jury trial in March 2021 found he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Default power price spikes
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 5th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews As expected, power prices spiked in Medicine Hat and across Alberta on Tuesday with the default price for electricity rising by 66 per cent over June’s rate. That puts the price for non-contract customers at 24.9-cents per kilowatt hour of power before nine-tenths of a cent is added to recapture portions of a provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Crazy Senoritas return to Hat on July 18
By Medicine Hat News on July 5th, 2023
Juggies Tap House is set to host The Crazy Senoritas – a “trio of comedic female impersonators” from Mexico – on July 18. The stop in Medicine Hat is part of the group’s fourth western Canadian tour, and will feature Azael Carrillo as Diva Divine, Jose Pena as Miss Sussan, and Jorge Hernandez as “Miss ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP looking for man connected to 33-year-old crime
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 4th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mounties are looking for a southern Alberta man they believe is connected to the sex assault of a six-year-old girl in Taber about 33 years ago. A release states that in the summer of 1990, the girl was taken from near her home by a man and assaulted in a vehicle that was driven ... Read More »
1 responseUtilities, cats and rec facilities: Council facing full agenda
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 4th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council will wrestle with a full agenda tonight as the summer begins with debate on utility rate relief, discussion on recreation facilities planning and a presentation on a controversial spay and release program proposal for feral cats. Two weeks ago, council called on administrators to develop potential relief options for city power customers ... Read More »
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