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Monday in Medicine Hat, Oct. 16
By medicinehatnews on October 16th, 2023
Medicine Hat News Power price public hearing All eyes are on city council’s meeting tonight as a public hearing and debate on power prices proposal is on the agenda. Record high rates in the summer led council to allocate $33 million in utility credits on to power bills this autumn, while an interim rate, if ... Read More »
1 responseMayor defends interim power rate under threats detailed in letter
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 14th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark says council will “meet the ask” of Hatters upset with high power prices if an interim rate is approved Monday, but a protest group says if that happens, it will call for the city’s grandfathered franchise area to be dissolved. It comes as a public hearing is scheduled for Monday on ... Read More »
1 responseSkate association bottle drive to support Ronald McDonald House
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 14th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association is holding a bottle drive on Saturday in support of the local Ronald McDonald House. The group also wants to raise awareness about the vital service RMHC provides to the community. Treasurer of MHSA Michaela Burgess said, “Two members of our team recently had to stay in the Ronald ... Read More »
1 responseNumber of town halls to check out next week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 14th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews It’s a busy week ahead for the region’s political leaders and engaged citizens, with city and provincial representatives scheduled to hold town halls after joining town, county and federal elected officials for a breakfast forum. It was announced Friday that Premier Danielle Smith and Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright will hold a joint town ... Read More »
1 responseMiddle school students finding more than a game on volleyball court
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 14th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com Middle school students on the Crescent Heights volleyball team were at St. Mary’s to play a game this past Wednesday afternoon. Grade 7 students Sophie and Hailey from Crescent Heights talked with the News about their experience on the team. Sophie wanted to play volleyball because it’s fun and a good way to get ... Read More »
1 responseSaamis Solar will wait for renewables pause to end
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 14th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The plan to build the largest urban solar array in Canada has a new regulatory schedule, but likely won’t reach the hearing stage until after a seven-month pause on new renewable power project expires next winter. A new schedule for the Saamis Solar project in northern Medicine Hat was released Friday by the Alberta ... Read More »
1 responsePetition to recall mayor will require 40% of total population
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 13th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A leading critic of how city council has handled the utility rate debate has officially launched a recall petition to unseat Mayor Linnsie Clark. Nicole Frey, who started an unofficial petition this summer on the website Change.org to critique and spur council to action, has now formally applied to begin a recall campaign under ... Read More »
1 responseVacant store fronts demolished and cleared on S. Railway
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 13th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Store fronts on S. Railway Street came tumbling down this week, potentially to create new parking stalls for redevelopment of the Assiniboia Hotel. An excavator worked away Thursday to clear rubble from the now 50-foot gap between the hotel and the two-storey “Boyd Block,” which is the current home of Being Human employment services. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regional helium producers form group to promote industry
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 13th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Helium producers in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan have formed an industry association to promote and grow the niche materials sector that supplies high-tech manufacturing as well as industrial or medical processes. Five firms that are actively exploring for and producing the element stated in a release Thursday that the Helium Developers Association of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHMT’s The Full Monty cast healthy and ready for a boisterous start to the season
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 13th, 2023
reporter@medicinehatnews.com “The show must go on” is definitely a fitting cliche for the Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s first production of the 2023-24 season. Rehearsals for The Full Monty, director Becky Grewer’s second production for MHMT – using the Broadway adaption set in Buffalo, N.Y. of the 1997 British movie – were going well until chaos ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regulatory process continues for Brooks solar proposal, despite pause
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 12th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A plan to construct a large solar power farm near Brooks is proceeding through the regulatory process even though there is a mandated pause on final approvals until the new year. The Rainier Solar Project, first proposed in the mid-2010s, would be built on 1,100 hectares (about 2,600 acres) of land about six kilometres ... Read More »
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