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Nighttime snow removal will begin following long weekend
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 15th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Starting at the end of the long weekend, the City of Medicine Hat will be begin nighttime snow removal operations. Beginning Monday night, crews will start in Crescent Heights, working through the night. The roads cleared include, but may not be limited to, 20th Street NE, 12th Street NE, 12th Street NW, Eighth Street ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teachers face off against students in hockey showdown Tuesday night
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Graduating students at Monsignor McCoy High School will lace up and hit the ice to battle their teachers and staff during a student-led fundraising hockey game planned Tuesday night at the Kinplex. The school division is inviting the community to come check out the high-energy game and will be collecting $2 donations per ticket ... Read More »
1 responseBusiness Briefs: Crypto co. buys power project
By Medicine Hat News on February 15th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Singapore-based Bitdeer Technologies Group has acquired a proposal to build a 101-megawatt electricity plant near Fox Creek, Alta., to power a cryptocurrency data centre it would add to the19-acre site. Bitdeer and Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. each announced the transaction on Feb. 4, citing the price of US$21.7 million for the plant, which is permitted ... Read More »
1 responseMore education support workers in Alberta issue job-action notices
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 15th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Four-hundred support workers will begin a ‘work to rule’ action beginning Feb. 18 following a 91 per cent vote in favour of job action by the CUPE local union that serves the Parkland School Division west of Edmonton. Members will be asked to not work beyond the hours they are paid for and not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial grazing leases increase for 2025
By Medicine Hat News on February 15th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Grazing rates on provincial leases will rise in 2025 even as five-year-old provisions are adjusted downward to offset cattle sale prices, which are currently at an all-time high. Rates in Zone 1, including most of southern Alberta, will move up to $8.70 per animal unit month, up $1.03 from 2024, while northern Alberta rate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Higher property assessments won’t increase tax hike
By Collin Gallant on February 15th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Rising real estate prices will push property tax assessments higher this year in Medicine Hat for both homes and businesses, though that won’t push tax bills higher than a planned 5.6 per cent increase. But new exemptions set down by the province and the change of the former Aurora Cannabis greenhouse from a commercial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Promoting cross-provincial trade and defending UCP border security; residents hear from MLA Wright during open house
By BRENDAN MILLER on February 14th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Justin Wright, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, held an informal open house for members of the public at his constituency office Thursday evening, where he listened to concerns raised by residents and answered some ‘hard-ball’ questions around potential tariffs and increased border security. Wright was asked if he feels provincial spending to increase border security ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta delegates on trade junket to Australia
By Medicine Hat News on February 14th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews Economic developers from southwest Alberta are on a trade mission to Australia centring on agri-food trade with southeast Asia, according to “SouthGrow Regional initiative” that centres on the western side of the Highway 3 economic corridor. Global Affairs Canada reported Thursday that International Trade Minister Mary Ng will lead the 220-person delegation, representing 140 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government on board with PRPS switch to new Redcliff school
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 14th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools has received confirmation regarding its decision to pursue the construction of a new school replacement project in Redcliff. In November of last year, the trustees passed a motion to redirect an initial capital project request, which was for a modernization of the current Parkside Jr High School, to a new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHIP hosting Q&A covering animal behaviours
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on February 14th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com For those with burning questions about their pet or local wildlife’s behaviour, Medicine Hat Interpretive Program hopes to have the answers with their latest offering. “Have you ever found yourself wondering, why owls bob their heads, or what’s with cats zooming around at 2 a.m, or why birds of prey sometimes dive at people,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local clubs reiterate opposition to possible long-term industrial development plans
By Collin Gallant on February 14th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Members of racing and shooting groups located in north Medicine Hat are again objecting to land-planning changes they say will threaten their facilities near a proposed industrial development zone. That’s even as planning officials say there is no immediate requirement to change operations, or eventual plan to clear land. The matter arose as city ... Read More »
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