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Sod turned at renewable diesel refinery site
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 9th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Cielo Waste Solutions and a local investors group turned sod Thursday at the site of “renewable diesel” refinery it plans to build in 2022. The site is near the junction of Highway 41 North and the Trans-Canada Highway, next to the Canadian Pacific mainline. It would be the first full-scale new refinery for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For The Record: City will relocate Riverside recycling drop-off to Northlands Co-op parking lot
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A city recycling drop-off depot is relocating to north Crescent Heights at the end of July. The depot at the Shamrock Bottle Depot near Altawana Drive will be closed on July 29 and relocated to the Northlands Co-op parking lot near Division Avenue and Northlands Way, the city announced Thursday. Last year, the city’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EMS union says UCP’s ambulance unveil is not news
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 9th, 2021
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The head of the Alberta paramedics union says this week’s announcement in Medicine Hat that ambulances can now deliver non-emergency patients to certain other facilities, not emergency rooms, is just window dressing. Mike Parker, head of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, says its already happening and won’t help overburdened paramedics. “The minister is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Methanex donation to college means three years of new awards
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on July 9th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Methanex has committed to contributing two financial awards, each worth $1,500, to Medicine Hat College students for the next three years. Starting in the spring of 2022, the Power Engineering Award and Business Operations Award will be handed out. Methanex and MHC have had a relationship since 1996 and Methanex has contributed $85,700 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag minister touts irrigation network expansion on southern Alberta tour
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 9th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com Alberta Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen, on a whistle stop tour of southern Alberta on Thursday, said expansion of the irrigation network could see the provincial GDP grow by $500 million. Dreeshen was in Medicine Hat prior to heading to Chin Reservoir south of Taber that’s part of an $815-million expansion of the province’s irrigation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court rejects County of Newell’s redrawn electoral boundaries after residents’ lawsuit
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 9th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com A redistricting of County of Newell electoral boundaries is being rejected by an Alberta court after legal action was taken by two rural residents. Late last year, County of Newell council passed a bylaw which would have realigned electoral boundaries while also reducing the number of councillors and divisions from 10 to seven. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County blasts UCP’s helicopter rescue report
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 9th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County is calling the recent report on emergency helicopter rescue in the province appalling and says it reflects a lack of respect for citizens in rural areas of Alberta. The Helicopter Emergency Management Services report released late last month recommended STARS be the sole provider of services in the province – a recommendation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Softball provincials coming to Medicine Hat
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on July 9th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Medicine Hat Minor Softball Association is hosting the U19B and U14B female provincial championships this year, bringing 18 Alberta teams to the city over the span of two weekends. The U19B championships are during the August long weekend, while the U14B tournament runs from Aug. 13-15. “Originally, Medicine Hat had been granted the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagle Butte flight students put survival skills to test
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 9th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com A group of 10 high school students were thrown into the elements of the Kananaskis area to put their survival skills to the test. The Dave Rozdeba South Alberta Flight Academy has been running for the past two years at Eagle Butte High School in Dunmore, but because of COVID, students were unable to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arena deal conditions costing city more
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city’s cost to meet conditions of the Medicine Hat Arena sale have risen, and including tax abatement and grants to a proposed housing project, it may not realize a boost in the tax base – the driving goal behind the deal – for a decade or more. That is according to calculations made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City has big hopes for downtown lot
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 8th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The asphalt is coming up on at the 603 First St. parking lot, which the city is hailing as the start of construction of its Waterfront District plan to revitalize the city centre. The site, kitty-corner to city hall and long seen as a symbol of stagnation in downtown, will be repaved this summer, ... Read More »
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