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CAPE School to benefit from $72M charter commitment
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 18th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The government of Alberta provided further information on its $72-million investment in public charter schools and collegiate programs Tuesday, as first announced in the 2022 budget. Medicine Hat’s CAPE School is one of 16 charter schools in Alberta set to benefit from the investment; something CAPE superintendent Teresa DiNinno says is long overdue. Between ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County Business Briefs: Company to ready land for worker transport pickup, drop-off for renewables projects
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 17th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews With spring construction season ready to kick off, Monarch Corporation has received a permit to grade and gravel four acres of land it owns between Medicine Hat and Dunmore to create a car park and bus pickup for workers at renewable energy projects in the region. Related company Traxx buslines will shuttle up to ... Read More »
1 responseQuonset Days announces concert lineup
By Medicine Hat News on March 17th, 2022
Quonset Days are returning to the region July 21-23 with a full lineup of musical entertainers. Quonset Days is an annual music event which aims to raise funds for the ALS Society of Alberta. Jason McCoy will kick off the event July 21, with a portion of the day’s proceeds going toward HALO Air Ambulance. ... Read More »
1 responseCity’s public feedback process underway for utility billing
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City utility administrators gave hints about avenues they are studying for potential changes in billing for city gas and power later this year during an online forum meant to answer questions Hatters have raised about high utility bills. It’s billed as a first foray in direct public engagement between top administrators and residents who ... Read More »
1 responseLocal hobbyist hopes large-scale battle model finds community home
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 17th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Roughly one year ago, Stuart Lecrerar set out to create a model of the Battle of Borodino, a conflict which took place during Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia, on 1:72 scale. With the 4,300-figurine project now complete, Lecrerar hopes it will bring joy to the community. “The reason I do these it to put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clubs have had their say on industrial park plan
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 17th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City administrators are now developing potential options to assuage fears of local clubs that worry their facilities will be swallowed by a proposed industrial park, but they may have had their final say at a public hearing last week. On March 7, a three-hour public hearing heard presentations from clubs which lease portions of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comic’s new show an extension of his past
By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 17th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Comedian Ed Hill will be making a stop in Medicine Hat on March 26 as part of his North American comedy tour. Hill, a comedian for the past 13 years, will be performing two shows at the Mad Hatter Comedy Club at 6 and 9 p.m. “I’m just getting back out on the road,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mediation underway in U of L strike
By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers on March 16th, 2022
The University of Lethbridge and its striking faculty association will enter a second session of mediation in hopes of reaching a contract settlement. The two sides began the mediation process Tuesday with Edmonton lawyer David Jones. Three mediation meetings are scheduled but only two were definitely being staged, said U of L Faculty Association president ... Read More »
1 responseCity mails out annual tax assessments
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 16th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Property tax assessments will begin arriving in mailboxes today, according to the City of Medicine Hat’s finance department. Property owners will have 60 days from March 24 to appeal assessments. Taxes are due June 30. The 2022 budget amendments passed early this year assumes a three per cent increase in tax revenue. That includes ... Read More »
1 responseEnergy regulator reviewing CP Rail appeal over gas well responsibility
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Alberta’s Energy Regulator is now considering an appeal by Canadian Pacific Railway, which argues it is not responsible for the cost to rework a leaking historic gas well in the middle of Medicine Hat. The work, which featured a full-sized drilling rig parked in a commercial strip next to S. Railway Street last fall, ... Read More »
1 responseCity, condo group share cordial relationship since SCOC ruling
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant At the two-year anniversary of the River Ridge Sewer Lift winding up before the Supreme Court of Canada, the controversial utility system has been operated by the City of Medicine Hat, with no complaints from a group of condo owners which successfully sued the city. “I haven’t had to wake up at 2 a.m. ... Read More »
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