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Pride Week underway at MHC with COVID in mind
By MO CRANKER on September 15th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Pride Week kicked off Monday at Medicine Hat College with a raising of the rainbow flag at both campus locations. “We live-streamed the flag raising this morning and it can still be viewed on our social media pages,” said vice-president community and wellness Taylor Ohs. “From noon until 1 p.m. today we gave away ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!British defence minister says at least some tanks will remain in U.K. arsenal
By Medicine Hat News on September 15th, 2020
The British defence minister has told the BBC that reports of a complete wind-up of the United Kingdom’s heavy armour capabilities are overstated. However, a sizeable reduction could still put tank training at CFB Suffield at risk. Minister Ben Wallace told reporters at the opening of a new naval, arm and air bases in Oman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fires from the west sending smoke this way, affecting local air quality
By Medicine Hat News on September 15th, 2020
Haze from fires on the west coast of North America that began appearing in Alberta on Sunday will push east toward Medicine Hat by Tuesday night, according to forecasts by Environment Canada. Air quality statements for the extreme southwest of the province, including mountainous areas, Cardston and Magrath, were in place on Monday morning. At ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lots to unpack in city’s proposed long-term development plan
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 15th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In future, city planners would expand their concept of “complete neighbourhoods” to allow suburbs to come online with larger lots while focusing on housing and commercial redevelopment, if a new proposed long-term development plan is adopted next month. It would also have implications for new recreation facilities, road and municipal utility spending, and servicing ... Read More »
1 responseEnd of summer intrigue at city hall
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Some time ago the City on Medicine Hat met a new requirement to start publishing the minutes of closed-door meetings that council members hold. Make no mistake, there’s not a lot of meat on those bones, as they only denote a meeting took place, who was present and how long it took. Still, it ... Read More »
1 responseStill no word on provincial funding for HALO
By Medicine Hat News on September 12th, 2020
HALO Air Ambulance is still waiting to hear if it will get provincial funding, but CEO Paul Carolan says there should be enough on hand to keep it going through the start of 2021. “For fundraising, at the moment, we’re in pretty good shape,” he said. “As long as everything that we’re forecasting comes in, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suffield Solar facility comes online
By Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group on September 12th, 2020
The 23-megawatt Suffield Solar facility is now operating and online as of Sept. 9. It was on Wednesday that a fraction of the project came online because Borea Construction commissioned piece-by-piece by going through the facility to make sure it was working well, says Ryan Tourigny, director of business development for Canadian Solar. “So by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government to release Q2 overdose figures in week or two
By Medicine Hat News on September 12th, 2020
While the government has not updated overdose statistics over the summer, a representative for the associate minister of mental health and addictions says Quarter Two numbers are coming. Steve Buick, of Jason Luan’s office, says numbers will be coming within the next week or two. He said the quarterly reporting is not being discontinued or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Region’s MLAs say more time needed before tax changes are imposed
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Three MLAs in southeast Alberta say they are pushing for a pause on linear tax assessment changes that rural leaders say would hammer their budgets due this fall. But they also say the system to assign valuation to oil and gas infrastructure needs to be updated, and less tax revenue from the oilpatch – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS makes bicycle index available to local public
By MO CRANKER on September 12th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker The Medicine Hat Police Service is creating an index to help track bicycles that may go missing around town. “This is a free online bike registration system that is used across North America,” said Insp. Brent Secondiak. “This is a program where people can register their bikes online. You take pictures of it and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County loss could be city’s gain under tax changes
By COLLIN GALLANT on September 12th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat may stand to gain on proposed property tax changes for oilpatch operators that Alberta’s counties say will threaten their existence. New Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard is now doing a new round of meetings with leaders of counties and municipal districts who say they stand to lose 20 per ... Read More »
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