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Council mulls idea of additional discussion on budget
By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat city council may consider adding another preliminary budget meeting to hash out details in the next two-year business plan before it needs to be passed in December. That possibility arose at the end of Tuesday’s three-hour committee of the whole session that saw administrators take council members through the municipal operating budget, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province freezes policing costs for rural municipalities for one fiscal year
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 7th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com On Wednesday, Alberta’s government announced a temporary freeze on the amount rural municipalities are responsible for paying for front-line policing services. In 2019, the province announced increased funding for RCMP services to address rising rural crime. The funding model for this was created in 2020 with consultation with municipalities; however, higher costs from recent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lodge owner’s receivership details show plans to keep businesses running
By Collin Gallant on November 7th, 2024
@@CollinGallant More information is coming to light about the Medicine Hat Lodge and its owner as it entered receivership last month. Court documents filed in the proceeding launched by Alberta Treasury Branch to recover money owed state the receiver, Ernst and Young, intends to keep a number of businesses run by Mayfield Investments up and ... Read More »
1 responseTax decrease on massive greenhouse could cancel out growth
By Medicine Hat News on November 7th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The conversion of the Aurora Sun cannabis greenhouse toward growing flowers and cukes – and the subsequent change in tax status – could negate all other assessment growth in the city for 2025. City finance officials presented estimates to council members on Tuesday for the coming two-year budget, including forecasts of tax increases and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legislature honours the late Alan Hyland with moment of silence
By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A moment of silence was observed in the Alberta legislature on Monday in honour of Alan Hyland, a long-serving MLA and local politician who died in June. Speaker Nathan Cooper read a brief biography at the opening of the session between the customary prayer, land acknowledgement and the singing of O’Canada. Hyland served as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Missing teen from Siksika Nation not seen since Monday
By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Gleichen RCMP are looking for a 16-year-old female last seen on Monday at Siksika Nation. Pashence Wolfchild stands about 5-foot-4 and weighs about 125-pounds with a medium complexion and brown hair and eyes. Authorities are concerned for her safety. Anyone with information about her whereabouts should contact the Gleichen RCMP detachment and 403-734-3056. Ostrich ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College offers workshop related to traumas associated with death and dying
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 6th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Registration for Medicine Hat College’s ‘Resiliency in Time of Loss’ workshop, which provides essential tools to navigate trauma associated with death and dying, closes tomorrow at noon. The all-day session will focus on fostering resilience, self-care and empathetic support for others and will be taught by Dr. Shane Andrus. “To explore stories around loss, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renovation of Medicine Hat Public Library washrooms to take about three weeks
By Medicine Hat News on November 6th, 2024
Renovations have begun on the Medicine Hat Public Library washrooms located at the main entrance. Work began Monday, with the goal of making facilities more accessible for all visitors, and construction for the project is expected to take approximately three weeks to finish. While work is ongoing, visitors will need to use the downstairs washrooms, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province launches Rats on Rats! campaign to help keep Albertans vigilant
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on November 6th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The government of Alberta is releasing a brand new campaign to seek residents’ aid in keeping the province rat-free. “Rat on Rats!” is a new informational program to help Albertans identify invasive rat species, as well as direct them on how to report a rat sighting. This has been done through Sustainable Canadian Agricultural ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial union say UCP’s youth-trans bills attack vulnerable Albertans
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 6th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees say the UCP’s new legislation centred around trans-youth is “an attack on some of Alberta’s most vulnerable populations,” and are calling on the government to put an “immediate stop” to passing Bills 26, 27 and 29. “We are speaking out against these extremely disturbing actions by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FOIP requests straining city staff, creating backlog
By Collin Gallant on November 6th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Keeping up with increased information requests and questions from the community is straining staff, councillors heard during meetings Tuesday on the proposed 2025-26 operating budget, but technology, not more manpower, may address it over the next two years. Administrators say they have seen a near five-fold increase in freedom of information requests over three ... Read More »
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