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County to set tax rate
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
Cypress County council will meet Tuesday to set the 2020 property tax rates and debate altering penalties and dates to help ratepayers strained financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. The rates will be announced at today’s meeting in Dunmore, where health orders prevent physical access by the public, though the meeting will be broadcast online. Finance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unconfirmed reports suggest COVID-19 case admitted to local hospital
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
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Be the first to comment!Council OKs financial plan for gas wells
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 21st, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council members unanimously approved a financial plan to close nearly 2,000 unproductive gas wells on Monday, calling $80 million in new borrowing “a horrendous sum of money” but the only way to exit a money losing industry. Last fall, administrators and elected officials stated they could no longer weather commodity prices lower than ... Read More »
1 responseDaffodil blooms bring signs of spring in a new world
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
Even in the middle of a COVID-19 pandemic you can rely on nature to perform, and the daffodils are sprouting. The Daffodil Project has observed countless bulbs coming up both at Pierce Place and also Len Mitzel Meadow. Pierce Place is near the Teepee, between the baseball diamonds and the highway. Len Mitzel Meadow is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Greg’s Remedy pharmacy wins award
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
Local pharmacy Greg’s Remedy’s Rx is the recipient of an Alberta Business Award of Distinction 2020 for customer service. Greg Bueckert, owner and pharmacist, says his store is also the only pharmacy in Alberta nominated for the provincial Chamber of Commerce superior Customer Service Awards. “Now we have been notified that we have been shortlisted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drive-in movie success could lead to more
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
It’s been 15 years since Redcliff’s Gemini drive-in movie theatre closed down, but for one night Saturday the town saw cars streaming in to an empty lot and keeping their distance. Noting cheekily that steamy windows might mean you’d need to put down the window a crack, Redcliff councillor Chris Czember announced the special night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to roll out its economic aid in early May
By Medicine Hat News on April 21st, 2020
A “comprehensive package” of economic help the City of Medicine Hat can provide citizens, taxpayers and utility customers will be introduced at the May 4 city council meeting, Mayor Ted Clugston told reporters on Monday evening. “People have been asking about taxes, utilities and investments in the community,” said Clugston during a conference call with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID concern grows in Brooks
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 21st, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The mayor of Brooks calls the surge in COVID-19 cases in the last week concerning and is actively looking at additional measures. A week ago there were a handful of cases and by Sunday that number had soared to 102. “Very worried, very worried. I don’t think anybody can’t be worried about the growth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wedding cancelled, parents stuck in Canada
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade At 11 a.m. Saturday morning they were going to be walking down the aisle to be married at Heights Baptist Church. Then COVID-19 happened. Yessica Ramirez and Matthew Curzon sit at their dining room table on Friday shaking their heads at how quickly it all changed. There were to be several bridesmaids and a ... Read More »
1 responsePolice monitoring COVID rules, but exemptions apply
By GILLIAN SLADE on April 18th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade How you shop at the retail stores that remain open has changed considerably with several members of the public expressing concern that social-distancing is not being adequately enforced. Insp. Brent Secondiak, Medicine Hat Police Service, says some warnings have been issued but so far no tickets for those who are not maintaining the requirements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!We ask, they don’t tell
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 18th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Whenever journalists start opining about the “right to know” it’s almost too easy to dismiss it as whining or, worse, as some sort of dereliction of duty. Why don’t reporters simply do their jobs – the public might ask – pick up a phone and get the info out to people who are waiting ... Read More »
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