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Council to tackle long-term plans, COVID cash and gas well debt
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Long-term development, plans to spend COVID stimulus funds and approving major borrowing for gas well closures headline the agenda of Monday’s Medicine Hat city council meeting. After several relatively quick meetings in past months, the session that returns to council chambers at city hall after six months, could be much longer. Councillors will debate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Locally raised artist chosen for Royal Academy exhibition
By Medicine Hat News on October 3rd, 2020
Work by a Medicine Hat-raised artist has been selected for the prestigious Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition in London, U.K. Chris Bennett was born in England, then raised in the Hat, attending Medicine Hat High School and graduating from the Alberta College of Art and Design before moving to London to work in 2004. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mobile site in Lethbridge has more capacity than old SCS: Associate minister’s office
By Medicine Hat News on October 3rd, 2020
Capacity at the new mobile supervised consumption site in Lethbridge is able to meet the needs of the old ARCHES site, a press secretary for mental health and addictions minister Jason Luan says. Kassandra Kitz claims that its own data states that in the months prior to COVID-19, ARCHES was seeing roughly 150 clients per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renewable energy company with ties to a play near Suffield will propose a large wind farm near Shaunavon
By Medicine Hat News on October 3rd, 2020
A Quebec-based renewable power developer says it will submit a major wind farm proposal near Shaunavon into SaskPower’s current round of green energy procurement. Innergex officials hosted a public information session online on Thursday to lay out plans and answer questions about the “Gusty Point” wind farm. It would be located east of Shaunavon and, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Been there done that
By COLLIN GALLANT on October 3rd, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There’s something strangely familiar about news that U.S. President Donald Trump is backing a proposed railway between Alaska and Alberta. Oh, I remember now… the Alberta Party began touting the incredibly long rail line through impossibly tough terrain during the last provincial election as a kind of Hail Mary touchdown attempt. It jibbed nicely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat’s suicide numbers are on pace to double last year’s
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 3rd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade If the current trend continues Medicine Hat could see double the number of suicides this year compared to 2019. Police chief Andy McGrogan calls it alarming. “Just a tragedy,” he said. There were five suicides in the whole of 2019, three males and two females. So far this year there have been eight confirmed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paving begins this coming week on Kipling and Spencer streets work
By Medicine Hat News on October 3rd, 2020
Paving will begin Monday on long portions of Kipling and Spencer streets that were the scene of substantial underground work this summer. Southbound motorists on Kingsway Avenue will be restricted to one lane near the work until Oct. 9, a city release states. Work began in the spring to replace water, sewer and storm drains ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Country Co-op receives Chair’s Award through REDI Enterprises
By Medicine Hat News on October 2nd, 2020
South Country Co-op Limited was officially recognized at REDI Enterprises Society’s annual general meeting this week with the 2020 Chair’s Award. Established in 2007, the award was created to recognize individuals, businesses and organizations that have contributed significantly to creating opportunities for people with disabilities to be included in the mainstream of the community. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City utility rates fall back for October
By Medicine Hat News on October 2nd, 2020
Power and gas prices will drop in October, according to utility rates posted Thursday by the City of Medicine Hat. The month’s electricity and natural gas commodity rates are between 12 and 18 per cent less than in September. Power sits at 6.2-cents per kilowatt hour, down from 7.5-cents last month, while gas falls 33-cents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International travellers testing positive in sharp decline since start of COVID-19 pandemic
By GILLIAN SLADE on October 2nd, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Less than two per cent of those testing positive for COVID-19 in the past three months were international travellers, says Alberta Health. “Approximately 170 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta were acquired via travel internationally in the last three months,” said Tom McMillan, assistant director communication Alberta Health. In those three months Alberta Health reported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHC gets $1.6M to better Indigenous programming
By Medicine Hat News on October 2nd, 2020
Medicine Hat College will receive nearly $1.6 million in federal government grants for expansion and renovations to create classrooms and space for Indigenous programming, it was announced on Thursday in Lethbridge. Money will also provide elevator access to the lower floors, and install structural components for a solar power array on the roof, according to ... Read More »
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