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City budget proposals suggest operating expense freeze, among other measures
By Collin Gallant on June 26th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Early budget proposals would see departmental spending frozen at current year levels through 2026, budgeters said Tuesday at a special meeting of council. The requirement that managers absorb higher inflation “amounts to a cut” over two years, city finance officials said, but a slightly higher than expected tax increase would be needed even with ... Read More »
1 responseMoose Lodge dishes out $30,000 to local groups at sponsorship dinner
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Moose Lodge celebrated its sponsorship dinner on June 20, and distributed $30,000 to local community groups and endeavours. Lodge past president Don Collins said the annual supper at the lodge also acted as a launchpad for the 2025 fundraising at the lodge, now located at 901 Eighth St. S.W. The Order ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researchers look to genetic code for grasslands biodiversity
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Researchers in Swift Current are seeking the key to how the diversity of the country’s native grasslands holds such economic and ecological value, and they may yet find it in the region’s DNA. The project itself, known as Grassland Genomics for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, or GG4GHG, really consists of roughly six to eight more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks RCMP locate young mother and daughter, missing since Sunday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 25th, 2024
Brooks RCMP says that a mother and young daughter believed missing have been located safe. On Monday, Mounties asked the public for assistance in locating the 22-year-old and her two-year-old daughter, who had not been heard from since the previous afternoon... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nenshi takes NDP leadership, looking to party’s future
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on June 25th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has taken the leadership of the Alberta NDP with an overwhelming 86 per cent of votes, though he notes the work has really just begun. Currently not having a seat in the legislature himself, Nenshi announced during a Monday press conference that MLA Christina Gray from Edmonton-Mill Woods will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looks to better explain capital spending
By Collin Gallant on June 25th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat has nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in the bank, but a better breakdown of how that money is earmarked could be coming soon. City council members will meet tonight in a new process to determine capital priorities in the 2025-2026 budget cycle, but last week, the audit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canyon Creek trail connection likely a long-term idea due to cost
By Collin Gallant on June 22nd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Transportation officials are evaluating a request to extend a portion of a trail system to a remote subdivision in the city’s southwest, but say the project could be a lower priority when upgrades and expansions are scheduled later this year. Residents of the 22-home Canyon Creek subdivision have lobbied the transportation planner to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Safe robbed at Tim Hortons restaurant in Brooks
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Brooks RCMP officers say thieves broke into the safe of a doughnut shop last week and made off with a “large amount of cash.” A summary of reports from the detachment states that on June 13, officers responded to a break-and-enter call at 4:19 a.m. at the Tim Hortons’ location on Fourth Street W. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aerospace students coming to rural Alberta for hands-on experience
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Aerospace students will have a new opportunity in 2024 and 2025 to become an intern at the Foremost Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Range, thanks to a new program. In partnership with the Village of Foremost, Community Futures Entre-Corp has launched its Rural Aerospace Intern Program, via the Rural Aerospace Development (RAD) Project The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City holds inaugural ceremony to honour Indigenous Peoples Day
By BRENDAN MILLER on June 22nd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Miywasin Friendship Centre shared knowledge on the significance of the Blackfoot smudge during an inaugural ceremony that took place at city hall as the country came together to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday. Indigenous artist and storyteller Brenda Mercer says it’s important to share knowledge on how to smudge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group looks to start gospel get-togethers in the fall
By Medicine Hat News on June 22nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A group looking to begin a weekly Sunday gospel sing get-together next fall is seeking interested members of the community. Hatter Nelson Hogg says he has facilities in mind for the series that would be open to followers of any faith and could be held beginning in September until the following June. Contact Hogg ... Read More »
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