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City Notebook: Keen interest in joint land planning, as it were
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A local record for a land planning meeting in Medicine Hat was set Thursday when 100 people crowded into the Esplanade for a unique three-municipality public hearing. The attendance shows some concern about acreage development and greenhouse expansions, but in essence is not that much different from the eternal wrestling match that’s at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters travel to Calgary, Edmonton for simultaneous rallies in support of Alberta supervised consumption
By JEREMY APPEL on February 29th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Several Hatters attended simultaneous rallies in Calgary and Edmonton on Wednesday in support of supervised consumption sites. About 60 people attended the rally in Calgary across the street from the Sheldom Chumir Centre, while 100 people turned out for the Edmonton event, which included a die-in, where attendees dropped to the ground to represent ... Read More »
2 responsesMHPS not using facial recognition tech at centre of issue in Edmonton
By GILLIAN SLADE on February 29th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating Edmonton Police Service’s use of Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology. Jill Clayton said Edmonton Police Service was “previously not forthcoming about its use” of the technology. According to a New York Times story in January, the technology can assist police in crime investigations and help to identify ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local pooch creating works of art
By MO CRANKER on February 29th, 2020
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Megan Bolen and her dog Rogan have a unique hobby. Bolen recently taught her four-and-a-half-year-old miniature Australian Shepherd how to paint, and it has become a way the pair bonds and has fun together. “I had actually gone out a few months ago and bought paint so I could do some pieces for around ... Read More »
1 responseCaution rules for school boards after budget reading
By JEREMY APPEL on February 29th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The three local school boards are taking a cautious approach to the 2020-21 budget until its finer details can be pored over. The province is moving toward a new K-12 funding model based on three-year enrolment averages, rather than annual student numbers as was the case in the past, so there’s a lot of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fair Deal Panel seeks online survey doers
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
The Fair Deal Panel has an online survey for the public on how best to define and secure a fair deal for Alberta. The survey is available until March 15 at fairdeal.ca. Panel chair Oryssia Lennie says members have already connected with many thousands of Albertans through local engagement sessions, meetings, email and online. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pembina Pipeline building new propane unit near Empress
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
Construction has begun this month on a pipeline near the Empress straddle plant complex that will feed a new rail loading facility that will kick off in March, the company behind the $120-million project said Thursday. Pembina Pipeline is building a new propane factionation unit at its facility in northeast Cypress County, near Burstall, Sask. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science day a hands-on experience at CAPE
By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020
Students from kindergarten to Grade 3 at the Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence charter school received a hands-on scientific learning experience Friday. The annual “science day” occurs the day prior to the school’s older students participating in their science fair, giving students of all ages the opportunity to demonstrate their scientific knowledge. “Kids learn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City councillor in Thunder Bay to receive Special Olympics torch as next Games host
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 29th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Medicine Hat officials are in Thunder Bay this weekend for the beginning of the 2020 Special Olympic Winter Games, and to mark two years until the summer edition of the Games are held in southeast Alberta. City councillor Brian Varga will also officially receive the games flag following the event in a ceremonial exchange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Layoffs inevitable at MHC after grant cut
By JEREMY APPEL on February 29th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Cuts to the Alberta Campus Grant in the 2020-21 provincial budget mean Medicine Hat College will have to lay off some staff, president Kevin Shufflebotham says. The overall grant was cut by 6.3 per cent, although MHC’s was reduced by just 1.7 per cent, which Shufflebotham says comes to $540,000 in practice. He said ... Read More »
1 responseHulgaard pleads guilty to promoting hatred
By JEREMY APPEL on February 29th, 2020
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Loki Hulgaard has pled guilty to wilfully promoting hatred and a Firearms Act violation. Hulgaard, who was arrested in August 2018 after attempting to circulate currency with anti-Semitic slogans printed on it, was slated for trial Feb. 26-28, but pled guilty Wednesday, the day the trial was supposed to commence. He came to police’s ... Read More »
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