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City Notebook: Hey, it’s better than nothin’
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 6th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The old adage that death and taxes are unavoidable is maybe a bit too dark to mention these days, but a Medicine Hat city council strategy to provide one-year reprieve on tax increases provides some perspective, if not a ton of financial relief. The average household will pay about what it paid in 2019 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPS has postponed its spring bike auction due to pandemic
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Police Service has indefinitely postponed its spring police auction that sees unclaimed property, including a large number of bicycles, cleared out of the compound on Second Street SE in the River Flats. Officials told the News last month that the service had considered an online offering of items seized or picked up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!They came to train and they never left
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 6th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Nearly 50 years ago four soldiers came to Medicine Hat and BATUS for nine months and did not want to leave. In 1972 in Britain, Lance-Cpl. Philip Buisseret, Lance-Cpl. Malcolm Medd, Sgt. Graham Stubbs and Trooper Steve Cox of the Royal Dragoon Guards were offered an opportunity to serve nine months as members of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City seeking bids for dismantling solar thermal array near Gas City Campground
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The days are numbered for a renewable energy project in Medicine Hat. Bids are now being accepted for the decommissioning and removal of a “solar thermal” array near the City of Medicine Hat’s power plant. The $13-million facility was commissioned eight years ago as a research project in partnership with provincial and federal innovation agencies, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment not as bad in southern Alberta but overall numbers are not promising
By Medicine Hat News on June 6th, 2020
The jobless rate in rural southern Alberta remained the lowest in Alberta as new unemployment figures show higher numbers, but also more job seekers as the economy begins to open. The unemployment rate in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region rose to 9.0 per cent in May, up from 6.8 per cent in April and well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Call for masks leads to 13,000 sewn by volunteers
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 5th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken When Doris Sullivan received a call requesting masks for those in need, she picked up the phone and watched the community come together around her. What started as a small sewing operation quickly multiplied to include about 45 people volunteering time to help fabricate, launder, catalog and distribute more than 13,000 face masks to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connaught staff thanked in parade
By GILLIAN SLADE on June 5th, 2020
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Parents and students sent a message of thanks to teachers for all they have accomplished during the COVID-19 lock down. A convoy of about 100 vehicles drove passed Connaught School on Thursday afternoon in what was called a Super Hero Parade. Some vehicles were colourfully decorated, others had messages written on posters that were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drilling beneath Maple Avenue Bridge required for sewer work
By Medicine Hat News on June 5th, 2020
The next stage of building a major sewer trunkline will see crews drilling a bore beneath the northern approach of the Maple Avenue bridge this month. Work will resume Monday toward completing the Brier Park gravity bypass line that will serve the northwest quadrant of the city but runs to the sewage treatment plant under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former cop’s memoir shows lighter side of policing
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 5th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Former Medicine Hat Police Service Sgt. Dave Peskor saw a lot through his four decades in law enforcement, but when he sat down to write his memoir, Prairie Five-0, he opted to focus on the moments that made him smile. It started as funny quips on napkins and the matchbook covers, but as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City paving way for ride sharing companies
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat will introduce updates to its taxi bylaw that would allow ride-sharing companies to set up here, but also allow traditional taxi companies to bring on extra cars at times, as well as add digital hailing and price setting in order to compete. Administrators presented outlines of the proposed “Vehicle ... Read More »
2 responsesMore Strachan Road work among summer projects
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 4th, 2020
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant For the third time in four years, major construction work will proceed on Strachan Road this summer to correct lingering problems on the main route for south-end communities, council heard during a rundown of projects in the summer construction season. The upcoming stage, from Stratton Way to about Sprague Way, is the third phase ... Read More »
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