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Holiday checkstops routine, even daytime
By Jeremy Appel on December 21st, 2018
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Police set up a checkstop on N. Railway Street on Tuesday afternoon, the day stricter impaired driving laws went into effect, but Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Joe West says it was a routine Holiday season inspection. “This was business as usual,” West said. It’s “not unheard of” for police to set up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio station sales in Lethbridge ends ClearSky’s era in southern Alberta
By Collin Gallant on December 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Lethbridge is losing local ownership of two radio stations, but a Medicine Hat broadcaster is getting two sister stations in southern Alberta after Lethbridge-based broadcaster ClearSky Radio announced it will sell its three remaining outlets to a B.C.-based company. Vista Radio, the owner of Praise FM in Medicine Hat, will acquire 94.1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hope you dreamed of a brown Christmas
By Gillian Slade on December 20th, 2018
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade Forget about the dream of a white Christmas this year. “There will clearly be no white Christmas,” said Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada. “A white Christmas is two centimetres of snow that sits on the ground.” Even though flurries are forecasted for Christmas Day it will not be enough to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Potential sale of Flats parcel to Meadowlands
By Collin Gallant on December 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A move to sell obscure blocks of property from the city’s land bank has resulted in its first sale and a plan to build a five-storey condo building in the River Flats near the South Saskatchewan River. On Monday council heard a lengthy hearing and debate on rezoning a parcel of open space ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Employers encouraged to apply for Canada Summer Jobs program
By Medicine Hat News on December 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Employers in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner have until Jan. 25 to submit funding applications for Canada Summer Jobs 2019. Canada’s prosperity increasingly depends on young Canadians getting the education and experience they’ll need to start their careers, says MP Glen Motz. He says summer jobs are key to helping young Canadians gain skills and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big plans for city land
By Collin Gallant on December 19th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The city’s land department will plow ahead with a four-year program to build a heavy industrial park in the city’s northwest and make more commercial property available in the city, according to a budget presentation on Monday. The News was first to report last spring that the city was studying costs of making ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three wind farm projects awarded to southeast Alberta in latest renewable energy auction
By Collin Gallant on December 18th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Christmas has come early to southeast Alberta — the site of three new wind farms that won long-term supply contracts Monday morning, it was announced by provincial officials. The facilities, including a major field to be located about 20 kilometres south of Dunmore, could be built and in service by 2021, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves four straight years of four per cent property tax hikes
By Collin Gallant on December 18th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant The incoming four-year city budget aims to cut an operating deficit at city hall in half by 2022 by cutting costs and raising taxes. Property tax increases of 4 per cent each year, with half dedicated to replace natural gas dividends that dried up in 2014, is matched by cost containment aimed at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bow Island RCMP warn public of truck break-ins, thefts
By Jeremy Appel on December 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Bow Island RCMP is warning the public about multiple break-ins or thefts of trucks in the region over the past few months. The incidents have occurred along Highway 3 on the west side of Bow Island. The majority of vehicles stolen or broken into have been 1999-2007 Ford F250s and F350s. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Split vote OKs controversial rezoning
By Jeremy Appel on December 18th, 2018
Jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat city council has voted in favour of a contentious rezoning in the Connaught neighbourhood that would allow for green space to be converted to a residential development. The second reading of the required amendment to the Land-use Bylaw passed 6-3 Monday, with Mayor Ted Clugston, as well as councillors Robert Dumanowski ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat to share in federal flood mapping money
By Medicine Hat News on December 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat is on the list of more than two dozen Alberta communities to get new and replacement flood mapping to support emergency response and long-term planning. The Alberta government, in a news release Monday, said Ottawa is providing $8.7 million through the National Disaster Mitigation Program for 18 projects, including flood-preventative ... Read More »
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