Mastermind Toys hopes to bring a classic toy-store experience to Medicine Hat

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Joe

Mastermind Toys’ 13th store in Alberta opens this weekend at Strachan Corner in Medicine Hat.

Counties getting auto power meters

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Joe

Automated power meters will be coming to parts of rural Cypress and Forty Mile counties in 2020, according to power provider EQUS, which began this spring the process of modernizing its power grid across Alberta.

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Hut 8 profits way up thanks to lower costs, higher bitcoin price

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Joe

Hut 8’s profit margins have ballooned thanks to a one-third reduction of costs while the price of bitcoin more than doubled over three months, the company said in its most recent earnings report.

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Council briefs: City correcting historical tax inaccuracies

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Joe

Two tax accounts in Medicine Hat will again see some tax calculations as the city works to correct historical inaccuracies and bring them up to fair value.

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Land sale in city’s south end could lead to another cluster housing development

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Joe

Another land sale in the city’s south end could lead to another cluster housing development by NewRock Developments.

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Investment group headed in house with city

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Joe

The group contracted to bring investment in to the city of Medicine Hat will itself be going inside city hall.

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Future airport plans include hotel

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Joe

The city is moving forward with plans for major development at Medicine Hat Regional Airport that includes provision for a hotel on site.

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Capital Power takes regional officials on tour of Whitla Wind Farm

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Joe

Representatives from Capital Power took local media, Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter and council members from Bow Island and the County of Forty Mile on a tour of its $325-million, 56-turbine Whitla Wind Farm on Thursday.

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Twinning of Highway 3 makes economic sense

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Joe

An old saying goes, “You can’t waste a day when the night brings a hearse.” Bill Chapman, president of the Highway 3 Twinning Development Association, says for economic development reasons, for reasons of need due to increasingly heavy truck traffic between local communities, and for the sake of public safety, it’s time for the provincial government to move the yardsticks on getting Hwy. 3 twinned; and his organization is proposing a cost-effective way to do just that.

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