Prairie Rose Public Schools is looking at past successes and future opportunities with its Ag Pro Program, which continues to prepare students for a career in the agricultural sector. 

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Construction is well underway on the first wind power project to undergo an interim “viewscape” analysis laid out by the provincial government, but the developer has applied to relocate two towers that were nixed in the original approval. 

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Medicine Hat was a top-10 destination for Canadians renting one-way moving trailers in 2024, according to U-Haul, which released Monday its top Canadian Growth Markets for last year. 

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The unemployment rate in southern Alberta fell slightly in December while the provincial jobless rate rose by a full point due to an expanding labour force. 

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The largest single federal investment in history of southeast Alberta could be underway in 2027 as the Department of National Defence plans a new $750-million laboratory facility at the Suffield defence research centre. 

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City council has approved a new plan to not only speed up repair work on”critical components” of the city’s electric generating plant, but also for increased general reporting requirements when project budgets change. 

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The city’s planned purchase of the Saamis Solar Park will not be subject to a public hearing, according to the Alberta Utilities Commission, which ruled two opposition groups in Medicine Hat have failed to prove their case that it would directly affect them. 

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City officials say they are working with several companies whose combined needs could expand power use by more than 20 per cent, which would strain the entire Medicine Hat power grid. 

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A joint statement released by the province and City of Medicine Hat on Friday states that the city’s two current Mustard Seed locations are “not ideal” homeless shelters and will collectively search for a new permanent location. 

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The power price in Medicine Hat will remain at a floor price of 7 cents per kilowatt hour in January but still decrease, as a charge to recover provincial deferral program costs from 2023 are eliminated. 

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