The City of Brooks will waive late fees on some bi-monthly utility bills that were held up during the postal strike at the end of 2025.
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Category Archives: Medicine Hat (Alberta)
Upzoning OK’ed for duplex project
Eight residential units can be built on five formerly single-family home lots in Saamis Heights after city council endorsed a zoning change on Monday.
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Area helium firm files for court protection
Royal Helium has entered court-creditor protection as its executives say they are determining how best to keep the company operating and repair a production facility that was broken into last month.
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Defence, agrifood tops southeast Alberta economic plan
Local governments in southeast Alberta are “eager to tap into the region’s potential”, according to consultants who helped develop a new partnership that will seek out defence and agri-food spending, Medicine Hat city council heard on Monday.
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MH Lodge being prepped for court sale
The Medicine Hat Lodge could be sold to a new owner by summer as a court-appointed receivers plans to how-best clear up debts of owner, Mayfield Investments – a process that could now include shares in the local Copper Coulee Casino and another in Camrose.
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North-end homeowners object to powerline route
The owners of 23 properties in Medicine Hat’s northeast are filing objections to a proposed route of city power lines near the communities of Parkview, Terrace and Ranchlands.
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Long standing Redcliff smokestacks to be demolished
The last of two iconic “Dominion Glass” smokestacks in Redcliff will soon be taken down.
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Home prices climbed in 2024 due to low listings
House prices in Medicine Hat climbed 8 per cent in 2024 driven by a lack of listings, a situation expected to persist in year ahead, according to the incoming president of the Medicine Hat Real Estate Board.
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Carbon capture project will buy its own power from southern Alberta solar play
A project that would remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere will offset its own carbon footprint through an electricity contract with a southern Alberta solar project.
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County Council: Cypress councillors pass first reading of altered inter-municipal development plan
In its first meeting of 2025, Cypress County council reviewed and passed a first reading of a significantly altered Tri-Area IDP, which featured several changes to key policy areas in the plan. The motion was passed for third reading, and an open house on the subject will be hosted at Medicine Hat College on Feb 12.
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