Ho ho hold the budget, Coun. Andy McGrogan requested Monday, so city hall managers can somehow find another $3 million in cost reductions to lessen a proposed 5.6 per cent tax increase next year.
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Category Archives: Medicine Hat (Alberta)
Clarification of Cypress County’s tax position among Alberta counties
A measure used by the News recently to describe Cypress County’s taxation planning was incorrect, though the overall impression provides an accurate view of the issue.
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Gas City needs more gas: officials
The City of Medicine Hat could be hampered in a quest to lure artificial intelligence hubs by limited natural gas supply, city energy officials told the News, as well as the scope of projects that would dwarf the city’s current electrical plant.
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Council approves second phase of land use bylaw renewal project
City council on Thursday morning continued their meeting which started Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. and lasted until nearly midnight that day.
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Brooks residents will see property taxes increase by 5.6% in 2025
Brooks city council was presented with a final budget Thursday night that recommends a 5.6 per cent tax increase in 2025.
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ATCO says Granlea wind farm upgrades added 20MW to capacity
ATCO has announced that upgrades to its Granlea wind farm in the County of Forty Mile have resulted in a 10 per cent increase of power.
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Number of cuts made to final budget draft
The huts are cut, as is funding to help finance larger electrical hook-ups for homes and some pro-redevelopment measures, on a new list of capital projects cut from the proposed 2025-26 city budget that council will debate and finalize next week.
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Energy firm boasts capital accomplishments, including wells in southeast Alberta
Hemisphere Energy says it has completed a $9.9-million capital plan in the third quarter that included eight new wells in the Buffalo-Atlee area of southeast Alberta.
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Biodiesel announcement expected for Wheatland County, chosen over originally proposed Cypress County
More may be known today about a plan to boost biodiesel production at a refinery in Wheatland County after a company chose it over developing a new facility near Dunmore.
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Seniors complex project gives major boost to 2024 build figures
Redeveloping the South Country Village seniors complex in southwest Medicine Hat will push city-wide building permits for 2024 well past last year’s totals.
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