The City of Medicine Hat has asked utility regulators to deny applications from two local groups wanting to argue against the purchase of the Saamis Solar Park.
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Category Archives: Medicine Hat (Alberta)
Business Briefs: CDN Controls makes major purchase as part of long-term expansion plans
Western Canadian energy infrastructure firm CDN Controls has bought a Texas company as part of larger expansion plans, the company announced Monday.
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Regional unemployment significantly higher in November 2024 than 2023
The unemployment rate in southern Alberta jumped nearly two percentage points in November, according to year-over-year figures released Friday by Statistics Canada.
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Nearby landowners worry about Saamis Solar timeframe
Private landowners near the Saamis Solar Park site are joining a regulatory challenge of the City of Medicine Hat’s bid to buy the project, but appear to argue the entire 1,600-acre facility wouldn’t be built fast enough.
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Scrap value, ag value detailed in Lethbridge solar field approval
A plan to build major solar fields near Lethbridge has been approved as regulators reveal some details of how they will now consider cleanup financing and agricultural productivity of sites as provincial policy direction evolves on the subjects.
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Partnership aimed at enhancing river valley trail network
Marc Bomhof has since the 1990s been an avid user of the city’s network of trails for cycling in the coulees.
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No property tax increase for Cypress County residents next year
The 2025 budget for Cypress County has been approved, which aims to balance fiscal responsibility with the needs of the growing community.
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City to explore energy division MCC, but no decisions coming until after next election
City council has voted 9-0 to further explore creating a separate city-controlled corporation to operate its energy business, but any final decisions may not come until late next year.
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New photo radar rules will take further chunk from city’s revenue
From 2021 to 2023, Medicine Hat reported a decrease in photo radar tickets issued to motorists by 84 per cent, and that number is expected to decline even further in 2025 after the province announced it will restrict use to school, playground and construction zones.
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Council wants energy review response by Monday
A “tight” turnaround just got tighter for city energy officials asked to provide analysis on a report that proposes creating of an arm’s length corporation to run the power utility.
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