Medicine Hat could set its power rate for local customers on a cost-plus model through a rate-setting board, according to an independent report on the city’s energy division. 

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Cypress County has issued a development permit for a major solar field planned for the far northeast of the county. 

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Single-family home construction surpassed its 2023 pace last month for the first time in 2024. 

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Finally joining a 10-year-old effort to protect against overland flooding in far southern Alberta could cost the City of Medicine Hat $4.4 million over 20 years, but non-financial details of the partnership are still to be worked out, a city committee heard. 

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Division Avenue construction is completed for the year, but administrators are still answering questions about the remake that narrowed the key north-south artery. 

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Hatters will see the long-awaited report and recommendations for the city’s power plant at a special meeting of council Monday. 

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The second year of the Ag Connections Conference saw significant growth, building on the success of the inaugural year. 

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A proposal to build a 112-unit apartment complex in Brooks has been approved by that city’s municipal planning commission. 

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City council approved a one-third discount on seven hard-to-sell lots in the subdivision of Southlands on Monday night. 

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