Despite a report released this week critical of current and past air and water testing in the oilsands, Alberta’s Environment Minister maintains industrial impacts are small — and that there is room for expansion of activity with little additional effect.
ALEX MCCUAIG
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com
Despite a report released this week critical of current and past air and water testing in the oilsands, Alberta’s Environment Minister maintains industrial impacts are small — and that there is room for expansion of activity with little additional effect.
“The degree in which industrial development is impacting the region is minimal,” said Medicine Hat MLA and Environment Minister Rob Renner on Friday.
“Even to double the amount of activity in that region, it would still be minimal.”
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$30 million of $203.5 million flood disaster assistance package will go toward running of program
Ken Gousseau
kgousseau@medicinehatnews.com
Flood victims in Irvine are criticizing the provincial government for spending millions of dollars on administration costs to run a disaster recovery program they say isn’t delivering results.
According to The Canadian Press, the cost of administering the $203.5 million flood damage assistance program is pegged at $30 million.
In an interview Friday, Irvine resident Cheryl Finnie – whose $100,000 flood damage claim was recently settled by the province for $15,000 – said the cost of running the program is “ridiculous.”
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Auditions for FUT in the HAT Theatre Guild will begin on Sept.13 and 14 at the Cultural Centre at 7:30 p.m.
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As a process to figure out for one’s self what is true and what is false, common sense is a grossly underestimated attribute of humankind.
While taste, hearing, smell, touch and sight make up the five senses humans use to gather information around them, common sense tells one what it is you are smelling or tasting without seeing. Or it figures out the person’s hand you are clumsily grasping in bed late at night is that of your partner.
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Broadhead played for team in late '70s, now watching his son
SEAN ROONEY
srooney@medicinehatnews.com
Plenty of 15-year-olds at Medicine Hat Tigers camp will leave in the coming days wondering what it would be like to make the team someday.
One has a pretty good idea already.
Gavin Broadhead grew up in Hay River, Northwest Territories, the son of ex-Tiger Curt Broadhead who played for the team between 1977 and 1981.
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Nearby residents want trucking plan halted
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A neighbourhood group fighting the city’s plans to turn South Boundary Road into a heavy truck route won’t back down anytime soon.
The group was formed in the spring, after residents became aware of the city’s plans to amend its Heavy Truck Route bylaw to include South Boundary Road from South Ridge Drive to Strachan Road. Since then, the South Boundary Road Heavy Truck Route Opposition Group has been lobbying City Hall to change its mind — and pressing the city to be more open about its process.
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Bauman new chair of business group
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The Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce has elected a new board of directors, led by incoming chair Milvia Bauman.
“We are going back to being the voice of business,” Bauman said in an interview Thursday.
She says the new board has several local business issues on its plate, including the Regional Event Centre proposal and downtown revitalization.
Bauman described her board colleagues — which include past chair David Stroh, first chair Stephen Maser and treasurer Rémi Poissant — as a capable group.
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Library Chat — Sheila Drummond
As everyone who’s ever been to school knows, September is the true beginning of the year and therefore a very good time to begin a book club. On Sept. 8 (which happens to be International Literacy Day), Medicine Hat Public Library will launch its very own book club.
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