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Smith called the ruling “outrageous” and demanded Ottawa invoke the notwithstanding clause, claiming the decision weakens protections for children.
Parents are continuing to raise concerns regarding the public school board’s move to begin the process of closing two schools.
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Operating budget reduction target met, further decreases will require cutting public services, the city’s corporate services committee heard on Thursday.
Transparency is something you see with your eyes not hear with your ears.
The Medicine Hat Public School Division thinks otherwise.
Op-ed by the Trash Panda.
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centers”. Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough medical staff.
This weekend I attended the Addiction Awareness Through Art exhibition held at the college and hosted by the Medicine Hat Drug Coalition. The artwork was thought provoking and moving, displaying a lot of emotion.
The snow has begun falling in Medicine Hat. The wind is making it feel colder and producing visibility issues on Southern Alberta highways. Hwy 41 south of the TransCanada Hwy is snow covered with reduced visibility.
The bulk of the meeting was taken up by a presentation from the Family Crime Unit, Sgt Hubick and Cst Dola. It was very informative and worth watching - it comes early in the meeting.
Council heard Monday that city reserves could be nearly all depleted in the next eight years.
Medicine Hat residents have stepped up to start recall petitions for both Medicine Hat MLAs, Premier Danielle Smith (Brooks-Medicine Hat) and Justin Wright (Cypress-Medicine Hat).
A final decision on the fate of Southview and Webster Niblock elementary schools will come in early January as public trustees move process at quick pace.
The city in its infinite wisdom decided to start up a Resilient and Inclusive Community Task Force to address social disorder earlier this year.
Wendy Scott, 41 years old, and Kerrie Simms, 43 years old. Scott, who is currently on release and probation orders for drugs, was charged with possession of drugs for trafficking, as well as breach violations.
I was there when a woman came there with her son, looking for his hockey stick that had fallen out of a truck. She approached confidently with a smile, with no sign of apprehension.
The fate of Riverside School will now lay with city council following the municipal planning commission moving an application to demolish the more than century old building.
City council hears a high-level overview of its energy division in advance of expected budget amendments for the business unit.
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Fully Baked Hot Takes:
The first time McGrogan came to the Bakery he was nice enough. All man-to-man, you know? The sanctions had just been imposed, and I had responded with targeted criticism of him, which led him to visit the Bakery.
There are forty-five people running for office right now, without wards, so everyone is running everywhere. In this sense, the abundance of signs isn’t so surprising, although it is getting tiresome now that we’re a month into it.
7 pages of standard conservative priorities: population growth, business development strategies, more police and surveillance cameras, and mainly low-cost suggestions for dealing with street-level disorder.
Kingsway hosts some businesses that make it an auto hub, but several auto businesses have failed there, too. It has hosted some non-profits, and lost others, but it is not a service delivery hub. As a commercial zone, results are clearly mixed.
I wasn’t there for the Ted years. While you were Mayor, I had little kids, my business wasn’t doing so hot, I was up early every day, and the bandwidth I had available for politics was provincial level and up.
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Operating budget reduction target met, further decreases will require cutting public services, the city’s corporate services committee heard on Thursday.