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.
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Council heard Monday that city reserves could be nearly all depleted in the next eight years.
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.
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Two suspected drug dealers were arrested – Wendy Scott, 41 years old, and Kerrie Simms, 43 years old.
Scott, who is currently on multiple release and probation orders for drug offences, was charged with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, as well as breach violations. Scott remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on November 13, 2025.
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.
City administrators seeking two more years of 5.6 per cent property tax increases to close budget gap.
A former principal at both the two elementary schools proposed to be closed and parents are speaking out on the move by the newly elected public school trustees.
Former elementary school facing wrecking ball.
When the first snowflakes of the season fell over City Hall last night, most people went inside. Geraldine didn’t. She marched downtown, to a familiar metal grill, the warm exhaust vent on the sidewalk in front of the big glass lantern represents the municipality.
Public school district proposing to close two city elementary schools.
Man who shot himself with sawed-off shotgun was handed a 4.5 year penitentiary sentence Thursday at Medicine Hat Court of Justice.
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Two suspected drug dealers were arrested – Wendy Scott, 41 years old, and Kerrie Simms, 43 years old.
Scott, who is currently on multiple release and probation orders for drug offences, was charged with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, as well as breach violations. Scott remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on November 13, 2025.