Tag Archives: Business & Economy
New natural gas pipeline being proposed for north of Medicine Hat
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - A new natural gas pipeline is being proposed to be built north of Medicine Hat by TC Energy with an estimated potential of generating 500 jobs.TC Energy (formerly known as TransCa...
Feb 17, 2020 Image of the Medicine Hat Looping project being proposed by TC Energy. (Image courtesy of TC Energy)
Alberta premier says ongoing rail blockade risks becoming economic crisis
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says protest blockades shutting down rail service across Canada are quickly creating a full-blown economic crisis.Kenney says Canada is a commodity-producing co...
Feb 15, 2020 Protesters gathering outside of MP Glen Motz's office on Monday (Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin)
Top CHAT News stories for the week of Feb. 8 to 14
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The announcement on layoffs at Aurora Cannabis is the CHAT News` most viewed stories of Feb. 8 to 14 while bad winter weather and the discovery of a trio of otters on the banks of t...
Feb 15, 2020 (Photo by Dan Schiebelbein) A trio of northern river otters are seen near the South Saskatchewan River
New bus service Medicine Hat to Calgary cancelled
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A bus service offering daily trips between Medicine Hat and Calgary has shut down after less than two weeks of service.The owner of Coachways, Rick Douglas, says the decision to wra...
Feb 14, 2020
Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet. His predecessor, Rache...
Feb 11, 2020
Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...
Feb 10, 2020
Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse Saturday as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidenti...
Feb 10, 2020
Medicine Hat set to join protest against GasLink project
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat is set to become the latest community to join a growing number of protests against the Coastal GasLink project and in support of a B.C. First Nation.Dave Condon, chair ...
Feb 09, 2020
Alberta justice minister expects union to obey injunction against blockade
CARSELAND, AB - Alberta's justice minister said Saturday that he expects protesters who have barricaded a fuel distribution terminal southeast of Calgary as part of a labour dispute in Saskatchewan to...
Feb 08, 2020
Region's housing market stable compared to much of the province
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Housing prices in southeastern Alberta over the past five years have only seen the average price for a home dip by a little more than one per cent despite the tumultuous economic up...
Feb 07, 2020