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City moving away from paper based applications for permits and licences

MEDICINE HAT - As older computer systems reach the end of their life, the city of Medicine Hat is taking the opportunity to move away from paper based applications for things like building permits and...

Mar 10, 2020

Protesters rally against government cuts at city hall

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Around 200 Hatters turned out on blustery Saturday to protest the provincial government's cuts to services, joining thousands of others across southern Alberta.The group made up pri...

Feb 29, 2020

Greenhouse corridor main issue as inter-municipal development plan meeting draws large crowd

MEDICINE HAT, AB - More than 100 residents of Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress County turned out Thursday night to a joint meeting of the three municipalities on the proposed Tri-Area Inter-municipa...

Feb 27, 2020 (CHAT News photo)

Intermunicipal development plan meeting tonight at the Esplanade

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Residents of Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress County will be able to have their input on the region's Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan tonight at the Esplanade.The documen...

Feb 27, 2020 (CHAT News photo)

Councillor calls lack of cardiac care ‘a blight’ on Red Deer

Ken Johnston isn't mincing words when discussing the need for hospital and medical service expansion in Red Deer."It's a blight, it's a scar, it's a mark on how we are delivering health care in centra...

Feb 19, 2020 Ken Johnston says the lack of cardiac services in Red Deer can no longer be ignored (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

Residential fire sprinkler subsidy up for decision at city council meeting

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A recommendation that has sparked debate at two city committee meetings will land in front of councillors at Tuesday's council meeting.The recommendation is for the city to establis...

Feb 17, 2020

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

City committee seeks plan to tackle elder abuse as moratorium placed on victims of crime fund

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The city's senior citizens advisory committee is hoping to develop an action plan to deal with the issue of elder abuse in the community as a moratorium has been placed on one avenu...

Feb 14, 2020 LaVerne Noble, chair of the city's Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, hopes to develop an action plan to deal with the growing issue of elder abuse in Medicine Hat.

Council to decide whether to subsidize residential fire sprinklers

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A recommendation for a taxpayer-funded incentive program to off-set installation of residential fire sprinklers in a new city sub-division saw two councillors take very different st...

Feb 10, 2020 For sale signs dot the new Coulee Ridge subdivision in the city's south end. (CHAT file photo)

Future of greenhouse development - cannabis, vegetable - discussed at city council

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The city moved first reading of a bylaw for a new inter-municipal development agreement that would establish a greenhouse corridor while the mayor dismissed rumours regarding the fu...

Feb 03, 2020 (CHAT file photo)