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Regional landfill doubles waste volume, generates cash from out-of-town trash

Redcliff, AB - The Redcliff-Cypress Regional Landfill is busy these days as the facility has doubled its tonnage of waste intake over the past 12 months, but it's not due to locally generated garbage....

Jan 27, 2020

Councillor, community advocate and mayor react to Premier Jason Kenney's comments on SCS

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge city councillor and a community advocate are applauding comments made recently by Premier Jason Kenney regarding supervised consumption sites in Alberta, while Mayor Chri...

Jan 23, 2020 Lethbridge Councillor Blaine Hyggen and Community Advocate Mallory Kristjanson

11 new buses being rolled out by MH Transit

MEDICINE HAT -The city is adding 11 new buses to the fleet at Medicine Hat Transit.These new buses are about 10 feet shorter than the ones they're replacing.5 of the new buses are equipped with a mode...

Jan 21, 2020 City of Medicine Hat

Goal to double provincial tourism revenue

Medicine Hat, AB - A goal to double provincial tourism revenue in the next decade was floated this week during sessions held in Calgary and Edmonton with Tourism Minister Tanya Fir.With final figures ...

Jan 17, 2020

Former city alderman passes

Medicine Hat, AB - A longtime downtown florist and city alderman has died.George William Renner died on Thursday at the age of 88.Renner served as a Medicine Hat alderman over two different tenures, 1...

Jan 17, 2020

HatSmart solar rebate expected to be snapped up quickly

Medicine Hat, AB - The rebate for the city's residential solar program is going up but a Medicine Hat energy efficiency company expects that subsidy to be fully subscribed within two weeks.This year t...

Jan 03, 2020 The net-zero Bosch house completed in South Ridge in 2019.(Courtesy Ross Lavigne)

Abandonment of wells in Manyberries field underway

Medicine Hat, AB - The city is abandoning a number of oil wells in addition to the more than 2,000 gas wells announced in September, CHAT News has learned.Medicine Hat's commissioner of energy and uti...

Jan 02, 2020 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - One of a number of well which make up the Manyberries oilfield with the Sweet Grass Hills in the background.

Grande Prairie introduces new autonomous snow-clearing robot

Grande Prairie, AB - The city of Grande Prairie has introduced a new pilot project, in the form of an automated snow-clearing robot.The robot, called a R-T-1000 from Left Hand Robotics, is now clearin...

Dec 21, 2019 Photo courtesy of city of Grande Prairie

Council approves property taxes to go up by 3.5%

Medicine Hat, AB - The City of Medicine Hat will be raising property taxes, but not as much as originally expected. The city's four-year budget, which focuses on depending less on their reserves and u...

Dec 17, 2019 Garth Glover, Manger of Treasury, Planning, & Analysis presents tax supported budget at council

Town of Rocky Mountain House to hold amalgamation talks with with Clearwater County, Village of Caroline

Rocky Mountain House town council will initiate discussions on amalgamation with Clearwater County and the Village of Caroline.This after council voted unanimously during a special meeting held Thursd...

Dec 12, 2019