Public works proposes large rate hikes to balance budget
Allan Coyle reports city public works seeks a 50 percent water rate increase to close a $726,735 deficit driven by higher power costs and plant expansion. Garbage fees may rise 20 percent or 13 percent across the board, with apartment and commercial charges outlined, as the department projects a total next year budget rise from 4.9 to 5.1 million in revenue and 7 to 8.4 million in expenditures.
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The
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Public Works Committee
Lorne Thompson
Public Works
Thompson
Utilities Department
Bright energy workshop urges smarter lighting use at college
U S Air Force engineer Frank Aimone told 20 building operators how to cut lighting bills up to 35 percent without reducing production. He called for standardizing light levels, using efficient fluorescent lamps, and consulting maintenance staff before changing fixtures. He noted lighting can account for 40 to 60 percent of a building’s electricity and urged better planning and space redesign to reduce glare and energy waste.
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Medicine Hat College
Frank Aimone
U.S. Air Force
Aimone
Windows
Transient in jail over bouncing cheques in Medicine Hat case
A 25 year old man James Shoemaker faced one year in jail after pleading guilty to nine fraud charges tied to writing bad cheques in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge between June 9 and November 13. Prosecutors said he forged signatures and created false accounts with an accomplice.
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Philip Wambolt
Shoemaker
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Bill Cocks
Ken Reeder
Reeder
Ontario
Unemployment Insurance Commission
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Red Deer Dr
S.W
UIC
Wallawein
Stan Lerner
Wambolt
Paul Peter Dearby
Alberta's Electrical Energy Marketing Act Sparks Debate
A columnist critiques Alberta's new Electrical Energy Marketing Act as a costly shift to a publicly guided system. It discusses a five year subsidy totaling 100 million, potential rate increases, Medicine Hat’s role, and doubts about government figures and motives. The tone questions cost, transparency, and reliance on free enterprise rhetoric.
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Edmonton
Frank Lynch-Staunton
Medicine Hat
Grande Prairie
Points
Manitoba
Alberta
Larry Shaben
Shaben
Utopia
Peter
Medicine
Till tapped in Red Owl Store heist claims $260
City police probe theft of 260 dollars from the Red Owl Store at 1797 Dunmore Road S.E. during a Friday afternoon distraction. S. Sgt. Larry Brink says two suspects are being questioned as investigators review store security and witness accounts.
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Red Owl
Dunmore Road
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