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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 2000
Page
3
Medicine Hat police arrested John Horn, 39, of Medicine Hat after a man entered Boylan Drug Mart on Seventh Avenue about 6 p.m. Sunday demanding morphine based drugs with a threat note. No weapon was shown. He was arrested at his home and will appear in court December 12.
The Medicine Hat Society for the Development of Minor Football won a $28 000 interest free loan bylaw at a city council meeting to cover bleachers and a press box at the Methanex Bowl Family Leisure Centre. The loan was waived due to the society’s financial contributions and future support to core leisure centre components. City surplus funds fill the shortfall from forgiving the loan.
The city council approved a bylaw Monday to incur an indebtedness of 147000 dollars to finance the purchase of four 4x4 trucks for the gas utility. The trucks, to be bought by July 2001, are slated to last five years and will be operated by three field workers and one safety supervisor.
On Tuesday December 5 Elm Street school playground hosts a community notice. Police will also set up photo radar at various locations on 30th Street S W in Medicine Hat.
Medicine Hat council hears Fire Chief request for a 42.7 percent budget rise to fund a third fire station near the airport. Mayor Ted Grimm says no tax-rate increase next year, while the public services commissioner notes a 4.8 percent city tax rise would accompany the department’s proposal. The plan would lift the operating budget to 6.8 million in 2003 from 4.7 million in 2000, not counting 3.5 million for construction and 1 million for new gear.
Walk in clinics reduced hours while surgeries continue as Alberta doctors press for a higher raise in a two year deal. The AMA seeks 525 million over two years while the province offers 263 million and arbitration is urged by Health Minister Gary Mar.
Medicine Hat Ambulance aims to base a second unit in Crestwood or Southview to cut eight minute response times. With an 80 percent call surge after adult condos, officials say a Dunmore Road substation and permanent building could improve coverage and reliability, seeking 25 thousand dollars in debt financing.
The debate centers on whether computers aid or distract in learning. Richard Smith of Simon Fraser University warns they drain resources and undermine teaching, while Medicine Hat Catholic board leaders call them useful and advocate reallocating funds to hire more teachers.
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