Medicine Hat to Close Arena and Heald Pool
City council unanimously decided to close the Medicine Hat Arena next spring and Heald Pool in Riverside due to cost and age. The arena costs 700,000 annually to operate and needs 2.5 million in repairs by 2025, while Heald Pool requires 80,000 yearly and 250,000 in repairs by 2018. The moves help reach a 1 million annual budget cut goal for the next two years.
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Methanex not chosen for provincial petrochemical program
Methanex will not receive royalties from the province’s 500 million petrochemical diversification program. The firm supported the initiative, congratulated those selected, and said it will weigh options for a local Medicine Hat plant expansion amid high costs and future carbon pricing.
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Clugston Calls Methanex Decision Politically Motivated
Mayor Ted Clugston says the provincial five hundred million petrochemical incentive fund was split to target two Edmonton area plastics plants and that Medicine Hat losses were politically driven. Methanex issued a muted response after its application failed, while local officials have long discussed twinning the Methanol plant at about US 1.2 billion.
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