Corona Hotel Santa Claus Fund Auction raises $25000 in five hours
Medicine Hat reports a five hour Santa Claus Fund Auction at the Corona Hotel raising 25000. Coordinator Lor raine Schmaltz calls the result a big surprise and says it exceeded her unknown goal. Santa Claus Fund president Alan Poirier applauds the effort and notes funds will aid year round efforts with St. Vincent de Paul Society.
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Medicine Hat
Corona Hotel
Santa Claus Fund
Lorraine Schmaltz
British Columbia
Poirier
Schmaltz
The
St. Vincent de Paul Society
City Eyes First Cat Bylaw At Tuesday Hearing
Fyfe city public services committee will tackle a long awaited cat bylaw on Tuesday. Chair Alderman Graham Kelly says the measure would cover cat licensing and permanent identification, steps not previously taken in the Hat. A sample bylaw proposed licenses and mandatory sterilization unless a breeder’s permit is held.
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Medicine Hat Fyfe City
Public Services Committee
Ald
Graham Kelly
Fred Crittenden
Lethbridge Call Centre Plan Dropped After Open House Canceled
Boston-based Stream International canceled an open house in Lethbridge set for December 13 and 14. The firm had considered creating 700 to 900 jobs in Lethbridge to support hardware and software users but decided not to move forward. City cooperation and nearby Medicine Hat were factors cited by officials.
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Medicine Hat Company
Lethbridge
Alberta
Stream International
Stream
Medicine Hat
Jennifer Nadelson
Construction Begins on South Railway Street Redevelopment
Crews clear a long-empty site at South Railway Street and Hill Road for Harvey's Carpet One a franchise from Assiniboia Sask. The project includes a 12 500 square foot retail and wholesale carpet operation and a 6 000 square foot commercial building with tenants lining up. Harvey's to occupy by May 1 with one third of units leased and possession expected April 1.
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Medicine Hat Ark
South Railway Street
Hill Road
Walt Franko
Harvey’s
Carpet One
Assiniboia
Sask
Police photo radar set up at various Medicine Hat locations
On Saturday December 9 police will operate photo radar at 13th Avenue S.E Kiwanis Park playground and nearby areas in Medicine Hat.
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13Th Avenue S.E
Kiwanis Park Playground
Medicine Hat
Police cite 300 plus graffiti incidents in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Police Service tags six or seven taggers with more than 30 charges finalized or pending. Historical Resources Act penalties could reach thousands. A graffiti enforcement unit from the mountain bike squad will pursue cases as cameras aid policing downtown and at the transit terminal.
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Medicine Hatree
Medicine Hat Police Service
Don Kylle
Kylle
Police Commission
Medalla Potteries
Kyllo
High drop out rate debate in Alberta schools
Alberta Education figures show about 30 percent of high school students drop out before earning a diploma, a rate educators contest. Officials defend the metric while critics argue it misrepresents graduation success and ignores students who finish elsewhere or through alternative programs.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Learning
Gordon Thomas
Alberta Teachers Association
Thomas
StatsCan
Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education
Dana Couillard
Couillard
Prairie Rose
Divisio
Grant Henderson Ay
Beyond Walls
Crescent Heights high school stage spoof Play On proves popular
The Medicine Hat production of Play On at Crescent Heights high school drew crowds for a four day run. Producer Craig Scherer credits strong audience reaction and laughs to the ensemble cast and crew.
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Crescent Heights High School
Mike Bednar
Phyllis Montagu
Amy Fisher
Polly Benish
Brynne Eaton
Medicine Hat
Craig Scherer
Rick Abbot
Scherer
Medicine Hat Faces Tight Housing as Vacancy Sits at 0.7 Per Cent
City leaders create a Community Housing Society to study and address Medicine Hat’s rock‑bottom 0.7 percent vacancy rate amid scarce three‑plus unit suites. CMHC data show low vacancies across Alberta with rents rising and builders shifting to condos.
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Medicine Hat
Garth Vallely
the Hat
Vallely
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Housing Society
Dave McCord
Gary Demke
Amron Construction
Demke
CMHC
Lethbridge
The
Hat
Canada
Alberta
Lai Sing Louie
Fort McMurray
Calgary
Edmonton
Louie
Robin Herter
Homefinders
Joanne Wiebe
PanCanadian plans 1300 wells in Palliser block Alberta
PanCanadian Petroleum plans to drill 1300 wells in its Palliser block in southeast Alberta with about 1.5 billion dollars in 2001 capital spending. The company expects natural gas to dominate with roughly 60 percent of spending to grow gas production and a 15 percent rise in gas output to about 1.1 billion cubic feet per day. PanCanadian also notes total 2001 drilling of over 2000 wells, including operations in Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, while Deep Panuke remains undecided for development.
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Medicine Hatnergy
PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd
Alberta
Denise Froese
Calgary
PanCanadian
David Tuer
CP Ltd. Transportation, Hotel and Energy
Petro-Canada
Shell Canada Ltd
Athabasca
Canada
United States
Gulf of Mexico
North Sea
Energy Company
Toronto
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Centre
Jim UN
Ajay Bharu
Jana U. Pruden
James Wood
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