North Railway Exchange dissolves in Medicine Hat vote
In a tight tally six votes for dissolution and four against, with 55 eligible voters, Medicine Hat residents will see the North Railway Exchange dissolved. City clerk Larry Godin supervised the poll and council plans to pass a bylaw merging the zone into the City Centre Development Agency after dissolving the zone formed in 1995.
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City powered up
Alberta utilities urge cutbacks during peak hours but Medicine Hat’s system remains well hedged. On a cold day peak city demand is about 115 to 120 megawatts with a 200 megawatt capacity, allowing extra power sales to generate about 40.5 million dollars in revenue by year end.
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Epcor
Enmax
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Garbled Report Delays Last Week's US Election Poll
Technical problems prevented release of results from the prior week's U S election poll. Officials say no figures or outcomes could be reported and the data appears unreadable.
Santa shoppers slow to start in Medicine Hat stores
Local merchants report a sluggish start to the Christmas shopping season with fewer buyers and more browsers. Retailers link the slow pace to lack of snow and cooler weather, but expect a rush once a snow cover appears and the holiday spirit returns.
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Janet Schwab
Bare Necessities Bath & Gift
Medicine Hat Mall
Colleen Irwin
Wright’s Jewelers
Irwin
Sony
Allen MacDonald
Pamela Chembardis
Chembardis
Valkenburg
Schwab
John Sheehan
Wright’s Jewelry
Medicine Hat tops low tax city rankings in Edmonton survey
Medicine Hat ranks near bottom for property taxes and utility bills but shows lowest overall rate when school taxes are excluded. Alderman Renner notes utility revenue drives city costs, while officials question exclusion of natural gas in the Edmonton survey. Montreal and Yellowknife cited for higher taxes and combined rates.
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Edmonton
St. John’s
Newfoundland
George Renner
Renner
Ald
Bernie Anderson
Jim Standell
Finance Department
Town Drops Appeal of Development Plan
After nearly four years of deadlock the Town of Brooks has dropped its appeal of the County of Newell's municipal development plan. Mayors and reeves cite improved relations and a path to an intermunicipal plan with shared input on urban fringe development and servicing agreements as the next steps.
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Newell
Medicine HA
County of Newell
Don Weisbeck
Weisbeck
Wayne Daniels
Daniels
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