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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 2016
Page
1
Alberta Winter Games organizers call the event a tremendous success with 2,000 volunteers and 6,000 attending Saturday's opening ceremony at the Canada Centre. Ron Webb, Games chair, praised volunteers and athletes for exemplary sportsmanship despite weather challenges and a biathlon shift to running.
In Ottawa the Liberal government faces pressure from lobbyists First Nations leaders and experts as a parliamentary committee opens hearings on the next federal budget. Witnesses call for higher spending on transit clean water for reserves while others urge fiscal restraint amid a slow economy and uncosted pledges from the fall campaign. Dale LeClair of the Assembly of First Nations cites a $25.5 billion shortfall since 1996 plus $3.3 billion proposed in the new budget and notes the water pledge will require a large initial investment.
Final day wrap from the Alberta Winter Games notes Calgary Zone 3 as overall champion. A9 Boy's hockey sees Edmonton's Green machine win gold. Girl's hockey finishes with Zone 5 edging Zone 3 in a dramatic finish. Photos section features the games in pictures.
Up to date results from abwintergames16.com show Ringette Zone 5 heading home victorious and speedskating local youth capturing a bronze. Girl's volleyball Zone 1 narrowly misses podium while synchronized swimming proves challenging to master as athletes push to excel.
Medicine Hat council votes 6-3 to amend Ranchlands Phase 3 shifting from multi family to grid layout with two main streets and four cross roads. The plan removes multi family housing for more single detached homes amid debate over density and smart growth policy. Contributors include Mayor Ted Clugston and councillors Les Pearson Robert Dumanowski Brian Varga and Bill Cocks.
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