Riverside residents rally to save Heald Pool from closure
At a public services committee meeting residents including five Riverside students urged delaying a staff recommendation to close the 50 year old Heald Pool. They highlighted aging facilities, required 540000 in repairs and rising operating costs while proposing cost cutting and attendance boosting ideas.
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Riverside
Heald Pool
John Hampson
Public Services Committee
Hampson
Riverside School
Medicine Hat
Ald
Julie Friesen
Heald
Randy Taves
Taves
Susan Wahl
Laura Wahl
Marlene Lay
Liz Duncan
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Alberta to boost health and education funding amid tight budget
The Alberta government outlined a 2002 plan to spend more on health education and children's services while cutting other areas to stay in the black. Premier Ralph Klein warned of a razor thin $12 million surplus and discussed potential uses for the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, including debt reduction or partial sale, as health and education remain priorities despite the teachers' strike.
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John Cotter
Edmonton Iberia
Lois Hole
Medicine Hat
Rob Renner
Mazankowski
Ralph Klein
Alberta
Klein
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Renner
Hole
Hat public schools review student travel after 9 11
Medicine Hat School District 76 reconsiders travel policy seeking to resume educational trips. Trustees note information changes and insurance as factors while parents of Crescent Heights Grade 9 push for an annual Quebec exchange. Some Alberta districts have lifted bans. debate focuses on safety and parental decision rights.
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Medicine Hat
Karen Charlton
United States
Canada
Crescent Heights High School
Quebec
Alberta
Giles Broseau
Vancouver
Calgary
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