Tory leader campaigns across border to Hat Sask voters
Conservative leader Bill Boyd visits Hat to press a two percent sales tax cut as Saskatchewan residents shop in Alberta amid claims the nine percent tax hurts retailers like Lauder Cycles and Ski. Owner Ken Schmidt says cross border shoppers will persist, despite tax changes.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Regina
Bill Boyd
Lauder Cycles
Ken Schmidt
Boyd
Schmidt
Tories
Ilott
Medicine Hat
Kingsway Avenue
S.E
Teen coin on your tie funds his education
Shayne Wallace a 17 year old in Medicine Hat runs Green Guard Recycling to raise college money. He collects paper tin glass and cardboard twice a month charging five dollars monthly for curbside pickup with help from his 11 year old brother Spencer. The family started recycling efforts in Coaldale three years ago before moving to Medicine Hat.
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Laura Campbell
Shayne Wallace
Spencer
Shaune
Shayne Sai
Green Guard
Medicine Hat
Coaldale
Wallaces
Lethbridge
Shayne
Brooks
Audrey
City approves filing fees for property tax appeals
The council passed a bylaw charging $10 to file an assessment complaint for single family homes and $50 to $100 for larger commercial or multi family properties. The fee aims to deter frivolous appeals, with refunds if an adjustment is made. Only Ald. Valerie Neigum opposed.
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Hat
Council
Ald
Valerie Neigum
Neigum
Assessment Review Board
George Renner
Corporate Services Committee
Renner
Russ Barnes
Woman finds parchment on Medicine Hat name origin
Kate Ross discovers a 1940s scroll recounting a legend of Medicine Hat’s naming. The tale centers on 1870 Cree and Blackfoot conflict and a medicine man losing his hat, granting power to the wearer. Museum curator Donny White notes one of about 19 versions, adding to local legend.
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Kate Ross
Medicine Hat
Earl Gillett
Medicine Man
Ross
Doug Ross
Donny White
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
Gillett
White
Alberta teachers assess school boards on controversial policy changes
About 300 trustees and superintendents at the Alberta School Boards Association three day Red Deer convention debated cutting the teacher layoff appeal, moving to block funding for special needs, and favoring local bargaining. Ted Butcher backs local control but wants separate special needs funding. Terry Riley opposes abolishing the appeal. Public views cite risk to ESL and special needs programs if funds are pooled.
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News Hat
Provincial School Boards Association
Alberta School Boards Association
Red Deer
Ted Butcher
Alberta Teachers Association
Butcher
St. Michael’s
City of
Medicine Hat
Kelly
Public Services Committee
ATA
Terry Riley
Crescent Heights
Brooks woman faces manslaughter charge in common-law husband death
The preliminary hearing for Michelle Marie McLaughlin is set for August 4 in Brooks provincial court to determine if there is enough evidence for a manslaughter trial. Steven Anthony Boal died in Brooks Hospital April 25 after being stabbed in the chest.
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Michelle Marie McLaughlin
Brooks
Or Bai
Court of Queen’s Bench
Steven Anthony Boal
Brooks Hospital
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Saska Tory
Schmid
Frank Webber
Peter Mah
Graham Kelly
Southview Community School
Southview
Board of References
Brooks Court
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