Signs shortage angers Tower Estates residents
Tower Estates residents protest lack of traffic signs on their narrow streets. They warn of safety risks for children as no speed limits or bus stop designations exist. City hall and Public Works acknowledge review, while residents push for a 30 kmh limit though the province allows 50 kmh. signature petition gathered.
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Don Curren
Tower Estates
City Hall
George Clark
Clark
Ald
Graham Kelly
Albert Bizio
Sharon Johnson
Bizio
Hat Development Sues City Over Trans-Canada Twinning Project
Hat Development Ltd and Calgary lawyers file a claim in Medicine Hat Court of Queen’s Bench seeking to halt work on the Trans-Canada Highway twinning near Thirteenth Avenue S.E. The suit targets two city resolutions authorizing expropriation of 17.4 hectares and asks the court to void the expropriation and bar construction.
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13Th Ave. S.E
MLA chides media at ethics seminar in Medicine Hat
Alberta MLA Jim Horsman challenged Prairie broadcasters to uphold ethics during a panel at the Radio Television News Directors Association meeting in Medicine Hat. He cited alleged trickery by private outlets and a CBC piece he called the worst journalism he had seen, urging on air ethics and transparency. The discussion touched on a possible internal or public policing body to monitor compliance, with a national meeting in Vancouver to follow.
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Don Stewart
News
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Horsman
CBC TV
Prairie Region
Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada
Medicine Hat Lodge
Jim Day
Alberta Social Services
Thompson MacDonald
Cfcn TV
Calgary
Frank Flegel
Regina
CKTV
Association
Vancouver
Flegel
Prairies
Grasshopper Menace Hits Farms Across Hilda and Bindless
Deputy reeve Floyd Haas reports severe grasshopper outbreaks in the Hilda and Bindless districts with entire fields eaten and reseeded. Saskatchewan official Bob Rugg warns of severe activity near Hoosier and Richmound. Farmers spray cereal crops, facing high costs, while experts urge egg-bed checks and late May hatch monitoring.
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Paul Strickland
Hilda
Floyd Haas
Cypress
Haas
Hoosier
Richmound Sask
Bob Rugg
Saskatchewan
Rugg
Agriculture Service Board
Peter Elzinga
Bindloss
Strathmore
Jim Hern
Red Deer River
Hern
Stan Dereniwski
Agricul
Turist
Medicine Hat
Faradan
Hillside Cemetery vandalism causes thousands in damage
Hillside Cemetery suffered about 6841 dollars in damage after vandals knocked down 66 headstones on Wednesday. Monument work and reerection cost about 1200 dollars, with the city likely covering that. Police continue to investigate with no suspects yet identified.
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Paul Strickland
the News
Hillside
Bruce Marriott
Parks Department
Marriott
Linda Chapman
Community Services Division
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Angela Sailer
Elm Street
Mike Fiala
Johnson
Peter Chernezky
Michael Maser
Maser
Redcliff
MLA
CBC
Hoppers
Const
Clayton Adams
Adams
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