City panel backs six Sundays for shopping plan
Mark Rogers of The News Stores leads a six Sundays per year shopping proposal. An ad hoc committee favors the limit but needs more time to craft grocery and pharmacy rules. The recommendation goes to city council June 18 seeking patience to finalize details. Only Fred Ammann, tourism representative, spoke strongly for Sunday openings.
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Mark Rogers
News Stores
Labor
Fred Ammann
Ammann
South East al
Rich
Sears
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Medicine Hat considers Sunday shopping bylaw vote
The Medicine Hat committee debates a bylaw to limit Sunday shopping as merchants express mixed opinions. A majority from the Medicine Hat Mall Merchants Association supports restrictions while others fear market loss. Safeway, Canadian Tire and Kmart open Sundays, raising questions about exemptions and enforcement.
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Berta Tourism and Convention Association
Ammann
Sears
Don Macdonald
Medicine Hat
K-mart
Macdonald
Big M
Allan McLeod
Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Safeway
Lee Anderson
Anderson
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
John Hughes
Winds whip through Medicine Hat area causing dam age
Gusts up to 96 km h topple two 5000 bushel granaries near Brooks and injure few signs and vehicles. Insurance adjusters report roof and debris damage across Medicine Hat district with 22 shingles blown off and 6 minor claims at Cedar Square and Thomson Fisher.
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Southview Drive
S.E
Southview Mall
Public Works and Parks Department
Mark Rogers
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Steve Sadownik
Insurance Financial Services
Lethbridge
Mick Nieman
Deanna Clement
Thomson Fisher Insurance Ltd
Perry Yanke
Cedar Square Insurance and Financial
Redcliff approves bylaw for backflow prevention devices
Council adopts a new bylaw requiring businesses with chemical or soap systems on water lines such as greenhouses and car washes to install backflow prevention devices. The rule takes effect immediately with $100 daily fines. Inspections start soon and most installations must be complete by June end.
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Redcliff
Randy Giesbrecht
Bill Duncan
Jack Renwick
Redcliff Council Approves Pool Borrowing After Tight Vote
Redcliff town council with a 62 vote margin authorized borrowing 569430 for an outdoor pool despite a close plebiscite 327 in favor 319 against. Kilpatrick and Coulter opposed urging delay until Consumers Paper plant proves tax base. Mayor Duncan and manager Giesbrecht defended the plan noting long term benefits and best available deal.
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Dean Pelkey
Redcliff
Dwight Kilpatrick
Bob Coulter
Kilpatrick
Coulter
Redcliff council picks second lowest bid for pool
The Redcliff town council disqualified the lowest bid from MJB Enterprises Ltd of Medicine Hat for the pool project citing an after tender price adjustment. Contempora Construction Inc. won with 882,430, higher than the original estimate, prompting notes the process preserved integrity and potential raised borrowing.
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Dean Pelkey
The
News
Redcliff Town
Rocky Waters
Robert Baird
Baird
MJB Enterprises Ltd
Medicine Hat
Contempora Construction Inc
Bill Duncan
MJB
Council
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G Valliudis
Alberta
Tom Wall
Second Sts
Frank Webber
Sadownik
City Public Works and Parks Departments
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Ike Hansen
Hansen
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Don Nunnweiler
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