In Touch Chief Seeks Police Funding Restore
Medicine Hat Police Chief Don Kyllo urged Alberta’s justice minister to restore provincial grants to police agencies, arguing per capita funding fell from 18 dollars before cost cuts while policing costs rose. He said municipalities have absorbed many costs and cited support from the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police at the Fort McMurray meeting last month.
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Alberta Justice Minister
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Medicine Hat
Shortage of math science teachers drives recruitment shift
Leaders warn divisions face teacher shortfalls in math and science driving costly recruiting wars. Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education plans campus outreach to recruit fourth year university students as shortages grow. Saskatchewan and Alberta universities have produced few physics teachers in recent years. Rural areas like Oyen and Bow Island struggle to attract specialists unless they have local family ties.
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Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education
Lorne Niven
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Alberta
Dave Beresh
Beresh
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Keith Jones
Oyen
Bow Island
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Police Use Photo Radar at Various Medicine Hat Locations
Photo radar will be set up at multiple spots across Medicine Hat to enforce traffic speed limits near Kingsway Avenue and Terry Clark Park playground, prompting driver caution.
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Terry Clark Park
Medicine Hat
Supreme Court Upholds Canadian Gun Control Measures
The Supreme Court of Canada upholds federal gun control legislation, prompting mixed reactions in Medicine Hat. Proponents praise the law while opponents fear confiscation and legal battles continue. officials note provincial reluctance to enforce.
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Medicine Hat Rifle and Revolver Club
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Alberta
Alberta Council of Women’s
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Gerry Carter
David Swann
Coalition For Gun Control
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Palliser Health Authority
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Dallas Miller
Coalition of
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Lorne Taylor
Monte Solberg
Canadian Alliance
Medicine Hat
Trustees to vote on own raise in Bow Island division
Ten trustees in Bow Island district may approve a raise as part of the 2000 2001 budget raising the set aside for pay to 101 000 from 85 000. Chair Les Brost defends the move citing long hours and full time duties while trustee Donna Kirchner worries about balancing earnings with work.
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Donna Kirchner
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Connie Knibbs
Senator Gershaw
Bow Island
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New Robotic Bomb Disposal Unit Aids Medicine Hat Police
Robbie Robot, a $60 000 bomb disposal unit, debuts with four cameras a microphone and doors to open. It assisted during a June 8 threat at Medicine Hat High and is praised as state of the art by Police Chief Don Kylle and Explosive Disposal head Sgt. Lindsay Fraser.
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Medicine Hat Police
Lindsay Fraser
Police Commission
Medicine Hat
Rick Hunn
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Medicine Hat High School
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Hunn
Don Kylle
Kylle
Hog Factory Plan Promises $30 Million Ripple Effect
Hodgkinson said the firm would hire up to 54 workers and spend about $15 million yearly on inputs including grain. The project aims to be an agricultural enterprise with no extra taxes, while critics worry about manure storage and leaks. Supporters cite economic benefits from Richard Walters of the Foremost Chamber of Commerce.
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Danny Huang
Taiwan Sugar
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Richard Walters
Chamber of Commerce
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