City Council weighs flood relief funding in Medicine Hat
JAN McDOUGALL reports council may approve a $10,000 grant to Flood Relief '95 from city reserves to aid flood victims. The fund relies on volunteers, with no admin costs, and aims to fill gaps beyond provincial relief and insurance. Residents like Ron Gardiner and Norm Acheson seek assistance while awaiting criteria and eligibility decisions.
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Red Cross
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Wayne Craven
George Renner
Clayton Sissons
Riverside
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Lockout Looms At Medicine Hat Library Over Pay Cut Dispute
Medicine Hat library employees face an 11 pm deadline to avert a lockout after failed talks over a 3 percent wage rollback. Union president Jack Coleman says staff are prepared to picket, while chair Cathy MacKenzie doubts a last minute deal. If ordered, hours will shrink with closures on Monday Friday and Sunday and limited hours Tuesday to Thursday and Saturday.
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Snakes and Researchers Track Rattlers on CFB Suffield Base
Biologist Andrew Didiuk leads a three year study for the Canadian Wildlife Service on animals at CFB Suffield. The effort logs snakes including prairie rattlers and garter snakes, measuring movement, habitat and predator threats while highlighting the role of pocket gophers in rattlesnake ecology.
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Canadian Wildlife Service
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Suffield
Didiuk
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Howard Johnson
Rattlesnake Basics: Behavior and Life Facts
A compact guide notes rattlers strike when cornered but prefer escape. They breed every two years with litters around 12 or 13 in late summer. Young face high winter mortality and are venomous at birth. Predators include coyotes and hawks. humans kill many. They eat small mammals, digesting a mouse in 7–10 days. Rattlers slither in straight paths, use the sun as a guide, and seek shade in heat. Lifespan runs 20–30 years. Tongue tasting air helps detect predators and prey. travel with cautious steps in rattlesnake country.
Residents oppose pub plan in Medicine Hat estate
Tower Estates residents Dixie Forester and Daniel McLean fear a bylaw change to allow a pub and liquor store at 36 DeHavilland Boulevard S.W. would attract traffic and risk children. Walter Eresman seeks the land use change for a pub and convenience store with public hearings set for July 10.
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Dixie Forester
Forester
Medicine Hat
DeHavilland Boulevard
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Daniel McLean
McLean
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