Chamber fears city delays on private fleet tender project
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce official Ian McDougall notes a city hold up in a pilot tender plan to have private firms maintain half of the city’s 22 fleet vehicles. The delay cited by Public Services Commissioner Bob Nicolay stems from a new fleet facility due July.
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Ian McDougall
the News
The
Medicine Hat
Board of Commissioners
Couillard
Chamber
Medicine Hat Auto Dealers Association
Medicine Hat Auto Dealer Association
Cancare
Bob Hale
Concord Limited
Peter Mah
Alberta to adopt common math curriculum across Western Canada
A new plan by Alberta Education to standardize math curriculum province wide will cover British Columbia Saskatchewan Manitoba Northwest Territories and Yukon. The project aims to ease student transfers between provinces and enable shared resources. Storlien calls it an excellent move and notes implementation from kindergarten to Grade 12 starting in 1996 with Grade 8 in 1997.
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Canada
Hat
Alberta
British Project Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Storlien
Medicine Hat Canada Day Celebrations Mark 50th Birthday Year
Laura Campbell reports on Medicine Hat Canada Day events under chair Kathryn Jodoin. July celebrations honor war end UN birthday and Canadian flag milestones while theme A Time To Remember guides activities. festivities include pancake breakfast face painting games and dusk fireworks and a baseball game Medicine Hat Blue Jays versus Great Falls Dodgers at 7 p.m.
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Laura Campbell
News Hatters
Kathryn Jodoin
Medicine Hat and District
Canada Day Society
United Nations
Jodoin
Medicine Hat, Redcliff
Crescent Heights Lions Club
Medicine Hat Hillbilly Band
Kin Coulee Park
Rob Renner
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Great Falls Dodgers
Relief fund tops $46,000 for Medicine Hat flood aid
Medicine Hat Flood Relief '95 Steering Committee reports more than $46,000 raised with anticipated $15,000 soon. Funds go directly to flood victims as last resort aid not covered by private insurance or disaster programs.
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Medicine Hat Flood Relief
Jim Horsman
Medicine Hat
Flood Aid '95 Music Festival Helps Flood Victims
Kin Coulee Park hosts Flood Aid '95 on July 8 with up to 10 local bands performing from 1 to 11 p.m. The event, organized by Medicine Hat Multicultural Folk Arts Council, features country rock punk and Latin jazz with Calgary artist Ian MacDonald and sells $15 Flood Relief T shirts to raise funds and collect food donations for barbecue items.
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Hills of Kin Coulee Park
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Ian MacDonald
Flood Aid
Medicine Hat Flood Relief Fund
Reed
Newell residents oppose landfill site rezoning near Brooks
Newell councillors rezoned a quarter-section of farmland to a solid-waste district after a public hearing, angering nearby rancher Bob Bildersheim who says the decision was rushed and will hinder future appeals. He cites potential cattle pond seepage and loss of business sites near the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 36.
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Bill Stadel
the News
Newell County
Brooks-area
Bob Bildersheim
Brooks
Newell
Bildersheim
Authority
Bernard Gibeau
Government to shift 70 percent to alternative fuels by 2000
A new federal act gains royal assent to move 70 percent of government vehicles to alternative fuels by 2000. Methanol producers like Methanex stand to gain as M85 blends expand, with estimates of 150 to 200 new vehicles using the fuel.
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Methanex Corporation
Michael MacNeil
Canadian Oxygenated Fuels Association
MacNeil
Gary Dress
Methanex
Gil Benoit
Norwood Mohawk
Chrysler
Ford
Chevrolet
Benoit
Dress
Drefs
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Mills of the Gods
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Covillard
Ron Edwards
Heritage Mazda
Bank of Montreal
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Jessica Fode
Sharlinn Nittel
Herald School
Alberta Education
LST Wrigmce
Amanda Morrall
Marlene Bowen
Regional Landfill Authority
Development Appeal Board
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