Hundreds press to reopen Medicine Hat wading pools
More than 1 900 residents sign petitions at three malls urging Central Park Lions Crestwood and Kin Coulee pools to operate this summer. Protest organizers cite budget cuts while the Kinsmen offer 1500 toward pool operation if needed.
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Medicine Hat
Central Park
Lions Park
Crestwood
Kin Coulee
Veronica Marr
Marr
Kelli-Lyn Wolcoski
Wendy
Lan Scott
Crow Rate Debate Highlights Hard Life on Canadian Farms
Bruce MacKenzie presents a broad critique of the Crow Rate and farming economics in Canada. The National Farmers Union opposes changes while noting subsidies raise costs, farm bankruptcies rise, and many farmers face a shrinking industry with aging support and shifting land ownership.
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Clay Gilson
Pepin le Peu
National Farmers Union
Volkswagen
Union
Feds
Canada
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Medicine Hat
Cottingham offers to quit if proved wrong
Western Canada Concept Party member Frank Cottingham says he will resign if Cypress and Medicine Hat constituency leaders can prove their claim that a February 20 meeting was constitutional. He maintains there were not enough members present at the meeting.
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Bruce MacKenzie
The
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Frank Cottingham
Cottingham
Medicine Hat News
Cypress
Ann Marshall
Medicine Hat
John Patterson
Health unit schedules and election dispute in Alberta
Medicine Hat Crestwood Brooks Bow Island clinics set for weekly hours with appointments only. Cottingham accuses executives of improper election and demands 22 affidavits. Patterson defends the vote and quorum rules claiming no quorum needed to elect executives while asserting about 200 members exist in Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hat
Crestwood
Southview Dr
Brooks
Bow Island
Patterson
Marshall
Cottingham
Hard times strain families in school performance concerns
Medicine Hat public school board counselor Al Reynar warned the economic downturn adds stress to families and may lower children's school performance. He cited increased pressure when fathers are out of work and urged balancing material needs with non material values to support self esteem and learning.
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al Reynar
Reynar
Police Point leads way in urban park opening
Mayor Ted Grimm opened Police Point Park in Medicine Hat with about 100 attendees at the nature centre. Minister Peter Trynchy highlighted the park as the first completed under Alberta’s Urban Parks Program with Heritage Fund support, noting a total program allocation of 80 million dollars in 1982 dollars. RCMP officials recalled the Northwest Mounted Police history at the site and the CBC tower nearby drew attention to a planned radio repeater despite MPC objections.
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Council
Ted Grimm
Police Point Park
Recreation and Parks
Peter Trynchy
Medicine Hat
River Valley
Jim Horsman
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Grande Prairie
Lethbridge
Lloydminster
Red Deer
Trynchy
RCMP
A. C. Grier
Northwest Mounted Police
Police Point
Grier
Dan Cornet
River Valley Authority
Phil Stonhouse
Stonhouse
CBC
CBC Radio
Improvement District
No. 1 Municipal Planning Commission
MPC
Grimm
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