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Town Profiles
Medicine Hat Sports
Bassano .............................page 2 Hat will weather economic storm: Crush........................page 16 Rattlers make strides ..........................................................page 47
Medicine Hat ....................page 2 No sign of commercial downturn in Tracks bring in the cash .....................................................page 48
commercial development ..................................................page 16
Brooks ...............................page 3
Prairie Snoasis still a hit with skiers and boarders .........page 49
Big box stores aren't always bad for local retailers .........page 17
Drumheller .......................page 3
City housing market stable ................................................page 19
Empress .............................page 4
Entertainment
table of contents
Chamber has new initiatives in 2009 ...............................page 22
Foremost ...........................page 4
CES sees impact of economy ............................................page 23
Dance in Medicine Hat ......................................................page 50
Hanna ................................page 5
Hat a young city ..................................................................page 24
Entertainment in the Hat ..................................................page 52
Irvine .................................page 5
EDA remains optimistic ....................................................page 25
Esplanade Summer Series .................................................page 53
Oyen ..................................page 6
CCDA working to bring downtown back to life ............page 27
JazzFest .................................................................................page 54
Bow Island ........................page 6
Hope for event centre .........................................................page 28
Rotary Music Festival .........................................................page 55
Redcliff ..............................page 8 City encouraging conservation, alternative energy .......page 29
Theatre groups in Medicine Hat .......................................page 56
Walsh .................................page 8 Residents going green ........................................................page 30
Schuler ..............................page 8
City still has plans for energy storage project .................page 32
Surrounding Areas
Rosemary ..........................page 9
City to harness wind ..........................................................page 33
Acadia Valley ....................page 9
New routes, more hours for Medicine Hat Transit ........page 34
Sombre times for drillers ...................................................page 57
Cypress County ............. page 10
Cycling lanes off to good start ..........................................page 35
Cattle industry optimistic ..................................................page 58
New Health Authority takes effect April 1 ......................page 36
Red Deer County .......... page 11
Communities hope to save line ........................................page 59
Number of visitors up ........................................................page 37
Manyberries .................. page 11
BATUS a financial boon to area .......................................page 60
Accessible Accessories .......................................................page 38
Special Areas ................. page 12
Website works for employees, employers ........................page 61
Lodge and Casino getting a facelift ..................................page 39
Vauxhall ......................... page 14
Reel Adventures ..................................................................page 62
Meggitt nearly doubles its workforce ...............................page 40
Pipeline project ahead of schedule ...................................page 63
Tilley ............................... page 14
Chinook Challenge all about planning ............................page 41
Canadian Badlands ............................................................page 65
Taber ............................... page 15
Suffield/Ralston ............. page 15
Education
Brooks
College growing and evolving ...........................................page 42
Strategic plan kicking into gear ........................................page 66
Power Engineering facility to be unveiled
Multi-Use arena in Brooks taking shape .........................page 67
in September .......................................................................page 43
Alberta's monument to water management ....................page 68
College attracts varied students ........................................page 44
Lifestyle concept Safeway caters to people 'on the go' ...page 68
High School invests in technology ...................................page 45
Brooks steaming ahead with industrial subdivision ......page 69
Schools expanding services ...............................................page 46
Exciting opportunities .......................................................page 70
Southeast Alberta is full of leaks, and Entevys is
helping companies plug them ...........................................page 71
Index of Advertisers ...........................................................page 72
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