Town Profiles Guest Columnists
❚ Ted Clugston Mayor, Medicine Hat ...........................................................................................................................................
❚ Khrista Vogt President, Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce .................................................................
❚ Hon. Shannon Phillips Minister of Environment and Parks and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Office .......
❚ Hon. Deron Bilous Minister of Economic Development and Trade ........................................................................................
❚ Darcy Giegle Reeve, Cypress County .......................................................................................................................................
❚ Barry Morishita Mayor, City of Brooks ..........................................................................................................................................
Honour Rolls Sunshine City open for business
Southern Alberta boasts great potential for renewable energy projects
Business beginnings found with historical families
Resilient oil and gas industry will rebound
Teens take the summer to build businesses and their future
future shift Q&A with Brian Keating Q&A with Bob Nicolay Q&A with Jim Bertram
Railways continue to chug along to boost economic development
Farms going to the felines
Recruiting goes local for Medicine Hat Police Service
Row by row, Medicine Hat's history preserved for future generations
FLC expansion adding to the construction boom
Infinite possibilities for Infinite Sounds
Range-of-motion invention gets worldwide attention
First comes love, then baby, then home-based business success
Taking Generations from an idea to reality
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Canalta Centre puts Medicine Hat on the map
Up for lease
Redeveloping downtown to its historical greatness
Airport expansion opens the sky to opportunity
Heating up the summer nights ... JazzFest highlights musical freedom
Dance provides more than just health benefits
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44-45 Meet your local real estate professionals 52-53
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Folk Festival takes the winter blues away 60-61 Tragedy brings about change Education is getting a facelift
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City discount aimed at redevelopment 66-67 Tourists flock to Medicine Hat Efforts aim to end homelessness Oyen definitely a baseball town Rising from the ashes
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Tough economic times sees Food Bank needs steadily rise
CFB Suffield turns 75
Air space open for innovation Hanna sees opportunity in change
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Hanna sustainable futures program 88-89
REPORT 2016
ON SE ALBERTA
Medicine Hat Office 3257 Dunmore Road S.E. Medicine Hat, AB T1B 3R2
Group Publisher Michael J. Hertz
Managing Editor Kerri Sandford
Graphic Design Alison Peltier
Photography Charles Lefebvre Submitted photos Alison Peltier MHN file photos
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