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When Vancouver-based methanol producer announced a temporary maintenance closure of its plant in Medicine Hat in May of 2001, it was only to last three months.

By the end of August however, the company announced it was closing the plant indefinitely, laying off or transferring the 95 employees who worked there.

“We believe it will be closed for an extended period, greater than one year for sure,” plant manager Kevin Henderson told the News at the time.

In the end the facility was mothballed for 12 years, reopening again in 2013.

The News is looking back at notable events from Medicine Hat’s history leading up to the celebration of our 140th publishing year later this fall.

Natural gas prices were considered too high at the time to make viable the 470,000 tonnes of metha

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