Council meets for its final open meeting Monday evening where they approved the establishment of the Southeast Alberta Economic Opportunity Advocacy Committee and will be appointing a new elected official as committee member following the municipal election.--NEWS PHOTO BRENDAN MILLER

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City councillors unanimously passed a motion this week to establish a Southeast Alberta Economic Opportunity Strategy (SAEOS) Advocacy Committee, which will work in collaboration with five other municipalities in a five-year regional initiative.

Back in 2023, Medicine Hat, in partnership with Foremost, Bow Island, Redcliff, County of Forty Mile and Cypress County, received a $200,000 Northern and Regional Economic grant used to develop the creation of the strategy, aimed at enh

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