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By Eli J. Ridder

RECAP

Week in review: Medicine Hat goes to court, feral cat program launches

Aug 17, 2024 | 1:17 PM

This is the week in review for Aug. 11-17, a look back at the top stories that shaped Medicine Hat over the last seven days.

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🏛 Medicine Hat goes to court

Medicine Hat’s mayor Linnsie Clark took the city to court this week.

A hearing in the judicial review of the sanctions council placed on Clark took place Tuesday.

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Observers, the mayor and councillors all reacted in the following days.

🔗 Here’s what to know:

• Medicine Hat’s council divide deeper than one-off act of misconduct
• Mayor says judicial review hearing ‘went well’, hopes ‘lessons learned’
• Medicine Hat’s ‘dirty laundry’ aired in ‘schoolyard dispute’ hearing
• Judge hears Medicine Hat mayor was ‘inappropriate’, top staffer ‘a liar’
• Decision in Medicine Hat mayor’s judicial review case coming by end of September

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🐈 Trap-neuter-release program launched

Medicine Hat’s long-awaited first trap-neuter-return program is now in effect.

The Medicine Hat SPCA and Persian Dreams & Canine Themes Rescue Society have partnered to bring the program to the city.

🔗 Here’s what to know:

• Organizations launch long-awaited trap-neuter-return program
• Medicine Hat activates first feral cat trap-neuter-return program

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📰 More impactful local stories

🔗 Here’s more impactful local coverage from the last week:

• Medicine Hat man heads to world’s fastest race track to bike in speed trials
• Alberta NDP health critic says system ‘moving backward’ under UCP
• Medicine Hat pro misses out on winning Alberta Open by two strokes
• Medicine Hat College wants to assist students despite housing shortage

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