Looking back: Aug. 21, 2023, a year after the meeting that changed Medicine Hat city hall

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– ‘Seems ridiculous’: Hatters respond to council sanctions of Mayor Linnsie Clark

– Medicine Hat council holding first meeting since sanctioning mayor

– Medicine Hat resident organizes rally outside city hall

– Defiant Medicine Hat mayor appears at council meeting to applause

– Embattled Medicine Hat mayor to address sanctions Wednesday

– Report finds ‘sufficient evidence’ Medicine Hat mayor broke council code of conduct

– Five takeways from the much-redacted Kingsgate Legal report

– Medicine Hat mayor launches legal action in effort to reverse council’s sanctions

– Medicine Hat top staffer sent ‘cease and desist’ letter to mayor

– Medicine Hat wrestles with uncertain future as mayor launches legal action

– Medicine Hat city manager claimed to have authority to revamp city hall

– Medicine Hat council unable to address false info around mayor sanctions

– Council will respect judicial review findings into sanctioning of Medicine Hat’s mayor

– Medicine Hat mayor says questions to city manager were ‘needed’

– Premier Smith says code of conduct needs review

– Medicine Hat council to vote on refreshed code of conduct bylaw

– Medicine Hat city council to sort who will chair meetings

– Medicine Hat council motions prepare for logistics of post-mayor governing

– Supporters of Medicine Hat mayor show out to council

– Medicine Hat councillor says the door remains open for sanctions to be dropped

– Medicine Hat council able to work with sanctioned mayor but is not thriving

– Who is Medicine Hat’s acting mayor and when?

– Ex-Medicine Hat mayor suspects deeper reasons for Linnsie Clark sanctions

– Five quotes from the interview with ex-Medicine Hat mayor Ted Clugston

– Former city clerk says sanctions on mayor are embarrassing

– Alberta municipal affairs minister considers council code changes

– Medicine Hat council delays mayor’s expense ask

– Andy McGrogan says he has ‘no intention’ of running for mayor

– Medicine Hat bakery owner says council needs to explain mayor sanctions

– Mayor posts council document explaining her ask for city employee expense statements

– The list of financial expenses Medicine Hat’s mayor will ask for

– Sanctions present new ‘challenges’ in day-to-day work, Medicine Hat’s mayor says

– Medicine Hat council calls for civility towards city employees and in debates

– Know your role, advisor tells Medicine Hat city council

– Medicine Hat councillor Ramona Robins says she won’t run for re-election

– Medicine Hat resident who launched recall petition meets with premier

– Hearing for Medicine Hat mayor’s judicial review set for August

– Medicine Hat council to consider code of conduct changes

– Medicine Hat takes step towards getting an integrity commissioner

– Medicine Hat mayor expects no delays in legal action

– Medicine Hat councillor focuses on constructive dialogue over insults

– Medicine Hat council ‘blindsided’ by mayor’s actions

– Medicine Hat city clerk exits role amid leadership crisis, source says

– Medicine Hat councillor has mixed feelings about unredacted complaint report

– As Medicine Hat’s political unrest reaches fever pitch, expert says all sides to blame

– Medicine Hat mayor awaits judicial review amid continued restrictions

– Two days set aside for Medicine Hat mayor’s judicial review case

– Judge starts reading Medicine Hat mayor’s judicial review case

– What to know: Linnsie Clark v. the City of Medicine Hat

– Mayor Clark takes on City of Medicine Hat in judicial review case in Calgary

– Decision in Medicine Hat mayor’s judicial review case coming by end of September

– Judge hears Medicine Hat mayor was ‘inappropriate’, top staffer ‘a liar’

– Medicine Hat’s ‘dirty laundry’ aired in ‘schoolyard dispute’ hearing, observers say

– Medicine Hat’s mayor says judicial review hearing ‘went well’

– Medicine Hat’s council divide deeper than one-off act of misconduct

– Medicine Hat mayor refused mediation with Alberta minister present, sources say

– What a city manager does and their impact on municipal government

– Questions remain for some as Medicine Hat awaits judge’s judicial review ruling

– Medicine Hat mayor mediation attempts kept quiet to avoid drama, councillor says

To view all CHAT News coverage of the sanctions , the judicial review and reactions to both, visit the Council Divided section.

by Eli J. Ridder

Looking back: Aug. 21, 2023, a year after the meeting that changed Medicine Hat city hall

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