CITY HALL
Medicine Hat City Council to consider budget and bylaw amendments on Monday
Medicine Hat City Council will hold a council meeting on Monday, Nov. 17, with the earlier 4 p.m. start as the new standard.The meeting's agenda includes several presentations from city staff, with amendments recommended in both Utilities Rates and Energy Production for bylaws and budgets.Budget amendments are recommen...
Nov 17, 2025
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CITY HALL
Budget talks set to dominate Medicine Hat City Council meeting Monday night
Medicine Hat City Council will meet Monday night with an introduction to the 2026 Budget on the agenda. The information items will include presentations from the Manager of Corporate Planning and Performance, the Supervisor of Accounting, Corporate Planning and Performance, and the Director of Energy Marketing and Busi...
Nov 10, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat council votes for reimbursement of Mayor Clark's legal fees
Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark is being reimbursed $59,675.68 by the administration to immediately pay and reimburse legal fees in relation to the Code of Conduct Complaint and judicial review.This amount had been denied previously during a council meeting on Aug. 18, 2025, with only $5,841.94 of the total ask of $76...
Oct 07, 2025
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CITY HALL
Busy agenda set as Medicine Hat city council meets for final time before election
Medicine Hat city council will meet Monday in council chambers for what is expected to be its final meeting before the fall civic election.On the agenda is amending the procedure bylaw, which is recommended to have a second and third reading to be passed.It is set to change the start time for council meetings to 4 p.m....
Oct 06, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat city council votes to start process to fire City Manager
Medicine Hat city council started the process to fire City Manager Ann Mitchell during Monday's council meeting.About two hours into the meeting, Councillor Alison Van Dyke made a motion that council accepted the investigative report as presented in closed session.That was approved unanimously.Next up, business arising...
Sep 30, 2025
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CITY HALL
Benefits of urban hens in Medicine Hat discussed with council on Monday
Medicine Hat city council received a presentation on urban hens from Kristen Mann during Monday meeting, with her thoughts on the benefits of owning hens in the city. The benefits Mann had stated were composting, food production, companionship and fertilizer production. Chickens are currently considered livestock due t...
Sep 16, 2025
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EXCLUSIVE
Medicine Hat's municipal audit coming to council at July 21 meeting, councillors say
A municipal audit of Medicine Hat city hall nearly a year in the making will be presented to the public for the first time at council's July 21 meeting, CHAT News has learned. The inspection was requested by council in September 2024 after a months-long leadership crisis sparked by a disagreement between the mayor and ...
Jul 08, 2025
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CITY HALL
Residents pack council chamber largely to oppose Medicine Hat's proposed transportation plan
Many residents opposed to a draft plan for Medicine Hat's roads and pathways made up the majority of those who filled the public gallery Monday as council provided an opportunity for its taxpayers to speak on the blueprint. The 85-page urban planning document lays out a case for improving active transportation options ...
Jul 08, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat city council: Transportation Master Plan, changing start times
Medicine Hat city council has a stacked agenda for its meeting tonight that could potentially go into overtime. A proposed and highly-criticized Transportation Master Plan will come forward in a public hearing Monday evening. Critics are concerned the plan would enable city planners to narrow roads and remove scarce pa...
Jul 07, 2025
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CITY HALL
City of Medicine Hat introduces new tax exemption program to help housing inventory
The City of Medicine Hat will look to help increase the cities housing inventory through a new tax exemption program.The Residential Tax Exemption Program will officially launch on Wednesday.Changes to the Municipal Government Act in late 2024 enabled municipalities to have the discretion to offer multiyear property ta...
Jun 26, 2025
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WHAT TO KNOW
Here's what to know about Medicine Hat's proposed transportation plan
The City of Medicine Hat's Master Transportation Plan is an overarching blueprint that will guide its planners for the next 30 years. - READ: Council defers decision on transportation plan for public hearing - The plan is focused on increasing safety, future transportation technologies and improving active transportati...
Jun 26, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat council should leave energy business revamp vote until after election, residents say
Several residents called on Medicine Hat's elected representatives to defer a vote on spinning off its energy business into an arms-length corporation until after the next civic election. - After residents spoke for and against the plan during a public hearing Tuesday, council voted 8-1 to pause, take in public comment...
Jun 25, 2025
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CONSTRUCTION
Medicine Hat's Division Avenue South reopening Tuesday
Medicine Hat's Division Avenue South is set to reopen to cars by the end of the day on Tuesday. Minor cleanup and work adjacent to the avenue will conclude in the following days, the city said in a news release. The final stage of work remaining in the project includes the continuation of multi-use trail rehabilitation...
Jun 23, 2025
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IN THE CITY
Medicine Hat Owl group claims it's being treated unfairly by city
A group of self-identifying journalists say they are being treated unfairly by the City of Medicine Hat. The Medicine Hat Owl - known also as Community TV - said in a statement this week that limitations placed on its access to city officials were discriminatory and vexatious. The group and its founder Thomas Fougere h...
Jun 18, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat seeking regional partner on $9.5M food waste facility before final decision
The City of Medicine Hat will give partnering on a multimillion dollar food waste organics composting facility one last shot before it considers going at it alone. Council on Monday approved a request from Coun. Shila Sharps to give a regional working group made up of Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress County a chance ...
Jun 17, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat city council delays decision on mayor's legal fees reimbursement ask
Councillors cited the need to get more information as it voted on Monday to delay Mayor Linnsie Clark's request the City of Medicine Hat reimburse her thousands of dollars in legal fees she accrued over the last two years. Council voted 5-4 to push back a final decision to a later meeting. That was after its members e...
Jun 17, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat city council: $9.5M food waste facility, human resource metrics
Medicine Hat's city council will consider approving a staff recommended $9.5 million food waste organics composting facility it decided not to include in its last budget. Also on Monday's public meeting agenda is the final draft of a regional development plan, a proposed unprecedented release of human resources metrics...
Jun 16, 2025
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CITY HALL
City of Medicine Hat to consider options for the future of its community flagpole
Medicine Hat's city council will soon consider various proposals for the future of a public flagpole set aside for use by community organizations. A city committee tasked with evaluating internal policies decided on Tuesday not to select one of three options provided by staff and instead passed the decision item off to...
Jun 11, 2025
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ELXTN25
Medicine Hat council hopeful says role clarity, 'proactive communication' are crucial
Pamela Kunz says, if elected in Medicine Hat's fall civic election, she wants to grow the community's understanding of council's role, improve "proactive communication" and support taking bold steps for the city's future. - ELTXN25: Tap into all municipal election coverage - For Kunz, an ongoing conflict betw...
Jun 07, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat city council approves $1.85M grant for women's shelter
The Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society will receive $1.85 million from the city to help with a crucial building renovation in what was a first test of a new capital grant process. Council voted 6-1 to approve the grant spending at its Monday meeting after several questions to staff over the financial impact on the ci...
Jun 03, 2025
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CITY HALL
Medicine Hat mayor pushes back legal fees reimbursement request again
Mayor Linnsie Clark has for a fourth time postponed her request the City of Medicine Hat reimburse legal fees she accrued during the sanctions scandal that led to a leadership crisis at Medicine Hat city hall last year. Clark's motion pushed back from Monday's agenda directed city administration to cover $76,017.62 in ...
Jun 03, 2025
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LIVE NOW
Medicine Hat city council: Women's shelter request, mayor's legal fees
Medicine Hat's city council will consider a $2.85-million funding request from the women's shelter, reimbursement of the mayor's legal fees and various other items on Monday's public meeting agenda. As usual, the length of deliberation on each item will determine how late the meeting goes. Those interested can watch co...
Jun 03, 2025
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