A leadership crisis has created turmoil at Medicine Hat's city hall over the last year. File Photo/CHAT News

By Eli J. Ridder

RECAP

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

Aug 21, 2024 | 11:37 PM

It was a year ago today when Mayor Linnsie Clark and City Manager Ann Mitchell had a tense back-and-forth exchange that changed the trajectory of Medicine Hat’s political future.

Here’s all our top coverage related to the code of conduct complaint, the sanctions placed on Clark and the judicial review:

– External law firm to probe formal complaint between city council members

– The list of sanctions Medicine Hat city council placed on Mayor Linnsie Clark

– Medicine Hat city council insists it continues to operate after sanctioning mayor

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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.