City council candidate Brock Hale says building a better working relationship at City Hall is his top priority if elected in the fall municipal election. The 36-year-old school teacher, who was born and raised in Medicine Hat, is one of several new faces running for a council seat. He says recent dysfunction and distru...

Former Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston will be seeking a councillor position in the city during the fall municipal election.Clugston served on council for a 14 year period from 2007-2021. During that time he was mayor for an eight year period from 2013-2021.He finished second in voting for mayor during Medicine Hat's 2...

Gord Cowan is running for city council in Medicine Hat with a combined 24 years on various local, municipal, provincial, and federal boards. Cowan is retired and will commit to the council full-time if elected. "I wanted to make sure that I had a hundred percent of my effort and time to spend towards the city coun...

Mark Albrecht is running for council in Medicine Hat and is prioritizing servicing and maintaining the city. Albrecht said there needs to be growth in what the city already has before focusing on expanding. "Our city has some of the best facilities for cities this size, and even quite larger. I'm talking the bike ...

Dana Christensen says he's ready to bring a practical, solutions-focused voice to city council - one shaped by business experience, community concern and a desire to build a better future for his seven-year-old son. Christensen, 46, moved to Medicine Hat just over 11 years ago to help a friend with a business. Original...

Shila Sharps is seeking re-election for her second term in city council and her primary focus is to bring accountable decision making to council. "We're all in this together. It's not about us just barking orders, but it's about working with administration," Sharps said. "I also think that we desperately...

Medicine Hat councillor candidate Kirby Schafer is familiar with the City of Medicine Hat. The 56-year-old is a life long resident of the city, employed by the City of Medicine Hat for 30 year. He worked in the electric distribution department until 2021 when he retired. Schafer said he is familiar with the bureaucracy...

A Medicine Hat resident planning to run for council this year says he will take questions from the public to a meeting with chief administrator Ann Mitchell as part of an effort to make sure the role's occupant is committed to transparency and the city's best interests.Michael Starner, who came last in a five-way race ...

Troy Wason, 60, is originally from Calgary but has lived in Medicine Hat for over five years. Ever since Wason moved to Medicine Hat, he has participated in volunteer work within the community. Wason opened a research business which he later turned into a paralegal and private investigative firm. Wason is a historian a...

Clayton Stevens is the eighth candidates to file papers to run for councilor in Medicine Hat for the fall civic election.The 45-year old officially registered on July 31.Stevens is the owner and operator of Starlite Convenience Store in the flats area of the city with his wife, and also a taxi driver with Care Cab.-Sta...

Councillor candidate Cheryl Phaff is focusing on improving conditions with economic growth, and crime, and homelessness in Medicine Hat. Economic growth is the number one priority in Phaff's campaign because Medicine Hat's population growth has been stagnant, according to Phaff. "We were flat for more than 10 year...

Brian Robinson is running for council in Medicine Hat and has made economic growth the key priority in his campaign. "I want us to be able to be there for new businesses, new opportunities that come from all different areas," Robinson said. Robinson said new opportunities are coming from all different areas. ...

Councillor candidate Jodi Faith focuses on bringing housing, jobs, and health care to Medicine Hat if elected to council. Faith said she wants to find better housing solutions because housing on a month-to-month basis is becoming difficult for people in the city. "We've got a big, huge project going on over there ...

Immanuel Moritz is running for council in Medicine Hat to focus on city growth and homelessness as key priorities. Moritz said the city needs short-term and long-term goals to be successful. He said he can bring strategic planning and not a wish list to council. "You have to say, this is the plan, this is the date...

Long-serving Medicine Hat councillor Robert Dumanowski will be seeking re-election in the fall municipal election.He announced Wednesday morning that his candidacy for the upcoming election is official.Dumanowski has held a position on council since first being elected in 2001. Making him longest serving current counci...

Former CHAT TV news anchor Dan Reynish is running for a councillor position in Medicine Hat in the fall municipal election. Reynish, 57, said municipal politics has long been on his radar as a way to continue serving the community. "That's what it boils down to, is how do I continue to serve the people of Medicine...

Christien Ellis is running for one of eight position as a councillor with the City of Medicine Hat in the upcoming municipal election.A lifelong resident of the city, Ellis says he is the Swiss Army knife of the candidates, highlighting that he could have input on every single facet of the issues that the city needs to...

Medicine Hat city council candidate Ron Fode says his main priority if elected is cutting back spending to prevent future tax increases. Fode said he do this by limiting full city budgets, instead requiring departments to additional funds beyond the initial allocation. "Let's say we're giving the electrical depart...

Stephen Campbell, who protested pandemic lockdowns and mask rules, revealed he is running for councillor in Medicine Hat's fall municipal election with the aim of addressing crime, the cost of living crisis and transparency at city hall. "There's so much on the docket that it's hard to start," he told CHAT Ne...

Medicine Hat councilor candidate Kevin Monson is focusing on supporting local businesses and public transit in the municipal election. Monson says he is supporting local businesses for the benefit of hiring local residents in the city. "Unemployment is kind of through the roof for everybody but specifically young ...

Open communication is something Randall Noble said he will represent if he is elected as a councillor with the City of Medicine Hat in the upcoming municipal election. He said the last four years of council have shown him that a change in leadership and perspective is needed in the city. "We need councillors and m...

Medicine Hat city council candidate Laura Butterfield is running on a platform of smart growth and a strong community.She says smart growth, rather than rapid growth, is something the city can achieve."There are a lot of smart people that we're surrounded by that have great ideas and innovative ideas, and I'm so e...

Medicine Hat resident Kelly Allard is the first registered 2025 council candidate for the upcoming municipal election in October.Allard ran for the previous election in 2021 and lost, but ranked 14th out of 33 people who ran for councillor.She said she decided to run again after seeing events that happened in the last ...

Councillor candidate Jay Hitchen is focused on Medicine Hat's growth and many other priorities if elected to council. Hitchen said the city has been stagnant and the growth has been less than the provincial norm for years. "I would sure like to change that. And I think part of that truly is about telling everyone ...

Adam Koch is the latest candidate to put his name forward for Medicine Hat's fall civic election. Registering as a councillor candidate on Tuesday, July 15. Koch said it wasn't necessarily something he had in his long term plans. "But I'm really concerned that there's going to be sort of a pendulum shift because o...

Donald 'Brent' Knudsen filed his paperwork to run for a councilor role in Medicine Hat's fall civic election back on June 23, a day after he turned 69-years-old. He's been a full time resident of the city now for six years after moving from nearby Golden Prairie, Sask., a community he previously spent a term on council...

Yusuf Mohammed says his two decades of community involvement and leadership in Medicine Hat have prepared him to bring a fresh, inclusive perspective to city council. Mohammed, 47, has lived in Medicine Hat for 20 years. He previously lived in South Africa and Switzerland before moving to Canada. He met his wife when t...

Medicine Hat councilor candidate Michael Reid will prioritize communication if elected. Reid said it's important to recognize when there is a lack of communication in the council. "The left hand, in some cases, doesn't know what the right hand is doing," said Reid."So bringing that transparency, bringing...

David Toth, 59, was born and raised in Medicine Hat. Toth worked in the community for 39 years at Goodyear and at the Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association while being the president. This is Toth's first time running for council. Toth is wanting to see improvements in Medicine Hat's growth and would like the Medicine Ha...

Medicine Hat councillor candidate Kirsten Spek says she wants to bring a new perspective to city council. "Being a local business owner, entrepreneur, commercial property investor, and also having a young family, I think gives me a little bit of a different perspective," Spek said. "I thought I could bri...