After the dust settled and votes tallied, Hatters decided to re-elect Linnsie Clark as their mayor for another four-year term, and the only incumbent returning to council chambers in November. 

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While results will not be official until Friday at noon, initial impressions point toward a mostly new council. 

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Initial results from the Cypress County municipal election suggest largely a return to form, with one new face joining council. 

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Chris Czember has been elected mayor of Redcliff. 

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After receiving multiple concerns raised from the public about the implementation of a new Transportation Master Plan, particularly around design decisions and stakeholder involvement, city staff have initiated work aimed to improve transparency, consistency and accountability on how major transportation projects are developed and delivered in Medicine Hat. 

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Over the past decade, growth in Medicine Hat has stagnated relative to other parts of the province. The city experienced a 35 percent increase in the population’s proportion of seniors and a minor decrease in the population’s proportion of working-age adults in the period 2011-2021. 

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The City of Medicine Hat’s managing director of energy, land and environment Rochelle Pancoast says it is unclear how the city’s energy division will be treated under new rules introduced as part of the province’s restructured energy market. 

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City councillors unanimously passed a motion this week to establish a Southeast Alberta Economic Opportunity Strategy (SAEOS) Advocacy Committee, which will work in collaboration with five other municipalities in a five-year regional initiative. 

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Council voted 6-2 this week to squash a proposed new operating grant program for organizations in the city at the cost of potentially rising taxes by up to 4 per cent over three years. 

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In 2024, the City of Medicine Hat initiated discussions about purchasing the proposed Saamis Solar park, a potential $600-million project that proponents say would ensure the city’s energy future in the face of looming decarbonization policies and volatility in the price of natural gas. 

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