The Complaint That Created Chaos and Caused City Credibility to Crumble
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 The Complaint That Created Chaos and Caused City Credibility to Crumble

One email. That is all it took to send the City of Medicine Hat into a tailspin… The subject line: "Request to remove link to Kelly Allard candidate website." The body referenced defamation and liability. Within 24 hours, the City removed Allard's link. Then they removed every candidate's link.

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When Will Medicine Hat Adopt a Transparent Media Policy?
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When Will Medicine Hat Adopt a Transparent Media Policy?

This rejection of media protocol coincides with actions that perpetuate media favouritism. During the Dec 8 2025 Public Services Committee meeting, Councillor Dan Reynish—a former anchor for the now-defunct (in Medicine Hat) CHAT TV news—actively steered city staffers…

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