The Seconder Rule: What Councillors Say vs. What the Law Requires
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The Seconder Rule: What Councillors Say vs. What the Law Requires

Two Medicine Hat city councillors have said that councillors should get a seconder for a motion before bringing it to a council meeting. But the Municipal Government Act and the official handbook for councillors say something different. This difference matters because Medicine Hat residents already have a low tolerance for decisions made behind closed doors.

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ARCH Participants Given Just 18 Days' Notice, Forced to Move as Program Shuts Down
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ARCH Participants Given Just 18 Days' Notice, Forced to Move as Program Shuts Down

The Government of Alberta has not publicly explained its decision not to renew funding for a program that was serving some of the province's most vulnerable residents. And with the clock ticking, the people who called ARCH home are running out of time.

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