As Temperatures Plummet, Medicine Hat Has No Plan to Open Warming Centres
With a cold snap gripping Alberta, a critical disparity in emergency response for homeless residents has emerged between major cities and one of the province’s smaller urban centres. While Edmonton proactively opens additional warming shelters during extended deep freezes, Medicine Hat continues to operate without a permanent 24/7 shelter, a situation advocates call a dangerous failure of planning and public process.
Homeless to be Left in the Cold For Another Winter?
Administration was given a mandate to solve the long term shelter problem in July 2022… We are no closer to a long term shelter solution than we were three and a half years ago.
MEDICINE HAT’S TRANSPARENCY TANTRUM: City Spends Public Money Fighting a Ghost—And Keeps Losing
Instead of addressing the requests, the City ran to the OIPC to have them thrown out as “frivolous, vexatious, or made in bad faith.” The Commissioner’s adjudicator, in a masterclass of patient repetition, shot down each attempt.
Nov 19 Medicine Hat Police Commission Meeting
The bulk of the meeting was taken up by a presentation from the Family Crime Unit, Sgt Hubick and Cst Dola. It was very informative and worth watching - it comes early in the meeting.
Healing Lodge and a Hockey Stick
I was there when a woman came there with her son, looking for his hockey stick that had fallen out of a truck. She approached confidently with a smile, with no sign of apprehension.