City Committee Charts Course for Complaints & Confidentiality
Medicine Hat is expanding confidentiality training to all employees and creating a new whistleblower policy to modernize transparency and protect those who report problems.
When City Hall Said No, Nicole Frey Said "Watch Me"
Results from Friday’s court proceedings regarding a Judicial Review that Frey initiated against the City Of Medicine Hat. A cautionary tale of how city policies can be weaponized to silence its own residents, and what happens when someone refuses to stay quiet.
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…
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.
