BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Mountain Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Mountain Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250924T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250924T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Medicine Hat Municipal Election Forum - Session 1 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging and informative evening as the City of Medicine Hat prepares for the upcoming Municipal General Election on October 20\, 2025. This public forum offers businesses and residents a valuable opportunity to hear directly from candidates running for City Council and to ask questions about the issues that matter most to our community.Why Attend? Learn about each candidate's vision and priorities and how they respond to business-focused and community questions. Make informed decisions ahead of Election Day\; let's shape the future of Medicine Hat together. Your voice matters!You can find additional election information and insights into the Chamber's Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here๐Ÿ“… Date: September 24\, 2025๐Ÿ•• 5:00 pm - Meet and Greet with Candidates๐Ÿ•• 5:45 pm - Forum #1 Begins - Council Candidates Confirmed to Participate:Kelly AllardTed ClugstonChristien EllisRon FodeJay Hitchen Kevin MonsonRandall Noble Cheryl PhaffSteven PudwellAlison Van DykeTroy Wason๐Ÿ•• 7:15 pm - Intermission๐Ÿ•• 7:30 pm - Forum #2 Begins - Council Candidates Confirmed to Participate:Bill CocksGord CowanJodi FaithChris HellmanDonald KnudsenAdam KochYusuf MohammedMichael ReidShila SharpsMichael StarnerClayton StevensStuart Young๐Ÿ•• 9:00 pm - Election Forum Night 1 Concludes\n\n๐Ÿ“ Location: The Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre๐ŸŽค Format: Our Forum will include candidate introductions\, a moderated Q&A & debate\, along with concluding remarks The forums will be streamed live on the Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce's YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/0Mm5OhqWSG0?feature=shareHaving issue with the above link? Check out our YouTube channel directly: https://www.youtube.com/@se_chamberDue to the number of candidates and the length of time we had\, the forum did not provide adequate time to ask all the questions submitted. However\, we accepted questions online and at the forum to provide to candidates following the forum\, to be posted on our website as responses are received. You can view the Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here as responses are received.\nQuestions asked at the election forums will be in priority order:\n1. Questions based on the policies and positions of the Chamber of Commerce \n2. Questions submitted in advance by our members\, which will be prioritized in the order they are received\n3. Questions submitted in advance from the general public\n4. Questions submitted at the forumWe ask that all questions be non-partisan in nature and be posed to all candidates in each category (Mayoral\, Incumbent and New Candidates). If you have a question for a specific candidate\, we ask that you contact those candidates directly\, as questions posed to individual candidates will not be asked by the Chamber through the forum. You can learn more and find links to your municipality here: https://chamber.southeastalbertachamber.ca/advocacyinsights/Details/vote-prosperity-2025-284165 \n\nAny questions that are not asked at the Chamber's forum\, that meet the criteria above\, will be compiled and distributed to all candidates for response to be publicly shared on the Chamber of Commerce Vote Prosperity page of our website. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for an engaging and informative evening as the City of Medicine Hat prepares for the upcoming Municipal General Election on October 20\, 2025. This public forum offers businesses and residents a valuable opportunity to hear directly from candidates running for City Council and to ask questions about the issues that matter most to our community.

Why Attend? \;Learn about each candidate&rsquo\;s vision and priorities and how they respond to business-focused and community questions. Make informed decisions ahead of Election Day\; let&rsquo\;s shape the future of Medicine Hat together. Your voice matters!

You can find additional election information and insights into the Chamber'\;s \;Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here

๐Ÿ“… Date: September 24\, 2025

๐Ÿ•• 5:00 pm - Meet and Greet with Candidates

๐Ÿ•• 5:45 pm - Forum #1 Begins - Council Candidates Confirmed to Participate:

๐Ÿ•• 7:15 pm - Intermission

๐Ÿ•• 7:30 pm - Forum #2 Begins - Council Candidates Confirmed to Participate:

๐Ÿ•• 9:00 pm - Election Forum Night 1 Concludes

๐Ÿ“ Location: The Esplanade Arts &\; Heritage Centre

๐ŸŽค Format: Our Forum will include candidate introductions\, a moderated Q&\;A &\; debate\, along with concluding remarks \;

The forums will be streamed live on the Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce'\;s YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/0Mm5OhqWSG0?feature=share

Having issue with the above link? Check out our YouTube channel directly: https://www.youtube.com/@se_chamber

Due to the number of candidates and the length of time we had\, the forum did not provide adequate time to ask all the questions submitted. However\, we accepted questions online and at the forum to provide to candidates following the forum\, to be posted on our website as responses are received. You can view the \;Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here \;as responses are received.

Questions asked at the election forums will be in priority order:
1. Questions based on the \;policies and positions of the Chamber of Commerce \;
2. Questions submitted in advance by our members\, which will be prioritized in the order they are received
3. Questions submitted in advance from the general public
4. Questions submitted at the forum

We ask that all questions be non-partisan in nature and be posed to all candidates in each category (Mayoral\, Incumbent and New Candidates). If you have a question for a specific candidate\, we ask that you contact those candidates directly\, as questions posed to individual candidates will not be asked by the Chamber through the forum. You can learn more and find links to your municipality here: https://chamber.southeastalbertachamber.ca/advocacyinsights/Details/vote-prosperity-2025-284165 \;

Any questions that are not asked at the Chamber'\;s forum\, that meet the criteria above\, will be compiled and distributed to all candidates for response to be publicly shared on the Chamber of Commerce Vote Prosperity page of our website. \; \;

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