Eli J. Ridder

A career update! I’ll be starting as a reporter/editor for Medicine Hat’s new CBC bureau on July 21. Medicine Hat and the region around it is a special, important part of Canada and I’m excited to continue telling its story. My inbox is open for story ideas!

The latest from the new bureau: Medicine Hat’s council rejects spinning off the energy biz. ‘You’ve got a lawyer and cop and a baker and a candlestick maker making decisions about a complicated utility business.’ ⁦@CollinGallant⁩ with the story. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Premier Danielle Smith said her government will consider investing once the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede has a deal for a new grandstand with the City of Medicine Hat. Here’s the latest from @CollinGallant and I. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

NEW — Premier Smith, reacting to the Medicine Hat audit, points to the 60-plus recs in the report and the upcoming election. 'It's going to be up to the residents of Medicine Hat to make a decision based on what they read.' No further action, it appears, by the Alberta gov.

NEW — Medicine Hat’s city council, five days after a 207-page municipal audit detailed dysfunction at city hall, held a closed meeting today for over an hour about a ‘personnel matter’ — but did not provide any details afterwards. A source says no public announcement today.

NEW — Premier Danielle Smith served as honorary parade marshal for the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede and officially opened the annual fair that dates back to 1887, saying this year's theme, 'Spirit Untamed,' resonated with her. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher asked Justice Heather Perkins-McVey to impose a prison sentence of seven years for Medicine Hat’s Tamara Lich and eight years for Chris Barber. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

A breakdown in relations between Medicine Hat's mayor, some councillors and a top administrator created an "untenable working environment" that distracted the city from the business of governing, its council heard Monday night. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

The first radio report from CBC’s new Medicine Hat bureau just aired on Calgary CBC Radio One — with that, the bureau is officially online! Have a story idea? An interesting angle? Reach out to myself or @CollinGallant!

#medhat city Councillor Ramona Robins announced tonight will be her final in person council meeting before she embarks on a long announced travel sabbatical over the next year. She won’t run for re-election in the fall.

The What’s Next panels have begun — the tour led by Premier Smith comes to Medicine Hat on Sept. 2 cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Breaking: U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 35 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Much of the Medicine Hat area and Cypress County have seen low to extremely low precipitation levels, relative to its normal amount cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

The news is in.

maybe the real gavin mckenna announcement was just the friends we made along the way