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It might have been the toughest night in MLA Len Mitzel's political career as he engaged a room full of landowners who were unrelenting in their criticism of the PC's land-use legislation on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old woman who was convicted for killing three members of the Richardson family when she was 12 is scheduled for her twice-annual sentence review Friday in Medicine Hat.

Ten people addressed topics ranging from industrial buffer-zones and protecting agricultural land, to how to best redevelop downtown and older communities at Wednesday's Municipal Planning Commission Meeting.

The developer of a major office development in downtown Medicine Hat has backed out of the project saying the current market wouldn't support the planned seven-storey office tower.

The Wildrose has promised to immediately balance the provincial budget and save for the future by cutting government waste and extending some infrastructure projects by a year if it wins the April 23 election, said Wildrose leader Danielle Smith outlining the party's fiscal platform in Okotoks, on Tuesday.

The developer of a ‘crown jewel’ office development in downtown Medicine Hat has backed out of the project, saying the current market wouldn’t support the planned seven-storey office tower.

Both Progressive Conservative incumbent Len Mitzel and Wildrose challenger Drew Barnes were in their local campaign offices as the election writ dropped in Edmonton — signaling the official start of a campaign that's been ongoing for more than a year.

"The real question is how is the Wildrose going to differentiate itself from the PC Party," said Darren Hirsch, the former City alderman who won the PC candidacy in mid-January, "Wildrose arose out of a frustration of the royalty review.

"I'm thrilled. I'm just thrilled," said Hatter Mary DeWolfe, who actually worked on Mulcair's campaign and was "glued to the television" throughout the leadership convention this past weekend.