It was a story that took months to get out from behind closed doors and still, to this day, only those involved know exactly what happened.

The story of the year in Moose Jaw was the Downtown Facility and Field House scandal.

Councillors Brian Swanson, Crystal Froese, and Scott McMann were sanctioned for their involvement in the mishandling of employee complaints (harassment in the workplace) at the local facility. Swanson faced the stiffest punishment as chair of the board and for taking home personnel files. Some residents of the community called for Swanson's resignation in the wake of the scandal.

When finally allowed to speak of her involvement, Froese realized her mistakes. "This entire process has been tumultuous. The personnel issue was probably one of the most complicated issues I've ever come across. Hindsight is twenty-twenty. So, looking back, [I] completely fell short in following process and procedure. I am completely a-okay with taking responsibility for errors that I have made."

Scott McMann publicly stated that the entire process was a miscarriage of justice. He wanted the shroud pulled back. "I don't believe conflict of interest guidelines were ever intended to limit or stifle debate, but that's what's happened here. Since it was not done in an open and transparent way - while I'm not in favour of the process they chose, or, for that matter, the new bylaw - I do need to declare a conflict of interest and recuse myself from what I believe is a miscarriage of justice."

Swanson attempted to fight the process the entire time, by bringing in a lawyer and dismissing claims of any wrong-doing.

For the second time in the DFFH's short life, a board was dissolved due to controversy. Council is still working through the process to re-establish the two properties by finding a third-party company to operate Mosaic Place while the City takes over Yara Centre.