March 29th, 2024

Opinions

Economics 101: Canada’s role in decarbonization

By Eric Van Enk on May 20th, 2023

I could have titled this article “The Cost of Virtue Signalling, Part 2” as it’s linked to my first editorial which discussed Canada’s inability to grow our tax base due to forgoing economic development projects such as LNG. Related to the needless economic damage resulting from failing to support industries such as LNG is Canada’s ... Read More »

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City Notebook: Political problems

By COLLIN GALLANT on May 13th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant We’re two weeks into an all-out dash to the polls on May 29, and I’m not sure we’re any smarter for it. Sure, the two major political parties fire big and little shots on policy and perceived slights, but has anybody been won over, or changed their positions, or feel more involved in the ... Read More »

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Guest column: Time to keep federal advertising dollars in Canada

By Paul Deegan on May 3rd, 2023

The Canadian government has supported journalism for generations. Since the founding of Canada’s first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, which dates to 1752, government advertising has been an important source of revenue for newspapers. Even prior to Confederation, direct supports, like the former Publications Assistance Program, which subsidized the postal delivery of non-daily newspapers, ensured that ... Read More »

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City Notebook: Ready or not, here comes another trip to the polls

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 29th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant It’s what we’ve all been waiting for… no, not plus-20 weather, but rather the 2023 provincial election. Barring the unexpected, the campaign should begin Monday. That’s despite several years worth of evidence that says maybe we should hedge our bets. Really the whole hoopla seems to have been ongoing since Jason Kenney’s leadership review ... Read More »

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MP Report: Independent investigation critical for Canadian democracy

By Glen Motz on April 28th, 2023

Media reporting in mid-February revealed Canadian Security Intelligence Service had intercepted Chinese Communist Party official communications, confirming they had actively attempted to interfere in our country’s 2021 federal election to prevent Conservatives from winning. Top Secret intelligence and national security documents obtained by the Globe and Mail are deeply disturbing and expose extremely serious levels ... Read More »

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Mansoor’s Musings: Time for Canada to reconsider ties to monarchy

By Mansoor Ladha on April 28th, 2023

The countdown to King Charles III coronation scheduled for May 5 has begun. In readiness for the grand event, Consort Camilla will now be referred to as “Queen.” While the celebrations are being organized, Canadians are again questioning whether it makes sense for the country’s head of state to be a hereditary monarch who lives ... Read More »

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Just Pondering: Happy spring!

By Allyson McCaw on April 27th, 2023

Happy Spring everyone, I think it might be here finally! Wow, what a long winter but there has been a subtle shift in the warmth factor, and I can feel some heat coming on! It is also graduation season and I just want to give a big shout out to everyone who is transitioning from ... Read More »

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Editorial: Follow-up question a vital tool in pursuit of information gathering

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD on April 22nd, 2023

The Alberta Government has announced a new restriction on how many questions a reporter or media outlet can ask at a news conference. This restriction, which removes the journalist’s ability to ask a follow-up question, does not promote open and honest dialogue, and is problematic for journalists, the public and politicians alike. A healthy, functioning ... Read More »

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City Notebook: Alberta’s missing middle

By COLLIN GALLANT on April 15th, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New polls suggest Premier Danielle Smith might have been on to something last fall when she announced an unusual course to win a majority government as the new United Conservative leader. She would focus heavily on locking in party support in rural areas, basically leaving Edmonton to the New Democrats, and fight it out ... Read More »

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The Human Condition: Hate crimes

By Daniel Schnee on April 12th, 2023

Recently, Statistics Canada revealed that in 2021 hate crimes had risen across Canada; crimes centred on people’s sexual orientation, race or religion. All together they had gone up 35% in 2020, and then another 27% in 2021. In Alberta alone hate crimes tripled in 2021, and both those who committed or experienced hate crimes were ... Read More »

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