August 11th, 2025

Commentary

Letters to the Editor

Local Bloggers

  • Busy season (online auction Sept. 26-28!)

    Source: Dominics journey with AML Busy season (online auction Sept. 26-28!)  It might be summer break for many of you, but in our house, August is busy season.Tax season is over, school is out, and that means it’s time to stop procrastinating on our charity work.We had a huge kickstart thanks to the Medicine Hat [...] Read More »

    4 days ago
  • Production Demo Day @Medalta

    Source: Medalta Production Demo Day @Medalta Production Demo Day @ Medalta Date: Wednesday, August 20th @ 1:00pm Where: Production room in the Medalta Museum Admission: Free event (first come, first served) Learn how pottery from the factory was produced “back in […] The post Production Demo Day @Medalta appeared first on Medalta[...] Read More »

    3 weeks ago
  • UPDATE: Chinook rose and fell with Service Garage

    Source: Forgotten Alberta UPDATE: Chinook rose and fell with Service Garage UPDATE: The essay, “Chinook rose and fell with Service Garage”, is now available online in its entirety at The Free Library.com. BONUS: Two photos of Chinook dated 1956 and 1960 from the Howdy McPhail Aerial Photo archives at the University of Saskatchewan, discovered too [...] Read More »

    3 weeks ago
  • Superhero Night No. 7: How did it make you feel?

    Source: Dominics journey with AML Superhero Night No. 7: How did it make you feel?  Numbers on a scoreboard aren’t the only way to win when it comes to Superhero Night. The better metric, in my mind, is how it made you feel.And oh, there were plenty of feelings Saturday night at Athletic Park.From reunions, [...] Read More »

    4 weeks ago
  • A Super night is in store July 12

    Source: Dominics journey with AML A Super night is in store July 12  “There is a superhero in all of us. We just need the courage to put on the cape.”- SupermanThe Medicine Hat Mavericks will indeed don capes next Saturday, July 12, for the seventh edition of Superhero Night. We’ll be there along with [...] Read More »

    1 month ago

Opinions

  • Guest Opinion: O Canada, we’re so sorry

    “What did I ever do to you? I don’t deserve this, that much is true. And I don’t think there’s much that I can do. Stop screaming, you’re turning blue.” – From the song “What Did I Ever Do To You” by The Hives Yeah, I had never heard of the above song either. When [...] Read More »

    5 days ago
  • Let’s Chat: Change can happen at anytime

    Every parent’s worst nightmare became reality recently when a new mother was rushed to the Medicine Hat and District Hospital with her two-month-old baby who was having trouble breathing. The doctors and nurses determined that the mother and baby needed to be airlifted to Calgary immediately. Upon touchdown in Calgary, they were then taken to [...] Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Noteworthy: So much to see across the west

    Recent travels across Western Canada and observing fellow travellers in action on the Trans-Canada Highway makes me wonder about tourist attractions along the way. For instance, how many people driving through Medicine Hat stop at the giant Saamis Tepee to read about the background and get a picture? Alberta seems to have more ‘giant’ tourist [...] Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Mansoor’s Musings: Rise of Islamophobia incidents alarming

    A Toronto woman allegedly made Islamophobic comments recently and assaulted a victim wearing a hijab in North York. Police are calling it a suspected hate-motivated assault. Also, police east of Toronto are investigating what they describe as the “violent swarming” of a woman at a restaurant by a group of young people. A Winnipeg woman [...] Read More »

    1 week ago
  • Noteworthy: Canadians banding together taking some of the sting out of damaging trade war

    There’s not much in the way of optimism for Canadians as it relates to the U.S. approach to tariffs. Canada has depended on U.S. imports for decades and our cost of living will be, or already is, negatively impacted. But there are a few positives, too. It appears, for instance, that nationalism in Canada is [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago

Ticked Off and Tickled Pink

  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, Aug. 7 2025

    Ticked Off What is happening in U.S. right now is very similar to what was happening in Germany in the 1930s. Tickled Pink Congrats to Cancarb for adding solar in Med Hat. It’s good to see this industry invest in solar power for its energy needs. I have 12 panels on my roof and have [...] Read More »

    5 days ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, Aug. 5, 2025

    Ticked Off Mark Carney’s decision to promote the Palestinian State is another of his poor decisions and again shows his growing list of failed policies. Ticked Off The Lions Club does an awesome job of putting out good food at our Stampede grounds. It is a shame they have to serve out of a rundown [...] Read More »

    1 week ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, July 31, 2025

    Tickled Pink I love airplanes and flying but last time I agreed to change seats they put me on the wing. Tickled Pink A huge thank-you to the wonderful and kind group of seven 18-year-olds at the rides at Stampede! Standing in line for Rock Star ride with my daughter and grandson, he’s five and [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, July 29

    Ticked Off With Daniel Smith’s blackmail toward people on AISH. Many of us have loved ones on AISH and we look at her as pure evil. Tickled Pink “Poilievre calls for law…” Perhaps if Mr. Poilievre wants something done, he should write a letter to his MP about it. Ticked Off Why does Danielle Smith [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, July 24, 2025

    Tickled Pink I would be Tickled Pink if the crosswalk and street lines were painted on the intersection at the bottom of Dunmore Road and Kipling Street. Ticked Off Ticked at Premier Smith – criticism is meant to help, not hinder when multiple opinions and facts are drawn from reviews of a critical happening. I [...] Read More »

    3 weeks ago