March 18th, 2024

Commentary

Letters to the Editor

  • Letter: Time for Alberta’s government to hold up their end of the bargain on health care

    Dear editor, The urgency remains real for family and rural generalist physicians across the province. Government provided general funds for physician compensation and development programs. While the budget didn’t include a specific line item for the Primary Care Compensation Model submitted by the AMA earlier this year, Minister LaGrange has money she can use to [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Letter: Coal mining on the eastern slopes a net negative that must not be allowed

    Dear editor, Regarding: coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains Open pit coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains should not be permitted. First of all, it will poison our drinking water with selenium and other hazardous chemicals – drinking water that is crucial to life in the southern [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Letter: Alberta government opting out of pharmacare would prove they don’t care about people

    Dear editor, Canadians have something to celebrate, but maybe not Albertans. On Feb. 23, under the Supply and Confidence Agreement, the Liberal government and the NDP reached a long-anticipated deal on a National Pharmacare program based on a single-payer system and the Canada Health Act. While the initial legislation, due this week, will only include [...] Read More »

    3 weeks ago
  • Letter: MLA town hall neglects to offer what town hall should

    Dear editor, I attended the “town hall meeting” on Friday at the Medicine Hat Public library. Defined by Oxford dictionary as “an event at which a politician or public official answers questions from members of the public,” I expected a back-and-forth conversation between Premier Danielle Smith and those attending. A rare chance for her constituents [...] Read More »

    1 month ago
  • Letter: Decisions like these are hard to ignore

    Dear editor, I am trying my best to ignore politics in Alberta right now because, quite frankly, it is no good for my mental health. It doesn’t make any sense and the politicians are ignoring the professionals who know what they are talking about. Apparently politicians think pharmacists can be as good as family doctors [...] Read More »

    1 month ago

Local Bloggers

  • Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood, California

    Source: Editing Luke Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood, California With its roots stretching back to 1938, the Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood, California is a historical repository of photos, scripts, posters, and books spanning all things entertainment. This store is unique not only because it’s Hollywood Boulevard’s last surviving bookshop, but because it’s one of [...] Read More »

    3 days ago
  • Dolby Family Terrace at the Academy Museum

    Source: Editing Luke Dolby Family Terrace at the Academy Museum A few visuals from atop the sphere on the Dolby Family Terrace at the Academy Museum. [...] Read More »

    1 week ago
  • TWA Hotel at JFK International in New York City

    Source: Editing Luke TWA Hotel at JFK International in New York City Located inside what was the terminal for the now defunct Trans World Airlines, the TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport in New York City is something really special. The terminal is a 1962 masterpiece by Eero Saarinen & Associates that was transformed into [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Ambassadors Club at the TWA Hotel

    Source: Editing Luke Ambassadors Club at the TWA Hotel A few visuals, including several of the Trans World Airlines exhibits, from the former Ambassadors Club at the TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport in New York City[...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NYC

    Source: Editing Luke Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NYC A few visuals from the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York City. [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago

Opinions

  • City Notebook: Hurry up and wait in Alberta politics

    cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Tackling big issues, but with very little detail about how appears to be the new plan of attack for the Alberta government that’s sporadically made blockbuster announcements since the May election. That’s broken up periods of radio silence in province where people are very concerned about the economy, health care, education… you know, the [...] Read More »

    3 days ago
  • Let’s Chat: Loving the theatre

    One of the things I love about living here (and there are many) is the fact that we have such talented people who volunteer their time to put on amazing theatre productions. I have been to many productions put on at the Medicine Hat Musical Theatre and am in awe every time I leave there [...] Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Noteworthy: Say no to year-round Standard Time, say yes to more evening golf

    Interesting to note that 75 per cent of readers who voted in the News’ poll on Daylight Saving Time said they would like it to be scrapped. I’d agree with that on one condition: That we stick with the ‘spring ahead’ 12 months of the year and never go back. Some people suggest we revert [...] Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Let’s Chat: To tip or not to tip, that is the question

    According to CNBC.com, the history of tipping started in the Middle Ages of Europe when those who were considered wealthy began giving people in lower socio-economic classes extra money for their services. This concept spread to North America in the 1800s and now we are faced with what many would call ‘tipping-fatigue’. I used to [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Noteworthy: Mulroney was an honourable man, even if some didn’t like him

    Brian Mulroney isn’t in my top three of favourite prime ministers, but I always thought he was an honourable, likable man with big ideas. Hard to believe that at one point in the early 1990s, he was so despised for a variety of reasons – introduction of the GST, Meech Lake and a few others [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago

Ticked Off and Tickled Pink

  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, March 14, 2024

    Tickled Pink With my wife. I Have been going through a rough time recently and don’t know what I would have done without her. Ticked Off That the city charges you $460 to disconnect and reconnect your electrical meter so that people may safely replace their electrical panel. Companies now need to add this charge [...] Read More »

    5 days ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink

    Ticked Off That some people are averse to vaccinations like measles and COVID-19 which have proven to be very effective, have saved thousands of lives and have few side affects. They then smoke, drink, take Tylenol and other over the counter drugs which have a lot of side affects. Get you and your children vaccinated. [...] Read More »

    7 days ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, March 7, 2024

    Tickled Pink That I am not as ticked off as most people who contribute or read this column. Cheers! Ticked Off When can we afford to live in this city again? Utilities are out of touch, taxes are nuts and yet we watch what our officials are talking about, things that don’t matter? What about [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, March 5, 2024

    Ticked Off That I am being charged the Deferral Recovery Rate on my utility bills when I was NOT part of the Provincial Affordability Action Plan that the Government of Alberta passed in 2023. At the time when the bill was passed, I was on the Medicine Hat Fixed Rate, which was lower than the [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, Feb. 29, 2024

    Ticked Off Mainstream media is the enemy of the people. And this paper knows it. (Editor’s note: Feels like you won’t believe this but we actually didn’t know it.) Ticked Off That we have a dictator that spends this much money. So we are OK with this mess. We could have an amazing standard of [...] Read More »

    3 weeks ago