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City Notebook: Lame ducks
By Collin Gallant on January 11th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark would like to see a drop-dead date set next fall, after which city council wouldn’t debate any major action, though that date, and the definition of major decision, is, well, debatable. City manager Ann Mitchell is on the same sort of page, or at least says she’ll look into potentially adopting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: What does Donald want?
By Linda Tooth on January 7th, 2025
I am trying to figure out why Donald is so keen to make Canada the 51st state of the United States, and all it took was a T-shirt I found in Canmore to help me solve the puzzle. The title on the shirt is “Canada, An Infographic.” An infographic is a visual representation of information. ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: President-elect’s rhetoric isn’t funny, even if he’s actually joking
By Bruce Penton on January 7th, 2025
Donald Trump keeps joking – hope so, anyway – about Canada becoming the 51st state. The incoming U.S. president is somewhat unbalanced, true, but could he actually go ahead and try to do to Canada what Vladimir Putin is doing to Ukraine? Canada wouldn’t stand a chance if he ordered an invasion, but everyone around ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mansoor’s Musings: Open letter to Trump
By Mansoor Ladha on January 7th, 2025
Dear President-elect Donal Trump, You are just a few days away from assuming your second term as President of United States of America, but you have already started showing what the world would expect under your regime. Judging from your constant outbursts, I am convinced and agree with your former staff who are reported to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: What’s old is new
By Collin Gallant on January 4th, 2025
@@CollinGallant Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicine Hat should have a “one-stop shop” for investors to ease the process of getting things done at city hall. No, you didn’t wake up in 2021 – when former city manager Bob Nicolay promised such “concierge service” with “Invest 2.0” – or 10 or even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Are you an extrovert?
By Linda Tooth on January 2nd, 2025
I am sitting here wondering what I can possibly write about that people would find interesting when the idea came to me, the difference between extraverted and introverted as it pertains to people. If you saw my column last week, I mentioned that I was going to try to be introverted in 2025, as I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: What didn’t make news in the year 2024
By Bruce Penton on December 31st, 2024
Some names and events that made the news in 2024: Linnsie Clark, city administration turmoil, Saamis Solar Park, uproar over utility prices, gunman shoots at Trump, Trump wins, wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, floods, Ann Mitchell, Shohei Ohtani, crypto, Netanyahu, Ukraine, Putin, Danielle Smith, Drake, Taylor Swift, Stormy Daniels, Gavin McKenna, 34 felonies, posties go on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: From sourpuss to hopeful, a personal plan for 2025
By Collin Gallant on December 28th, 2024
@@CollinGallant A while back I changed my all-important social media moniker from “aspiring curmudgeon” to “aspiring optimist” – sort of a New Year’s resolution – not to sing “stay on the sunnyside” but to help bust out of a funk of a blah and bad news cycle that frankly becomes self-perpetuating. Needless to say it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101: Inflation and the decline of the Canadian dollar
By Eric Van Enk on December 28th, 2024
The U.S. Federal Reserve created market volatility with their meeting on December 18th and the subsequent press conference. The statement from Chairman Jerome Powell that upset the apple cart was his response to the last question of his press conference. Chair Powell was asked if he could rule out a rate hike (increase in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Linda’s lineup for 2025
By Linda Tooth on December 27th, 2024
A friend of mine recently suggested I write a list of what I would like to see myself accomplish in the next year. As we know, 2024 was a crappy year (no pun intended) for my partner and myself. So I started thinking I could have a list of ‘Linda’s Lineup for 2025’. It looks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: A time to unite in good spirits, good company
By Collin Gallant on December 21st, 2024
@@CollinGallant There’s a certain timelessness and timeliness to Christmas. Each year there are old friends, annual traditions, time-tested recipes and ancient ornaments that have survived drops, moves and the ravages of time. But there are also the immediate, the challenges, the pressure we place on ourselves, and emptiness that can appear against a backdrop so ... Read More »
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