Opinions
Laying it Out: In Alberta, apparently we only act tough when we face East
By Scott Schmidt on February 8th, 2025
Following the #BestSummerEver as issued in by former premier Jason Kenney in the oh so distant year of 2021, 57 human beings in Medicine Hat lost their lives over 60 days. It was the single deadliest one-cause killer over a two-month period in the city’s history. During that stretch, Dr. Paul Parks said the situation ... Read More »
3 responsesCity Notebook: Don’t just buy Canadian, build Canadian
By Collin Gallant on February 8th, 2025
@@CollinGallant So this column’s prediction last week that U.S. trade tariffs may or may not be in place after a deadline last weekend may or may not have turned out to be true. But it’s certainly lit a fire under Canada’s collective feet to start hashing out strategies to strengthen the domestic economy, or at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Thrift happens
By Linda Tooth on February 5th, 2025
I want to follow up with an article I wrote in October regarding my love of thrifting. Remember, thrifting is “the activity of looking for or buying goods from thrift stores or other places that sell used things such as clothes, books, or furniture,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. I mentioned I wanted to get ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Respect for the U.S. is dropping fast, but who can blame us?
By Bruce Penton on February 5th, 2025
That hockey fans in Ottawa booed the Star Spangled Banner at the start of the Senators-Minnesota game last Saturday wasn’t really a shocker, but the fact fans in Calgary didn’t do the same thing a few hours later was a bit surprising. Why should Canadians show respect and honour to the anthem of a nation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Donald Trump 2.0 arrives on Groundhog Day
By Collin Gallant on February 1st, 2025
@@CollinGallant The end of January has been a trip down memory lane for “the media” as it attempt to get a grip on what’s coming out of Washington, D.C. A tariff threat from the once and new U.S. President Donald Trump was supposed to happen on inauguration day, then maybe not oil, or maybe two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: From VR to the ER
By Linda Tooth on January 29th, 2025
I saw a recent article in the newspaper regarding Crestwood STEM School and how virtual reality is something they are teaching young people. Let me tell you why I think this might be something older people should steer clear of. According to TechTarget, VR is defined as “a three dimensional environment that lets users explore ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Health care in Canada is great, or terrible, depending on which ‘tier’ you’re on
By Bruce Penton on January 29th, 2025
Health care in Canada seems to always be embroiled in controversy. Family doctors are sometimes hard to come by. The system is broken. No, it’s not. Taxes are too high because health care is free in Canada. The Canadian system is great when compared to the expensive situation in the U.S. Wait times are brutal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE, Guest Opinion: Alberta government punching down with new attacks on the disabled
By Sandra Azocar on January 29th, 2025
Why is the Alberta government and cabinet member Jason Nixon obsessed with attacking the disabled? Sure, the world has entered an era defined by bullying and bravado (particularly in the politics of U.S. President Donald Trump and his attacks on Canada, Mexico, Greenland and Panama, but the Alberta government has reached a new low in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101:Trump 2.0 – making tariffs great again?
By Eric Van Enk on January 25th, 2025
Donald Trump officially became the 47th U.S. President (in addition to being the 45th President) after being sworn-in on Monday, January 20th. President Trump, as we’ve become accustomed to, made numerous bold election promises, including the mass deportation of illegal aliens, corporate tax cuts, increases in government efficiency via the Department of Government Efficiency and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Local census idea gaining traction
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on January 25th, 2025
The idea of a municipal census to figure out population trends and a housing crunch in the Hat is gaining some consideration among city hall decision-makers, the News is told. Such endeavours, costing in the $100,000 range, are not cost effective anymore as ever since 2020 the results aren’t factored into provincial per capita grant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Organizations need people
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on January 22nd, 2025
Have you ever wondered what exactly Human Resource departments do for organizations and why it is extremely important for those organizations to have an in-house HR department? I would like to share with you the value this has for organizations and the opportunities they are missing by having their HR people live in different cities ... Read More »
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