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Guest Opinion: Paving paradise with all-season resorts
By Lorne Fitch on December 12th, 2024
Bill 35, the All Season Resorts Act, is proposed by the UCP government as an answer to a question Albertans have never asked. As such, the legislation is an insiders game of plunking upscale hotels and facilities on public land, including Alberta Parks, irrespective of existing regional plans, protected areas or critical wildlife habitats. This ... Read More »
1 responseMansoor’s Musings: Pierre Poilievre needs to polish his political style
By Mansoor Ladha on December 11th, 2024
This column may sound like one written by a Liberal supporter but it’s really a postmortem by an acute observer of Conservative leader, and possibly PM-in-waiting, Pierre Poilievre’s political rhetoric. Like many other columnists, I am getting a little fed up with Poilievre blaming Prime Minster Justin Trudeau for everything under the sun. We have ... Read More »
2 responsesNoteworthy: Photo radar’s unknown made for more honest – and safe – drivers
By Bruce Penton on December 11th, 2024
I’ve had the occasional photo radar ticket over the years (maybe two or three in 20 years), but in my mind, the speed cameras are an effective way to control vehicle traffic in Medicine Hat. Now that the provincial government has announced it is scaling back on photo radar enforcement (and mocking the program by ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Grieving is a process
By Linda Tooth on December 11th, 2024
I was having a conversation recently with someone who said her mom was struggling with grief after the loss of her child. That got me thinking about grief and how we handle or do not handle it. Add trying to process grief with the upcoming Holiday Season and, unfortunately, we have a time where people ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: City’s energy future as much psychological as it is financial
By Collin Gallant on December 7th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The longest serving member of city council, Robert Dumanowski, has waxed philosophically at times during this term. Once came in the middle of council controversy that’s dogged this term about stoking discontent with local government. The most recent came Thursday at the beginning of what could become the controversy of the next year, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Let us be pawsome
By Linda Tooth on December 4th, 2024
I realize I have spoken at great lengths about my love of cats, whether it be my own or the community cats of Medicine Hat we have worked tirelessly to provide a better life for. What I have not done is write about our dog, which we have had for five years. We adopted him ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: Someone sure won’t need a New Year’s resolution to get in shape…
By Bruce Penton on December 4th, 2024
Alberta grandmother DonnaJean Wilde has made the Guinness Book of World Records by doing 1,575 pushups – a lifetime number for many people – in one hour. Wilde lives in Beazer, Alta., near Cardston, She did 620 in the first 20 minutes and then slowed her pace, managing only 955 in the final 40 minutes. ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: More politics? Please!
By Collin Gallant on November 30th, 2024
@@CollinGallant It’s a bad thing to appear “political” these days, especially for elected officials who don’t want to be seen as having prejudged issues lest they appear deaf to the opinions of voters. The last council group in Medicine Hat was shown the door by voters who felt most decisions were settled before they ever ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Seniors aren’t happy to miss out on $250 but there’s no doubt workers have it rough these days
By Bruce Penton on November 27th, 2024
News reports indicate seniors across the country are upset with the federal Liberal government’s plan to distribute cheques for $250 in April to those who were working in 2023 and earned less than $150,000, ruffling a few white hairs across the land. It sounds like a Justin Trudeau campaign strategy for the next election, but ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Torpor anyone?
By Linda Tooth on November 27th, 2024
Every workday morning when we gather we mention a barrier that could prevent us from having a fantastic day, and mine from now until spring’s reprieve will be the weather. I wish I could say I was a lover of all things related to winter – skiing (swooshing down a mountain on a pair of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Power report: a wild year in the making
By Collin Gallant on November 23rd, 2024
It’s been a year in the making, but the contents of a third-party report on the city’s energy business won’t be known until Monday. And it might be months more until any action comes from the report commissioned by council in response to public outcry over record high prices last year. The subject is made ... Read More »
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