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City Notebook: Council should welcome any help it can get
By Collin Gallant on June 1st, 2024
@@CollinGallant Group therapy might be too strong a word for what happened at Medicine Hat city hall on Wednesday, but it might be what’s needed. Longtime, well-known municipal government consultant George Cuff did a run through of how he figures city hall ought to work. About two hours made up the public portion of the ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: Taking to the skies for wonder, awe and better mental health
By Bruce Penton on May 29th, 2024
Rise Up, the hot air balloon festival, is a terrific event and Medicine Hat is lucky to be the host. Hot air balloons from all over North American descended on Medicine Hat and then filled the sky for four days while citizens were able to get up close and see for themselves just how massive ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Here we go again
By Linda Tooth on May 29th, 2024
I had no sooner submitted my previous column on body-shaming when the day it appeared Barbra Streisand came out via an Instagram post and asked Melissa McCarthy if she looked good due to taking the controversial diabetic and weight loss drug Ozempic. If you have been living under a rock and are not familiar with ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Conservatives call for fuel tax suspension
By Glen Motz on May 29th, 2024
Without any consideration for the current cost-of-living crisis Canadians are experiencing, the federal government hiked the carbon tax by 23 per cent on April 1, 2024. Overall, gas prices have increased by more than 50 per cent since Trudeau became prime minister nine years ago. The recent common-sense Conservative ask of Trudeau is simple. Give ... Read More »
1 responseEconomics 101: What is inflation and why has it been so painful?
By Eric Van Enk on May 25th, 2024
When I speak with clients or meet readers of my articles around town, I often receive questions about inflation – what is it and why is it so high? Inflation can be understood through the concept of purchasing power – what you can purchase for $100 at the grocery store today is substantially less than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: It’s not easy being green
By Collin Gallant on May 25th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Local lawns have received a call from the governor, so to speak, in the form of near record rain in the month of May. That kinda flies in the face of predictions of severe and continuing drought, but don’t get smug. Recall that a whopper three-inch rain burst arrived here on a single day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Not the wildlife you’d expect to find flopping on the fairway
By Bruce Penton on May 22nd, 2024
Now this is a real fish story: A couple of days ago, a tiny perch about six to eight inches long was discovered flopping around in the middle of the 15th fairway at Desert Blume Golf Club. It’s unlikely the fish crawled from its home in Seven Persons Creek to the spot about 50 yards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Communication in the community
By Linda Tooth on May 22nd, 2024
When I talk to students about the importance of being a good communicator I show them a visual depicting the components that make up human communication. Many believe talking or being verbal is the only thing they should be concerned with. It is so much more than that. The following components make up human communication; ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Major investments in women’s and children’s health care in Alberta
By Justin Wright on May 15th, 2024
The government is taking major steps to enhance health care for women and children across Alberta. Women’s health care investments Over the next two years, $20 million will be invested to advance and improve women’s health-care research in Alberta: – $10 million to establish the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation Legacy Grant to support research on ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Karma is a boomerang
By Linda Tooth on May 15th, 2024
Have you ever wondered where the term karma comes from? We say it all the time, but do we really know what it means? I did some digging on the web, and you might be surprised to know the term karma is very much a part of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibet is an autonomous region in ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: A little sacrifice is good for the soul, and then some
By Bruce Penton on May 15th, 2024
It shouldn’t be difficult for Hatters to go along with Coun. Darren Hirsch’s suggestion that everyone cut back on their water usage this summer by 10 per cent. Why stop there? Why not cut it back 20 per cent? A 10-per-cent reduction would “make a huge difference,” said Hirsch. Start here: Instead of a relaxing ... Read More »
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