Opinions
Guest Column:Dealing with Sir John A. Macdonald
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 25th, 2018
Now that Mayor Lisa Helps and her fellow Victoria city councillors have removed the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from its pedestal in front of city hall, it is timely to encourage and promote further progressive initiatives. As the acknowledged trendsetter among our provinces, the B.C. government, together with Victoria’s city council, should take ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Those who say Medicine Hat is in decline are simply wrong
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 24th, 2018
The largest crowds in a generation that packed into the seats of Athletic Park and lined the banks of the outfield to cheer on the Medicine Hat Mavericks earlier this month was a great and heart-warming sight for our community. I’d like to thank the Mavs for an amazing season, the heightened community spirit they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election timing must serve voters, not parties
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 24th, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s fairly unequivocal dismissal last week regarding rumblings about a possible snap election was probably one of the best calls he’ll ever make as a politician. Going to the polls well before the expiration of a political mandate is almost always fraught with risk, which British Prime Minister Theresa May found out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hospital-area zoning presents a dilemma
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 23rd, 2018
A recent zoning decision by Medicine Hat City Council suggests a larger debate is needed regarding land use around the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. This is overdue, but delayed for a variety of good reasons. However, a final plan must consider the spectre of major upheaval in commercial real estate landscape. On Monday, council approved ... Read More »
1 responseDon’t toke and drive
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 22nd, 2018
The B.C. Automobile Association is using humour to educate drivers about the dangers of driving stoned. We can all have a good laugh, but we have to pay attention to the message. The TV ads, called High Driving is Impaired Driving, show sober young people making sure their parents don’t toke and drive. As Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3D-printed guns and free speech
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 21st, 2018
The debate over 3D-printed guns blew up last week. Many people rightly see this issue as being about the Second Amendment right to bear arms, it’s also about the First Amendment and free speech. The plans for a basic 3D-printed gun have been around for a couple of years, but the federal government prohibited online ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ensuring trucks are road-worthy
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 20th, 2018
The ability of commercial truck drivers to do their job safely has been in the news in the wake of last spring’s crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. As a result, there’s been a push to ensure drivers are sufficiently trained, with both industry and government working to put policies in place to make ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stat holiday a good first step, but more needs to be done
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 18th, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced earlier this week that the government is creating a new statutory holiday to honour the victims of residential schools, which snatched aboriginal children from their parents as recently as 1996. While this is no doubt a positive development, both for Indigenous people who are gaining increasing recognition of their plight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Carbon taxes and hiding from reality
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 17th, 2018
Well, there you have it. Even Justin Trudeau’s federal government now concedes that carbon taxes pose a significant threat to Canada’s economy. In case you missed it, last week the federal government announced plans to roll back its plan for carbon taxes on major industries. The taxes on all major emitters are to be reduced, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governments must believe the science about climate change
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 17th, 2018
Even — or especially — among those who agree human-caused global warming is happening, the footnote has been the understanding that no individual weather event or catastrophe is caused by the overall temperature rise. Until this summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s not just hot here in California, where it’s always hot in July, August ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLAReport: Carbon taxes and hiding from reality
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 17th, 2018
Well, there you have it. Even Justin Trudeau’s federal government now concedes that carbon taxes pose a significant threat to Canada’s economy. In case you missed it, last week the federal government announced plans to roll back its plan for carbon taxes on major industries. The taxes on all major emitters are to be reduced, ... Read More »
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