Opinions
What are we doing wrong?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 11th, 2018
In recent years we have been hearing a lot about a growing opioid crisis. Increasing numbers of people are getting addicted to these substances either through abuse or misuse of prescription medications or through experimentation with these deadly substances on the street. Hundreds are dying every year from overdosing largely on illegally produced forms of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada should say goodbye to Saudi Arabia
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 11th, 2018
Canada’s diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia made international headlines this week. Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a tweet, apparently the preferred method of communication for diplomats in 2018, calling for the “immediate release” of two Saudi women’s rights activists who were recently detained. The Saudis responded rashly, calling off new trade deals with Canada, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope is right: Capital punishment is always wrong
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 10th, 2018
Pope Francis’s condemnation of capital punishment is simple and unambiguous: It is inadmissible. No exceptions for especially heinous crimes; no loopholes allowing execution when other lives might be in jeopardy, as in past Catholic teachings. No, declared the pope; state-sanctioned killing is always an unjustifiable attack on the dignity of human life, it’s always wrong. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stick with Canada’s values
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 9th, 2018
Saudi Arabian students studying in Victoria could be heading home early because of their country’s strange overreaction to a Canadian government tweet. Although Canada might feel some pain from the dispute, it should stick by its principles. Global Affairs Canada sent out a tweet criticizing the Middle Eastern nation for arresting and detaining two female ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau’s bad move on carbon tax emboldens Ford on his terrible one
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 8th, 2018
No one said it would be easy for the Trudeau government to balance its necessary effort to fight climate change, while continuing to assure everyone that it won’t undermine Canada’s economic success. But in scaling back one element of the national plan to put a price on carbon, Justin Trudeau managed to weaken an already ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s time to act when even the trucking industry says there’s a problem
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 8th, 2018
There’s nothing like a summer road trip — music playing, latte in hand — to create that glorious feeling of freedom. Until, that is, your knuckles are white, gripping the steering wheel as a transport truck looms too close in the rear-view mirror or swerves in the lane ahead. And there seems to be increasing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s attacks on free press
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 7th, 2018
It’s a big world and U.S. President Donald Trump has been particularly attentive to global affairs of late. There was his love-fest with the Russian president in Helsinki. And then he launched an all-caps Twitter attack on Iran. And, most recently, he applauded Italy’s new populist government for its hard line on immigration. Before that, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigrants needed now to help keep America strong
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 6th, 2018
Women in America are having so few babies that the birth rate has hit an historic low, and that does not bode well for the nation’s future. Fewer babies now means fewer adults later to work, pay taxes, and make sure the country’s future remains bright. The latest report by the Centers for Disease Control ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kenney, Notley are barking and meowing in the political realm
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 4th, 2018
Our home is honoured with both a dog and a cat as permanent residents. I, being of a whimsical mind, often wonder if either one of them has a sense of self. Does my dog think, “I am a dog. I am called Benni.” Does my cat think, “I am a cat. I don’t know ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firearm owners are not the problem
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 4th, 2018
(Medicine Hat’s Steve Van Ieperen, Rimfire Shooting Director at the Medicine Hat Rifle and Revolver Club, has submitted this editorial published recently by the Canadian Shooting Sport Association. CSSA permission to reprint has been received.) An open letter to Canada’s media —— Why gun bans can’t stop gun violence It’s already illegal to possess a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election regulations bill needs work
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 3rd, 2018
In just more than a year Canadians will again return to the ballot boxes. In preparation, the federal government has unveiled changes to our country’s elections laws. While there are some measures in Bill C-76 that would improve the existing rules, the legislation comes up short in a number of ways. One measure in the ... Read More »
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