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Ontario NDP surge could be good news for Notley
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 26th, 2018
Ontarians will most likely elect a new premier on June 7 and according to a poll released yesterday by the Toronto Star, NDP leader Andrea Horwath is firmly in majority government territory with a whopping 47 per cent support. If the polling stands, this could be a replay of 2015 in Alberta, with Premier Kathleen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Vulnerable Ford must produce economic plan
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 26th, 2018
When Ontario’s election campaign began earlier this month, it was enough for Tory Leader Doug Ford to be the anti-Wynne. A good many Ontarians were sick of Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and ready to support whichever party leader was best-positioned to deny her another term in government. In those early days, that leader was Ford. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reduce, reuse, recycle: It all starts with you
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 25th, 2018
The city has gone to great lengths to make recycling easier and more convenient and that is a good thing. It is still up to us to reduce the amount of recycling we need to do and that is key. The better way is still to reuse items again and again and again. When you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tinkering for tinkering’s sake?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 24th, 2018
Would you support term limits to get so-called “career politicians” out of local government? How about a law preventing qualified candidates with experience from seeking public office? To most ears, the first likely resonates, while the second sounds like pure silliness. Yet, those are the same question, expressed from two sides in the debate about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s when, not if, for pipeline
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 23rd, 2018
Pipelines make money. It’s not just the oil and gas producers who make a profit when their products are shipped to market. The pipeline operator earns a healthy return as well. That’s why the suggestion that the provincial or federal government — or both — should put public money into the TransMountain pipeline expansion project ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Pipeline obstructionism costing Canada billions
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 22nd, 2018
Canada’s need for new pipelines is critical. The recent decision by Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America, to halt all “non-essential spending” on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — which would run from Alberta, through British Columbia, to the coast — made headlines across the country. Stories have focused ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLAReport: The greenest pastures are right here in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 18th, 2018
I recently came across a picture of the magazine Canada West from 1913 the cover was a photo of a man walking his horse through an endless field of grain emblazoned with the promise of Land, A Living, and Wealth to anyone willing to work. As much as Alberta has changed and modernized, at its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recharge this weekend, maybe with the royals
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 18th, 2018
The weekend is here and not just any weekend. It’s the Victoria Day weekend, the “May long,” the traditional kick-off to camping season, warmer weather activities and digging in the garden. For more than a hundred years after her death Canada is still celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday. Although she was born on May 24 our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drastic times leading to drastic measures
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 17th, 2018
To this point conservative parties of Canada and Alberta have been happy to watch rival parties flounder in a seemingly futile fight to get construction going on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. On Wednesday, though, things may have gotten a little too serious. The federal government announced it would backstop Kinder Morgan’s investment in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP shoots itself in foot at convention
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 16th, 2018
The inaugural United Conservative Party convention two weekends ago in Red Deer attracted 2,600 attendees, making it the largest political convention in Alberta’s history. This is certainly a positive. There’s nothing wrong with thousands of people gathering to get involved in the political process, regardless of what you think of their views. Yet some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Racist rant shines light on an uncomfortable truth about society
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 15th, 2018
Not my Canada. It’s the response many have had about the now-infamous racist and xenophobic diatribe last week against four men at a Denny’s in Lethbridge. It’s a nice sentiment. It’s understandable where it’s coming from. But it’s completely wishful thinking. Because if you listen to what came out of this woman’s mouth, it’s only ... Read More »
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