Opinions
Finance ministers in Canada keeping close eye on U.S.
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 1st, 2018
Heaven help the political leader who has to work in the shadow of Donald Trump. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau did it earlier this week while presenting Ottawa’s new budget. Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci was at the podium on Wednesday for a provincial fiscal update, and will be back next month when the Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Step back, listen and learn
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 27th, 2018
Why do drive-through ATMs have braille on them? This sort of question is often thrown around as witty banter and small talk. Hah! See the state of the world? How full it is of absurdity and nonsense and poor planning. No wonder things are such a mess. Unfortunately in the quest to be clever, this ... Read More »
1 responseStanley, Cormier verdicts show much reconciliation work to be done
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 26th, 2018
There was a much justified outpouring of anger in the past few weeks with the acquittals of Gerald Stanley and Raymond Cormier, who were accused of killing Colton Boushie and Tina Fontaine in separate cases in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. These not guilty verdicts show that instead of relying on the criminal justice system and politicians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Accountability and responsibility
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 26th, 2018
Each year, the Webster Dictionary adds a number of news words to its pages. This is necessary because we need language to describe our lives and the things around us. If we need new language as our world changes, does it not seem reasonable that some words may, at some point, no longer be needed? ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Patrick Brown lone Red Tory in PC leadership melodrama
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 24th, 2018
Ontario’s bizarre Progressive Conservative melodrama has entered a new phase of absurdity. Former leader Patrick Brown is considered too disreputable to sit in the Legislature as a Conservative. But he is apparently reputable enough to be the party’s leader again. He’s also the only candidate vying for the leadership who is running as a Red ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Billy Graham will loom large for years to come
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 23rd, 2018
The death of Billy Graham closes a significant chapter in world history. Hundreds of thousands of people made their way to gigantic stadiums around the world, not to watch a game or hear a rock star perform, but to hear Graham preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. There have been people who have tried to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: B.C.’s actions over pipeline shake the very foundation of confederation in Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 23rd, 2018
The need for Alberta to get its oil to tidewater so it can market our commodity internationally is absolutely essential to the province and the rest of our nation. Albertans need to be united in the demands of the federal and B.C. governments to allow a pipeline that has met the regulatory requirements to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wanted: More entrepreneurs willing to open their wallets
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 22nd, 2018
The loss of the Spitz plant in Bow Island is a blow to that town and, more generally the regional economy that for some time now has been pumping itself up as a destination for value-added agricultural production. The story behind the sunflower seed company, which started 30 years ago as a better use for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Something can be done to curb gun violence
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 20th, 2018
We are not hopeless in this. As we absorb the news of another school shooting, as more students learn what it means to feel terror in a supposed place of safety, as more parents hear the most devastating news possible, we cannot forget that we can do something. It doesn’t always feel like that, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Do we still value democracy?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 19th, 2018
Do people in North America still support democracy?This is an urgent question as Canadians face a turning point in history, a place where brute force and ignorance are making democratic debate impossible. But in this era of dangerous chaos, the right wing of our political house appears disinterested in meaningful discussion: “A fire in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anti-pipeline front fails in B.C. byelection vote
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 17th, 2018
The outcome of the first electoral engagement to take place against the backdrop of the B.C.-Alberta trade war was non-conclusive. That is not to say it was meaningless. On Wednesday, the voters in the provincial riding of West Kelowna had the somewhat dubious honour to be the first to have the opportunity to use the ... Read More »
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