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MP Report: Budget 2024 – More spending, more debt and more taxes
By Glen Motz on April 24th, 2024
After nine years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s budget is just more of the same deficit spending that got us into this mess. Budget 2024 contains over $57.3 billion in new spending, along with another $40-billion deficit added to already huge national debt this fiscal year alone. In 2015, the federal debt was $616 billion, accumulated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City notebook: Long-term gain from a lack of rain
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 20th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Drought conditions grow a lot of grasshoppers, but it also makes fertile ground for proposals to remake the water system in southern Alberta. On Friday were heard details of overarching agreement by water users – cities, irrigators and a few industrial license holders – to reduce water use this summer. Laced throughout it all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Empowering Alberta’s youth with dual-credit opportunities
By Justin Wright on April 17th, 2024
The future is looking brighter than ever for Alberta’s high school students. The provincial government has announced a significant $4.45-million investment into dual-credit grants for the 2024-25 school year. This funding will allow school authorities across the province to create new or enhance existing dual-credit programming. Dual-credit courses are a fantastic way for students in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Parents who love unconditionally
By Linda Tooth on April 17th, 2024
Being a parent in today’s world certainly has its challenges and rewards. As a parent it is your responsibility to ensure your children are happy, healthy and living the best life they can in a supportive home. Unfortunately, not all children have that. As a co-host of the podcast Cats, Community and Conversation, I recently ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Medicine Hat needs curling and countless Hatters clearly knew it
By Bruce Penton on April 17th, 2024
It’s the hallmark of a great community to see the volunteer efforts going on in getting the Medicine Hat Curling Club up and running again. For a major Canadian city like Medicine Hat to be without a curling club for two years would be like closing the only soccer pitch in a Scottish town. Thankfully, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Everyone has an opinion but not a lot is being said
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 13th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The hullabaloo at city hall appears destined to sit in a holding pattern for a while. After three weeks, both sides of a frayed relationship between council and mayor are sitting tight, and just wait until the issue arrives before the court. But that’s not keeping those on the periphery out of the fray. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Let us be feline responsible
By Linda Tooth on April 10th, 2024
Cats have always been part of my life. Growing up in Crescent Heights, our neighbour had a cat that had kittens. One of them came to live with us and we had Benny for an amazing 18 years. I remember driving to the vet with my mom to have Benny fixed when they announced on ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: Nothing like an obscure Medicine Hat connection
By Bruce Penton on April 10th, 2024
The Colin James Blues Trio entertained a packed Esplanade house last Saturday night and one of James’ bandmates, Juno-award winning guitarist Steve Marriner, has a Medicine Hat connection. He told the audience his grandfather was the famous Canadian actor Bruno Gerussi, who was born in Medicine Hat before going on to fame and fortune as ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Triple P governance – Politics, procedure, populism
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 6th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Everyone seems to have an opinion about the showdown between Mayor Linnsie Clark and the other eight members of city council. Unfortunately, it appears, the majority are simply fed up with politics. That’s in the general public, mind you, and among the main actors only Clark is letting her opinion be known. She says ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Together everyone achieves more
By Linda Tooth on April 3rd, 2024
Throughout my years teaching in post-secondary, the one term that has caused the students the most stress is teams or teamwork. The textbook Canadian Organizational Behavior defines teams as “two or more people who interact and influence each other, are mutually accountable for achieving common goals associated with organizational objectives, and perceive themselves as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: If you’re happy and you know it…
By Bruce Penton on April 3rd, 2024
Thank goodness for the existence of the World Happiness Report. If such a report did not exist, we’d never know which countries are the happiest, or the saddest. Canada ranks 15th, but I’d hazard a guess we’d be higher in the rankings if the period of determination was the warm stretch from April to September, ... Read More »
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