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Let’s Chat: Acceptance for all
By Linda Tooth on February 7th, 2024
I am five weeks into learning about gender and it has been an amazing experience. The class is learning about the historical importance gender and sexuality have played within many cultures, and we are also learning firsthand how the transgender and medical communities have been thrust into the political landscape of conservatism within Alberta. I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Water talk
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Water rights are the sort of thing so critical to rural business that they’re never mentioned in polite company. Ditto grazing leases for ranchers, who usually can’t stop grousing about this or that, but dare not breathe a word about their arrangements other than to argue the situation is fine exactly the way it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Apparently a lot goes into living a long life, but a really long life is passed down
By Bruce Penton on January 31st, 2024
The most interesting story I read online recently was from Axios, and it dealt with living a long life. For the next few weeks, some of the info in that story will be repeated here. For instance, our behaviours – things like diet, exercise and sun exposure – account for 75 per cent of what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: An opportunity for high school students
By Linda Tooth on January 31st, 2024
Through my years working in post-secondary, I have met thousands of students who have come to college directly from high school. A great deal of students know what their career path looks like and have done very well in their certificate, diploma and degree programs. Sadly, scores of students come to college not knowing what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: Conservative focus for Parliament’s return
By Glen Motz on January 31st, 2024
The winter session of the House of Commons has returned. My Conservative colleagues and I are focused on holding Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberal government to account, challenging them on issues where they are failing Canadians. Our attention will be on our faltering economy and the never-ending increases to all costs of living, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Power debate hits home
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 27th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The debate about renewable energy that’s been supercharged in a feud between the provincial and federal governments is about to land on the municipal landscape. The city’s plan to reduce the carbon footprint of the City of Medicine Hat’s power plant – and the need for massive amounts of stockpiled cash to do it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101: Incongruent federal policies making housing unaffordable
By Eric Van Enk on January 27th, 2024
I recently read a CBC article published Jan. 11 entitled, “Immigration is making Canada’s housing more expensive. The government was warned 2 years ago,” which described how federal public servants from the department of Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada (IRCC) warned Ottawa of a misalignment of population growth and housing supply in 2022. The federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Listen to the good doctor
By Bruce Penton on January 24th, 2024
It seems foolhardy for people to refuse to be vaccinated for influenza and COVID when Paul Parks, president of the Alberta Medical Association, assures the public that vaccines protect people from certain illnesses and also eases pressure on the province’s entire health system. A recent Globe and Mail story reported that Parks said Alberta hospitals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Just ask
By Linda Tooth on January 24th, 2024
The ability to capture someone’s attention in a 30-45 second video is a marketer’s dream. Imagine doing that with a dog and a computer-generated voice and you have the brilliance behind Jimmy and Clarence. On the social media platform Instagram, they have 803,000 followers worldwide, and on TikTok, they have 918,000 followers worldwide. Plus, they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Power talk predictable, but didn’t see this one coming
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 20th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Last Saturday morning this column mentioned that power might be a continuing conversation in 2024. By that night, it was all anyone was talking about. Alberta’s stressed power grid issued an alert calling for Albertans to conserve power – turn off Christmas lights and block heaters, that sort of thing – during Hockey Night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: More energy storage will help keep the lights on
By Robert Tremblay on January 19th, 2024
On the night of Jan. 13, something unprecedented happened in Alberta. Albertans received an emergency alert notification asking them to conserve electricity use as Alberta’s electricity system, operated by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), was in a level 3 grid alert. Extreme cold, which brings with it low wind, combined with a few unanticipated ... Read More »
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