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Let’s Chat: Holiday to-do list
By Linda Tooth on December 27th, 2023
During this Holiday Season I have decided to take advantage of time off from work and do things I have been unable to accomplish in the last few months. First on my list is no social media for a week. Continuous scrolling through Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and all online news sources has taken up so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: Change offers hope
By Glen Motz on December 27th, 2023
As we prepare to ring in 2024, I wish to offer a message of hope for all Canadians. Together we hope, because we know there is more to life than the current struggles our country is enduring. We hope because we are looking for and expecting something more. We hope because we have been promised ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: If Saudi Arabia is in, maybe this climate change thing is serious
By Bruce Penton on December 27th, 2023
Most of us won’t be around to see what possible cataclysmic events global warming may or may not ultimately cause, but at least history will show that our generation at least tried to do something to stem the globe’s temperature. Having world leaders agree to move away from the use of fossil fuels certainly isn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: How to avoid a brown Christmas
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 23rd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Christmas without snow is like a wedding without tears, a seeming contradiction and that little touch of the imperfection that makes magic. Tears of joy, like so many other things in the contrary human nature, really sets off the deeper beauty of the occasion. For the rest of the winter snow causes headaches, car ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Book the welcome wagon, we hooked one!
By Bruce Penton on December 20th, 2023
There are plenty of fans of our city, but most of them live in Medicine Hat. One of them who doesn’t, however, is Jocelyn Holden of Chilliwack, B.C., who loves our city so much she and her husband Miles are considering moving here. After her mother-in-law moved to the Vermilion area, the Holdens visited her ... Read More »
1 responseMLA Report: A year of accomplishment
By Justin Wright on December 20th, 2023
As we wrap up the inaugural session of the 31st legislature, I wanted to provide an update to the residents of Cypress-Medicine Hat on some of the things our United Conservative government accomplished. Through the passage of nine critical pieces of legislation and one major policy motion, we have made significant progress delivering on our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Personality types
By Linda Tooth on December 20th, 2023
I recently started a new job that is very in tune with teamwork and what it takes to successfully work with people from various backgrounds and personality types. One of the first things I had to complete was a personality test known as DISC. Many questions were asked and your responses generated a Workplace Profile ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Why insist on over promising when you’re bound to under deliver?
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 16th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Anyone who shops for knick-knacks or bone china has seen the sign “if you break it, you’ve bought it.” But, what inspires politicians to take ownership of issues that are already busted and so clearly difficult to fix? Issues and problems typically become property of government of the day anyway over time, even inherited ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Let’s help our community
By Linda Tooth on December 13th, 2023
A few days ago, I walked into a local coffee shop that specializes in doughnuts when I was greeted by two small dogs sitting by a shopping bag full of what I assumed to be someone’s life possessions. Clearly, they were waiting for their owner. The individual came out of the bathroom and the dogs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: It was a musical showcase of the who’s who in Medicine Hat talent
By Bruce Penton on December 13th, 2023
On one of the saddest anniversaries in musical history – the assassination Dec. 8, 1980, of Beatles legend John Lennon – Mahoney and Friends put smiles on the faces of Medicine Hat music fans by staging their annual concert last Friday at the Esplanade. It was spectacular. Trent Roset, half of the Hat’s iconic musical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Timing perfect for a Memorial Cup, now we just need to bid
By Bruce Penton on December 6th, 2023
Should the Medicine Hat Tigers make a bid for the 2026 Memorial Cup tournament? The Canadian major junior hockey championship has never been held in the Gas City, but it will be the Western Hockey League’s turn to play host in 2026 – it’s in Saginaw, Mich., in 2024, and it will go to a ... Read More »
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