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Let’s Chat: Bad managers are out there
By Linda Tooth on March 19th, 2025
Have you ever had a bad manager? I have experience working for businesses where bad managers were or are still working. I will not bore you with the details but let me tell you they are out there. I have to believe that for every bad manager there is a good one waiting in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Budget 2025 – Delivering for Medicine Hat
By Justin Wright on March 19th, 2025
As your representative in the Alberta Legislature, I’m pleased to report that Budget 2025 delivers significant investments directly benefiting Medicine Hat and area residents. Infrastructure and Transportation Investments The City of Medicine Hat will receive substantial funding for critical infrastructure. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Protection Project has been granted $3.25 million to enhance our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Imagine the possibilities… (seriously though, let’s not)
By Bruce Penton on March 19th, 2025
So many things to consider if Canada does indeed bend to the threats of Donald Trump about annexation and our beloved country becomes the 51st U.S. state: – Do we have to kill the beaver and adopt the bald eagle? – Do we merge the titles of the two national anthems and come up with ... Read More »
2 responsesCity Notebook: Signs they are a changin’
By Collin Gallant on March 15th, 2025
@@CollinGallant A portion of Sixth Avenue in front of the Chamber of Commerce will receive a secondary street name – “Commerce Way” – when the chambers across Alberta meet here in May. Not to worry, the non-official effort won’t result in any actual address changes. Such signs also denote the former “Toronto Street” and “Esplanade” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Opinion: The puck is ours – time to take the shot
By Debakant Jena on March 13th, 2025
On that magical night of the Four Nations final, we were one. No East. No West. No English. No French. Just Canada-coast to coast, fists clenched, eyes locked on the screen. And when Connor McDavid buried that overtime winner, it wasn’t just a hockey game we won. It was a moment of unity. A reminder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy:Smith cuts Trump from the Christmas card list
By Bruce Penton on March 12th, 2025
Hooray for Premier Danielle Smith, who stood tall last Wednesday by going to bat for Alberta and Canada in the tariff fight against U.S. President Donald Trump. Until she did that, during a press conference in Medicine Hat, Smith had been slapped with a negative label in Canada for not forcefully decrying the tariffs which, ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: Life as a leftie
By Linda Tooth on March 12th, 2025
As I navigate the world of a ‘leftie’ due to my recent tumble, I am intrigued by the number of people in this world who identify as left-handed and how they have dealt with what I view as a challenging situation. According to healthline.com, 10 per cent of the world’s population is left-handed. That means ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Canada on the cusp, will Alberta dig in
By Collin Gallant on March 8th, 2025
Time flies in politics, with change coming in the blink of an eye or staying exactly the same as the years can whiz by. Wasn’t it just 12 years ago that Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau took selfies with a giddy crowd at the Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club? Or nine years ago that ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Interprovincial trade critical to Canada
By Glen Motz on March 5th, 2025
The threat of 25 per cent trade tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States was quickly met with the federal government’s single solution of retaliation dollar-for-dollar tariffs. Should such tariffs be realized, they would be catastrophic to our economy considering the U.S. imported $614.3 billion worth of goods from Canada in 2022, which grows ... Read More »
3 responsesNoteworthy: Seems solar and sunniest city in Canada could make sense
By Bruce Penton on March 5th, 2025
The Saamis Solar Project appears to have the green light, after the Alberta Utilities Commission approved the city’s application early last month to take over ownership from DP Energy. Not surprisingly, because millions of taxpayer dollars are at stake in an energy project for which a good many people are suspicious of its value, the ... Read More »
2 responsesLet’s Chat: Chunky and cheerful
By Linda Tooth on March 5th, 2025
As I write this article I have just been released from the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Let me tell you my story. I have been on a self-care regimen that included going to a local facility and using the walking track before heading home. I put on my headphones and listen to some great 80s ... Read More »
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