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The Human Condition: Sovereignty
By Daniel Schnee on July 6th, 2022
As much as they can be annoying or costly, we must pay taxes to keep our country running as smoothly as possible. They are as certain as funerals, as necessary as oxygen, and it would be nice if some corporations actually paid their fair share. But some in the U.S. and now Canada are part ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: UCP leaders debate in Hat
By COLLIN GALLANT on July 2nd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The road to the premier’s office will go through Medicine Hat later next month. That’s according to sources which tell the News that a leadership debate has been awarded to the Gas City. That’s one of maybe a couple-three that might be sanctioned by the party ahead of the October vote to replace outgoing ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Abortion
By Daniel Schnee on June 29th, 2022
As a cultural anthropologist it is my job to analyze humanity. This includes what rules they follow when they express their thoughts, form bonds and so on. So in light of human behaviour and law, it is rather conflicting to see how the Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that abortion is not ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Canada’s affordability crisis
By Glen Motz on June 24th, 2022
Across our country, Canadians are being crushed under the financial weight of day-to-day living, with unprecedented costs for fuel, food and housing exceeding incomes. People across all economic classes are crying out for relief and there are solutions, if only the federal leadership would listen. Since February, our Conservative Opposition has been presenting reasonable solutions ... Read More »
1 responseJust Pondering: It is OK to cry
By Allyson McCaw on June 23rd, 2022
The one human emotion we all experience at least once in our lives is grief. It is one of the most powerful emotions known, and least studied or talked about. Why is it we run so fast from allowing ourselves to feel grief in its entirety? Why do we think crying, ranting, raving and allowing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Human Condition: Conspiracy theories
By James Tubb on June 22nd, 2022
It seems almost inevitable that, when we read of some group claiming Prime Minister Trudeau is destroying the country, some form of “conspiracy theory” is involved. Though Trudeau is decreasing the deficit, for example, he is supposedly doing so at the behest of a cabal of bankers or Communists, to nefarious ends. This kind of ... Read More »
1 responseCity notebook: Council treads into rough decision water next week
By James Tubb on June 18th, 2022
For those Hatters who’ve been waiting for city council to get rolling and get something done, ready your seatbelts. It’s been almost eight months since the election that included tackling social problems in the city centre as a core issue. With barely a few weeks between the release of a strategic priorities document, the issue ... Read More »
1 responseFor What It’s Worth: The ‘Beef’ with ground meat labelling
By Cash Moore on June 16th, 2022
Last week, Health Canada announced that food products containing 15% or more of daily dietary recommendations on sodium, sugar and saturated fats will require a disclaimer label. Health Canada’s logic behind the decision is it will provide consumers with better clarity on the health effects of the food we eat. This all sounds fine and ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Nursing, harder than it looks
By Daniel Schnee on June 15th, 2022
Though I was raised by medical professionals I had not truly appreciated what they have studied and achieved until recently, when I assisted in a friend’s post-surgical recovery. Having been hospitalized several times in my life I have met a wide variety of nurses. But my own role as an ersatz nurse of sorts revealed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying It Out: If you can add cops to fight crime, you can add ambulances to save lives
By Scott Schmidt on June 11th, 2022
Six months removed from statistics showing Edmonton below the national average for violent crime for the first time in years, the city was directed by Justice Minister Tyler Shandro to develop a plan to tackle what he claimed to be an 11% crime spike in the downtown core. He gave the city two weeks. Fitting ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: We tend to fix problems through more of the same
By Collin Gallant on June 11th, 2022
Gotta problem? Well, think about it long enough, or get enough people involved and you’ll probably find the solution looks an awful lot like the problem, or vice versa, that the problem is the solution. Studies have shown the more a person learns about an issue in the age of social media, the less they ... Read More »
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