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MLA Report: Bill 1: We need more democracy and less hyperbole
By Drew Barnes on December 23rd, 2022
Looking at the news this past week, you can be excused for feeling confused over the provincial government’s Bill 1. The “Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act,” certainly made a lot of headlines. Depending on what newspaper you read, it was either, “the worst piece of legislation introduced in Alberta since the Social Credit ... Read More »
1 responseJust Pondering: Cold snaps
By Allyson McCaw on December 22nd, 2022
Baby its cold outside! No truer words have been spoken. Yikes, we have been in a deep freeze. However, this too shall pass but it got me thinking about past cold snaps and how we survived. Can’t we all recall the times as kids when someone on the playground dared you to touch your tongue ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: A New Hope
By Daniel Schnee on December 21st, 2022
One evening when I was a child my father decided on a whim to take me to see a new, relatively unanticipated movie. I will never forget the ensuing thrills and chills, and how it would change my life forever. That movie was Star Wars. Nothing could ever come close to equaling the impact that ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Divisive unity
By Daniel Schnee on December 14th, 2022
It has been a wild and exciting few weeks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer championship. Canada’s Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s first ever goal, Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, and via some flawless defence Morocco has made it all the way to the semi-finals. In fact there has been so much excitement one might have ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: So many Hatters are in need at this festive time of year
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 10th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This year the Medicine Hat News building became headquarters of the Santa Claus Fund, started some 40-ish years ago by this paper. Until late November, that mainly meant piles of toys in closets or the odd stack next to a desk. It was part annoying, part nostalgic, like churning out columns in a converted ... Read More »
1 responseGuest Comment: Events move notch further on diversity
By Mansoor Ladha on December 8th, 2022
The year 2022 has been an eventful one. Britain has had a Christian king, Hindu Prime Minster, and a Muslim mayor. How things have changed! As a journalism student in London in 1970, I was chased by Skinheads, brandishing chains, and shouting “Paki, Paki” on the Main Street. Paki used to be a common standard ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Climate reparations
By Daniel Schnee on December 7th, 2022
Recently the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) took place in Egypt. It is the key event where world leaders gather to discuss agriculture, the impact of shipping on the world’s oceans, renewable energy and other issues faced by humanity. That is, they could gather to discuss issues facing humanity, but what they actually gathered ... Read More »
1 responseCity notebook: It’s a deal… or is it?
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 3rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Members of the utility buying public in Medicine Hat have some thinking to do. Believe it or not, it’s a joy for some, that particular sort of self-styled wheeler dealer who wonders why they can’t seek out power and gas rates like their brother in law in Calgary. For others, maybe the majority, it’s ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Tolerance
By Daniel Schnee on November 30th, 2022
“It has been an incredible pleasure to be part of fighting the good fight on the right side. That is about respecting people; can we move beyond ‘tolerate’ and start embracing and loving and accepting and learning from and being challenged by? That’s how you build a resilient society … that’s what we’re trying to ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Legal notes and local ties
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 26th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Recently appointed Provincial Court Judge Mark Mastel presided over his first docket court session in Medicine Hat on Thursday. If you noted the surname, you might assume the recent chief Crown prosecutor in the Slave Lake region is a native of the southeast Alberta, and you’d be right. Judges don’t get into the game ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Federal economic update fails Canadians
By Glen Motz on November 25th, 2022
On Nov. 3, Canada’s finance minister tabled the government’s Fall Economic Statement (FES). Before its release, Conservatives advocated for two things: stop the taxes – no new taxes and stop the spending. This included canceling all planned tax hikes, no increase to the carbon tax and any new spending be matched by an equivalent saving. ... Read More »
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