November 12th, 2024

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City Notebook: City cash confusion calls for restructure

By Collin Gallant on August 24th, 2024

More money, more problems, is a statement most of us would like to take out for a test drive. This fall, Medicine Hat city council will have to kick tires on a proposal to change how cash in its large bank account is earmarked, and Hatters should be along for the ride. Proposals laid out ... Read More »

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Economics 101: Is recent stock market volatility a precursor of things to come?

By Eric Van Enk on August 24th, 2024

Recent stock market volatility has created questions regarding the sustainability of the current bull market for stocks. Typically, market volatility is inversely related to stock market performance (spikes in volatility are associated with stock market corrections). While most Canadians were enjoying the August long-weekend, global stock markets experienced a sharp correction due to concerns surrounding ... Read More »

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MLA Report: Alberta Leads the Nation: A Beacon of Economic Growth and Innovation

By Justin Wright on August 21st, 2024

I am thrilled to share with you the remarkable progress Alberta has made in recent months. Our province stands at the forefront of Canada’s economic landscape, setting new benchmarks in job creation, capital investments and innovative growth. As your MLA, I am committed to ensuring Alberta’s competitive edge not only endures, but thrives for generations ... Read More »

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Let’s Chat: Trying to stay poo-sitive

By Linda Tooth on August 21st, 2024

Thank you to everyone who has been asking for an update on my partner’s health since he had his sigmoidoscopy. The results from that test were inconclusive so he had to have another colonoscopy two days later. The doctor in Medicine Hat felt confident he knew the area of the unmarked cancerous polyp removal, so ... Read More »

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Noteworthy: At least we’re not the only ones with a real mess on our hands

By Bruce Penton on August 21st, 2024

Does this sound familiar? The mayor of a mid-sized city in Western Canada has been hit with a reduction in pay, been removed as a spokesman for the city in a vote by the rest of city council and a report produced by an independent observer said the mayor showed “a dismissive and condescending attitude towards ... Read More »

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Noteworthy: Golden in colour only, it seems

By Bruce Penton on August 15th, 2024

A gold medal? Really? No, not really. According to a report in Oxford Economics, the gold medals hung around the necks of champions in Paris for the past two weeks actually contained 523 grams of silver and only six grams of 24-carat gold. A ‘gold medal’ value was estimated to be just over $1,000. Had ... Read More »

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Let’s Chat: Reading is your health

By Linda Tooth on August 6th, 2024

Like many people these last few weeks, I am struggling to understand how life can be so cruel when it comes to the senseless and horrific acts of violence committed by people against some of the most innocent people in this world, and that is children. I know that crimes against children is a worldwide ... Read More »

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Noteworthy: Local business needs our support; I’m happy to oblige

By Bruce Penton on August 6th, 2024

Motorists facing various road construction sites around the city deal with frustration, but when you see the results – such as the beautiful paving job on Dunmore Road – it seems to be worth it. Try telling that to businesses along Division Avenue S., though, which have been hurt by access difficulties. The City of ... Read More »

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Noteworthy: Everybody loves a parade, or at least they did that day

By Bruce Penton on July 31st, 2024

It’s said that everybody loves a parade, and judging from the smiles on the faces of the thousands of parade-goers last Thursday, it’s true. This year’s Exhibition & Stampede parade had a convoluted route due to downtown construction, but it seemed in my mind to be longer than other years. Or maybe it was just ... Read More »

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Let’s Chat: Let us all come together for a huddle

By Linda Tooth on July 31st, 2024

Every workday morning my coworkers and I get together for scrum. This begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and includes everyone working that day. Attendance can be as high as 18 and as low as five. The idea of this scrum (not the rugby term) is to allow everyone within the organization to come together at ... Read More »

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Mansoor’s Musings: Harris leads Brown Power sweep

By Mansoor Ladha on July 30th, 2024

Politics make strange bedfellows. That is so when you apply it to the current political situation in the United States. President Joe Biden threw a bombshell when he finally decided to withdraw his candidacy as Democratic Party’s candidate, endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris. The scene is now set for a confrontation between a former California attorney ... Read More »

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