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Digitized Koffee: Lush is selectively quitting social media, can you?
By NICK KOSSOVAN on December 2nd, 2021
Last week, Lush Cosmetics announced removing themselves from four major social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. They claim they’re, protesting the “serious effects” social media has on users’ mental health and wellbeing. Ironically their announcement garnered them plenty of free publicity in the traditional sense. “We wouldn’t ask our customers to meet us ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Human Condition: The white board
By Daniel Schnee on December 1st, 2021
As an anthropologist I am fascinated by how modern technology has facilitated people being increasingly (and malignantly) self-centred. This new form of cyber-narcissism is a kind of spiritual blindness, and a psychological threat to the individual in its grip. I discovered a solution to this problem though, in a college classroom. As both a university ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Just Pondering: ‘Tis the season
By Allyson McCaw on November 30th, 2021
So it’s Christmas time again. I don’t know about you guys but to me it seems that our last Christmas was a million years ago! So much has transpired over the past 12 months and it is like time was in slow motion. I feel like I actually lost a year somewhere. However, having said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying It Out: Children dying while in government care goes well beyond who is in charge
By Scott Schmidt on November 27th, 2021
A story this week highlighted data released by the Ministry of Children’s Services showing 34 deaths since April 1 among children, youth or young adults receiving government service intervention. That total equals the record set in the fiscal year of 2020/21, and with four months before April 1, there’s little doubt a new high will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Keep an eye on base decisions
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 27th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters are right to worry about an eventual loss of British Army Tank training at CFB Suffield. The News broached the subject last spring and was accused of being a sour puss, but this week reports that the British Army was ready to close the base entirely was met by a sort of non-denial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: Throne Speech leaves Canadians wanting
By Glen Motz on November 26th, 2021
The House of Commons began with the Speech from the Throne where the government traditionally lays out their priorities. Having just returned from an election where I heard from many in our communities, I listened intently to the Throne Speech hoping to hear about jobs, affordable living, combating excessive inflation and securing the future of ... Read More »
2 responsesThe Human Condition: The rock garden
By Daniel Schnee on November 24th, 2021
In the city of Kyoto, Japan there is a world renowned Zen rock garden of immaculate design. And if you visit, you may notice that one of its 15 stones is obscured from view, no matter what angle you view it from. It is a beautiful reminder that there is always some view point we ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: It’s pretty complex, being green…
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 19th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The News used up a lot of trees this week reporting on changes proposed to bring more battery storage to Alberta’s power grid – part of a plan to modernize the utility sector with new technology and draw big investments. That’s the real goal of the government, which has walked a tight-rope pretty successfully ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying It Out: Affordable childcare is great, but the reason it’s finally here is not
By Scott Schmidt on November 19th, 2021
Not so long ago a narrative existed that women didn’t belong in the workplace, and aside from jobs typically associated with females, many thought it absurd when a married woman with children became interested in a ‘real’ career. And while it’s lovely to imagine progression in this area over the years, or how we somewhat ... Read More »
1 responseMLA Report: The UCP: A failed experiment
By Drew Barnes on November 19th, 2021
It has been about one month since I launched the Rural Voice Discussion Paper, a proposal for a new approach to provincial politics in Alberta. The series can be found on my website, http://www.drewbarnes.ca/ In this report, I argued that over the past 50 years political parties have taken rural Alberta for granted while shifting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For What It’s Worth: Kenney’s search for the middle ground
By CASH MOORE on November 18th, 2021
Since the onset of the pandemic, our premier hasn’t made many friends. Facing a leadership review in the spring and with an approval rating sitting at a measly 20%, Jason Kenney is by far the least popular premier in the country. The biggest gripe against Kenney has been his handling of Alberta’s COVID-19 response. Kenney’s ... Read More »
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