Opinions
Would electing bureaucrats improve democracy?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 11th, 2019
Perhaps the people who actually pull the strings should be elected rather than appointed. In a recent News story about what to expect provincially and federally this year, Medicine Hat political observer Ian Parkinson said it would not matter which party was in power because it is the bureaucrats, such as deputy and assistant deputy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Needs, not wants, for the next four years in city
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 10th, 2019
The City of Medicine Hat’s budget arrived in mid-December and somewhere between fruitcake and the glasses of champagne on New Year’s Eve, it fell off the radar. Perhaps lost in the Christmas rush, it will crop up again in the spring and summer. At those times, tax rates are set and then become due, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clean athletes deserve support against Russia
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 9th, 2019
Victorians are justly proud of the Olympic athletes who train here and represent our country with honour. It’s a slap in the face to those athletes to see Russia get away with cheating. But that’s what is happening, as the powers of the Olympic movement drew a line in the sand and then did nothing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advances offer hope for future of transplants
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 8th, 2019
There has been a remarkable acceleration in B.C.’s organ-transplant program. Ten years ago, we had one of the worst records in Canada. Today, our rates have doubled, and we are first in the country. How did this come about? There are two immediate parts to this story. One is that in years gone by, organ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t fall for politicians who promise action on climate change at no cost
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 7th, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer obviously thinks he’s got hold of a winner in his campaign against the Trudeau government’s plan to put a price on carbon. The new year was just a few hours old when Scheer turned up in a discount store in Regina railing against the Liberal “carbon tax” that he says will ... Read More »
1 responseFact check your news
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 7th, 2019
There have been a number of independent studies that establish that the North American media is staffed by people who are up to 90 per cent on the left end of the political spectrum. Until recent years, this has not been a particular problem because schools of journalism emphasized that news reporting should be void ... Read More »
1 responseElection crystal ball: UCP in Alberta; Trudeau stays as PM
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 5th, 2019
With 2018 now in the rearview mirror, Albertans are entering a year with a provincial and federal election each scheduled. Predictions are a fool’s errand — get them wrong and you feel silly; get them right and nobody remembers. But somebody’s got to make them, so here they are. Alberta conservatives will be pleased and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: A vision for Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 4th, 2019
In the spirit and optimism that a New Year brings, this January column will focus on what Canada could be, the Canada I envision. I envision a Canada where all Canadians are equal; where we believe in the value and dignity of all human life; where there is individual freedom, including freedom of speech, worship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What will garner 2019’s big headlines?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 3rd, 2019
The top news stories and newsmakers for 2018 are in, but what will the same lists for 2019 feature? In Medicine Hat, the far and away leading story in the minds of Hatters in 2018 is the coming of Aurora Cannabis — their gigantic growing facility is expected to be built and operating over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!News Year’s resolutions we’d like to see
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 2nd, 2019
It’s that time of year, when the Star’s Editorial Board turns its attention to resolutions that public figures may want to adopt to make the coming year better for all of us, or at least more tolerable than the last 365 days. No one may listen (BAD!), but that’s never stopped us before. Here, then, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!There’s reason to celebrate progress on women’s rights
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 31st, 2018
It’s easy to feel hopeless when, year after year, progress on women’s rights and equality is seemingly measured in inches, not miles. Yes, only 11 out of 192 heads of government are women. Yes, the faces of heads of industry are overwhelmingly male. And, yes, there’s even some evidence that the number of women who ... Read More »
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