Opinions
Protection of vulnerable seniors needs higher priority
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 25th, 2019
This week a 93-year-old woman froze to death outside her seniors’ retirement complex after a fire alarm had resulted in her leaving the building. Helene Rowley Hotte exited the building after a fire alarm at 4:15 a.m. and she could not re-enter because the doors were locked. She was not discovered until seven hours later. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CCDA exudes confidence about future of downtown
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 24th, 2019
With an unsatisfying thud, city council’s debate Monday on cutting a grant to the City Centre Development Agency resulted in a 4-4 tie and therefore no change. For some that’s a frustrating continuation of the status quo. For some it’s a signal that a largely revamped volunteer CCDA board is doing good work and deserves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Are expanded drunk-driving laws needed?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 23rd, 2019
Are expanded drunk-driving laws needed? Last fall, amidst much publicity, the federal government legalized possession of marijuana. But less attention has been given to followup legislation that dramatically expanded police powers, and not just with respect to cannabis. The new act started from the reasonable position that if marijuana is now legal, the police should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Migration has tied both U.S. and Britain governments in knots
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 22nd, 2019
My, but we Canadians can be a smug bunch. Looking south at the paralytic mess that passes for politics in Donald Trump’s America, it’s hard to avoid the self-satisfied feeling that we do it all so much better. And now, even more delightfully, those so inclined can peer across the Atlantic and enjoy the quiet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: B.C.’s Svend Robinson attempting a compelling political comeback
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 21st, 2019
Can a soufflé be successfully re-heated? Paul McCartney famously said no when asked if the Beatles could ever reunite. Former New Democratic Party MP Svend Robinson begs to differ. Fourteen years after he left the Commons in disgrace, Robinson hopes to rekindle his political career by winning the Vancouver riding of Burnaby North-Seymour for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Put the phone down; you’re going to kill somebody
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 21st, 2019
Put the phone down. You are going to kill somebody. The person you kill may be you. Texting and driving kills. You have been warned about it. Laws have been passed to prevent it. You have heard about all the serious injuries and deaths caused by it. But you still text and drive. What is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police Commission transparency could stand to be enhanced
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 19th, 2019
Internal police surveys brought to the News by local paralegal Ken Montgomery raise some valid concerns about the work culture within the Medicine Hat Police Service, as well as a perceived lack of transparency on the part of the police commission. Both surveys were conducted by City of Medicine Hat Human Resources, who were selected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Ready to build the best Alberta
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 18th, 2019
“Just because you are not interested in politics, doesn’t mean politics are not interested in you.” This quote is often attributed to Pericles, the leader of Athens’ democratic party, in 450 BC. I am pleased that so many Albertans, but especially Cypress-Medicine Hatters, are absolutely ready to be involved in politics. They are willing to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration can be complicated, expensive and is always a hot topic
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 18th, 2019
The subject of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers has been dominating conversations in the last few years and it will likely become a federal election issue this year. It is worth reflecting on just how many immigrants came to Canada in the past, making our country what it is today. All the time there are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporting events at the Canalta Centre will be a magnet for more
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 17th, 2019
A hockey announcement this week was good news and has great potential for Medicine Hatters to make it very good news — for the local community and the Canalta Centre. The Hat will co-host Hockey Canada’s World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, an international tournament with an emphasis on teen-aged talent, next fall in conjunction with Swift ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China shows it’s deadly serious in Huawei dispute
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 16th, 2019
How serious is China about putting Canada in its place over the Huawei affair? In the words of legal scholar Donald Clarke, it’s deadly serious — quite literally. That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn in the wake of the death sentence pronounced with extraordinary haste on a Canadian citizen convicted of drug smuggling ... Read More »
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