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Let’s Chat: Karma is a boomerang
By Linda Tooth on May 15th, 2024
Have you ever wondered where the term karma comes from? We say it all the time, but do we really know what it means? I did some digging on the web, and you might be surprised to know the term karma is very much a part of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibet is an autonomous region in ... Read More »
1 responseNoteworthy: A little sacrifice is good for the soul, and then some
By Bruce Penton on May 15th, 2024
It shouldn’t be difficult for Hatters to go along with Coun. Darren Hirsch’s suggestion that everyone cut back on their water usage this summer by 10 per cent. Why stop there? Why not cut it back 20 per cent? A 10-per-cent reduction would “make a huge difference,” said Hirsch. Start here: Instead of a relaxing ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: What’s in the News
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 11th, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The News is useful for a lot of things, despite there no longer being movie listings, but not so much for window glass. That revelation comes from council discussions last week that bylaw officers were hampered previously by the lack of definitions in the previous Unsightly Property Bylaw. Councillors toured several such homes last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Great lineup of shows, even if some of us are getting up there
By Bruce Penton on May 8th, 2024
What, no Strawberry Alarm Clock? Tickets are on sale for the 2024 night shows for the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, and history suggests the infield and grandstand will be jam-packed for all three performances. Bret Michaels, the frontman for the rock group Poison, leads if off on Wednesday, July 24, followed by The Washboard ... Read More »
1 responseLet’s Chat: We cannot PAWS for pets
By Linda Tooth on May 8th, 2024
One good thing about the state of the world today, including Medicine Hat and the surrounding area, is there is never a shortage of things to write about. I have a list of topics, but due to limited space and only writing once a week, this week’s column is about a recent post shared on ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: The view from here
By Collin Gallant on May 4th, 2024
@@CollinGallant The burning question on everyone’s mind low these two weeks has been, where did Collin go? Many tuners-in to the April 22 city council meeting noticed the vacancies at the media table that’s at the bottom of TV screens, my cow-lick included, and called me up to ask about the seating arrangements. Thanks for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: If you can’t afford home, you can’t afford to be fined for it
By Bruce Penton on May 1st, 2024
One of the dumbest things I’ve heard in the last few days is the plan by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on the matter of fining homeless people for camping in certain public places. The suit’s genesis is an Oregon town that plans to issue a $295 fine to anyone – homeless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Respect and love who you are
By Linda Tooth on May 1st, 2024
Have you ever been on the receiving end of body shaming? I’m sure at some point in our lives people have made comments about how fat, skinny, tall, short, flat-chested, or well-developed we are. A colleague recently asked me if I was interested in doing an column on body shaming. I said I was looking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101: Easy fix for Canada’s housing crisis?
By Eric Van Enk on April 27th, 2024
On April 12, the federal government announced a plan to build 3.87 million new homes by 2031. Building 3.87 million new homes in this country over the next seven years equates to an average of ~550,000 housing starts per year. Let’s put this into perspective, 550,000 annual housing starts is more than double the highest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Let’s call it the calm before the political storm
By Collin Gallant on April 27th, 2024
@@CollinGallant There were no shortage of empty seats at city council’s budget deliberations on Tuesday. Beyond a couple of dutiful mainstream media reporters and a couple of city finance officials, the gallery was empty. It was quite a departure from the cries for more participatory democracy, an Athens on south Saskatchewan, if you will, that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mansoor’s Musings: Lament of a publisher
By Mansoor Ladha on April 25th, 2024
I was very sad to hear the news that the Whitehorse Star newspaper in Yukon is closing after 124 years. The newspaper’s last publication will be May 17. The Whitehorse Star is one of Canada’s few independently owned newspapers and has been in Yukon since 1900. The paper has covered significant historical events. The Yukon ... Read More »
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