Opinions
Additional funding for legal aid a step forward
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 15th, 2018
“Justice delayed is justice denied,” we’re told. So for Albertans who can’t afford a lawyer, there’s no justice at all. That’s why it’s crucial that Albertans have access to a legal aid service to help them through some of life’s biggest challenges. That access has been difficult in recent years, as the population has grown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legal cannabis around the corner; don’t mess it up, Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 13th, 2018
On Wednesday, Canada will make history by being the first big country to legalize marijuana nation-wide, which if successful could serve as a model for other developed nations. Uruguay is the only other state to have legalized it across the country, which it did in 2013, but with a population of 3.4 million, it’s about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: PM salutes media,but hasn’t acted
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 13th, 2018
Last week being National Newspaper Week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to send out a tweet extolling the value of newspapers to our democracy. “In an ever-changing world with an ever-changing media landscape, our local newspapers play a vital role in protecting our democracy,” he wrote. “We salute the papers — big and small — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gov’t driver testing a long time coming
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 12th, 2018
A tragic highway crash last weekend reminds us once again. If we want to reduce deaths and injuries on our roads, we must have common-sense road laws — and enforce them. Eighteen people on their way to a birthday celebration and two pedestrians in New York state became the victims, apparently, of a driver without ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Turning the sex ed clock back to 1998 puts our youth at risk
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 12th, 2018
Troy Media It’s now widely known that the Ontario Ministry of Education will be reverting to the 2010 sex education curriculum to teach youth — despite widespread criticism. Worse, youth in Grades 7 and 8 will actually be taught the 1998 sex ed curriculum. In 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton got in trouble over Monica ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governments faced with trying to solve oilpatch’s problems
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 11th, 2018
An increasingly hostile campaign that accuses Eastern Canadians of supporting “dictator oil,” “terrorist oil” or worse is increasingly off-base and not helping win over average Canadians. To be frank, your average Canadian doesn’t import any oil, doesn’t own a refinery and doesn’t have the financial resources to make a pipeline happen. Do you? Yet, politicians, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NAFTA negotiations showed U.S. willing to play rough in order to win
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 10th, 2018
We’re in Canada, so perhaps it’s all right to use a hockey analogy. You’re playing in an important game, out there on left wing, and the way the lines are juggled, you end up playing opposite the same player on the other team. He used to be on your team; you even liked him then. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scalpers on the loose
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 9th, 2018
Music fans have long been suspicious and angry when tickets to Vancouver concerts by acts such as the Eagles and Pink sell out in minutes and scalpers seem to reap the rewards. They have more reason to be skeptical after new revelations about Ticketmaster’s practices. An investigation by the CBC and the Toronto Star is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Best to keep politics out of decisions such as McClintic’s move
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 6th, 2018
The judicial decision to allow convicted child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to serve the remainder of her sentence in an Indigenous healing lodge near Maple Creek has stoked outrage among residents there and across Canada, on which the parliamentary Conservatives have seized. Indeed, the optics of McClintic, who was sentenced to life in prison after pleading ... Read More »
1 responseGuest column: She said, he said: The Kavanaugh case
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 6th, 2018
Sept. 27 was a full day of “she said, he said,” and the millions of us who watched the uncomfortable spectacle chose sides. Those sick and tired of political correctness, angry at all the challenges to “the way things used to be, and should still be,” who saw nothing wrong with a culture of male ... Read More »
1 responseIs researched, reasoned journalism the next endangered species?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 5th, 2018
The internet isn’t interested in getting it right, or correcting errors, or in telling a story that recognizes the importance in the mundane of community living. The internet is a thing. Social media thrives on sensationalism, pulling us into the bottomless pit of scrolling through information. As well, social media provides an opportunity to magnify ... Read More »
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