Commentary

Dear editor, I have lived in Medicine Hat for two centuries – well, from 1958 to 2025! The Medicine Hat News has been delivered to my door in all of that time, in the 50s to my parents’ house and ever since 1963 when I’ve had my own house (with my husband, Bert). In the [...] Read More »

Dear editor, A quick quiz: Ladies and gentlemen, who among you can name the person responsible, from May 1, 2024 onwards several decades into the future, for an additional $15 billion/year ($1.25 billion/month) earned by Alberta’s oil industry? This person took a chance, several years ago, and spent $34 billion of our public money to [...] Read More »

Dear editor, My heart sank yet again when I read the story in the Thursday, Dec. 12 News that four people were killed in a crash on Highway 3 east of Grassy Lake on the Tuesday morning. The story says an RCMP collision reconstructionist is investigating the cause of the collision, so it’s hard and [...] Read More »

Dear editor, As a former newspaper reporter, I endorse the News’ slogan of Truth Matters. Journalism Matters. We are longtime subscribers and just renewed for home delivery, so we’ve put our money where our mouth is. Truth and journalism are two pillars of our Canadian democracy, and I think they’re self-evident, but like the glaciers, [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Public Health Units have been one of the pillars of health care since the Public Health Act was passed in 1907 in Alberta. Public Health is distinguished from other components of health care by two underlying principles: a focus on the health of the population as a whole instead of on individuals and [...] Read More »

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The City of Medicine Hat’s food waste management pilot project has been completed and now the city wants citizens’ input to determine the value of the plan and what to do next. Around 4,000 homes were involved in the project from April through December. Those taking part were asked to place all their food waste [...] Read More »

As your provincial representative for Cypress-Medicine Hat, I am filled with optimism as we begin this new year together. Our community’s strength lies in the connections we forge, and I am deeply humbled by the trust you have placed in me to serve as your voice. In the coming months, we are planning several events [...] Read More »

Are you familiar with the term ‘chef’s table’? If not, let me give you a textbook definition of what it means. According to Black Box Intelligence a chef’s table is an “exclusive seating arrangement providing diners with a behind-the-scenes look at the culinary process. It often includes a personalized, multi-course menu prepared and presented by [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Mayor Linnsie Clark would like to see a drop-dead date set next fall, after which city council wouldn’t debate any major action, though that date, and the definition of major decision, is, well, debatable. City manager Ann Mitchell is on the same sort of page, or at least says she’ll look into potentially adopting [...] Read More »

I am trying to figure out why Donald is so keen to make Canada the 51st state of the United States, and all it took was a T-shirt I found in Canmore to help me solve the puzzle. The title on the shirt is “Canada, An Infographic.” An infographic is a visual representation of information. [...] Read More »

Ticked Off The Trump clown show is here. Is he going to be the North American Putin? All his bluster is just that – bluster. He gets off on making these stupid statements just to see if he can get a rise from people. I hope Ford turns off the lights on this clown. Tickled [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink Justin Trudeau resigns and we can finally say “good-bye” to the worst prime minister this country has ever elected. Ticked Off Texas has a homicide rate three times higher than Alberta’s, yet the UCP has sent two justice ministers to Texas to learn from them. The government would be wiser to send them [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That grocery stores don’t haul those monstrous piles of snow away. They are taking parking spaces, and when it eventually starts to melt there will be a mess for weeks. Tickled Pink We write little notes about happy moments in our lives and put them in a “Happy Jar” on the counter. New [...] Read More »

Ticked Off Ticked off with the amount of drugs and guns crossing border into Canada. Tariff the United States 30 per cent until they get their border cleaned up. Ticked Off Sometimes the decibel level at Tigers’ games reach 90+. Absolutely ridiculous. (Editors note: I don’t know how reliable the Jumbotron noise meter is.) Tickled [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink I heard on the local news just now the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated $300,000 to the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter. Thank you to the Church and its generous members! Bless you all! Tickled Pink I’m so happy we discovered a local downtown bakery has outrageously tasty cinnamon buns. Now [...] Read More »