Commentary

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Quebec has abundant hydro power (electricity) and Alberta has abundant natural gas. During a recent relatively minor snow storm, electric power was out in large areas of Quebec. Many homes and businesses lost electric power. Forty-six thousand homes were still without power a few days later. Heating, refrigerators, deep freezers, lighting etc. were [...] Read More »

Dear editor, As all of us know, (Monday was) Remembrance Day. As many of us do not know, the Government of Canada estimates veterans at risk or experiencing homelessness to be approximately 2,600. Other reports suggest the number could be up to 10,000. There are extreme data challenges in calculating these numbers, perhaps because most [...] Read More »

Dear editor, I am writing to you today as a former and proud student of Webster Niblock Elementary School. Webster Niblock was vitally important in shaping the person I am today and providing the foundational education that prepared me for my life’s work. I have just celebrated my 25th year of teaching, a career path [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Three important problems directly leading to the teachers’ strike are exclusively of the UCP’s own making. Firstly, they brag about attracting new people to Alberta but seem unable to comprehend that more new people means more new students. Alberta spends the least amount of money on public education in Canada, per student, thus, [...] Read More »

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Source: Medalta Open Call for Artists We are opening the doors of the Yuill Family Gallery to celebrate the incredible talent within our artistic community! The first annual Community Artist Exhibition is your chance to share your vision, your voice, and your creative spirit. The post Open Call for Artists appeared first on Medalta[...] Read More »

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The Holiday Season is upon us! For many humans, autumn is the best time of year, they get to snuggle into a warm sweater with their pumpkin spice, shopping and parties in preparation for the Christmas season. It’s predictably stressful for everyone involved. Having company in your house, different and sometimes extravagant foods, gift items [...] Read More »

Our government’s Acute Care Action Plan represents decisive action to strengthen Alberta’s health-care system. With 1,000 new hospital beds, 50,000 additional relief funding of $1.5 million, this comprehensive strategy addresses urgent pressures while building for the future. While headlines focus on new towers at Edmonton and Calgary hospitals, the real story for rural Alberta is [...] Read More »

As the weather starts to turn colder and winter approaches, I am once again very concerned about the feral/stray cat population in Medicine Hat and Redcliff. This is a challenge that is faced every year and those that help this vulnerable population know of the struggles faced in trying to keep them warm and fed. [...] Read More »

Three cheers to Zohran Mamdani for toppling a political dynasty to become the mayor-elect of New York. Mamdani’s decisive victory in the mayoral race broke records in more ways than one. For a long time, the working people of New York have been neglected politically by the wealthy and well-connected. New York voters elected a [...] Read More »

The name game in Alberta politics is getting nasty. Two disgruntled former caucus members of the United Conservative Party recently joined forces with the middle-of-the-road Alberta Party and decided to call the new entity the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party. Hey, said the UCP brass. You can’t do that. We still own the Progressive Conservative name. [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That our UCP provincial leaders were so convinced that carbon tax contributed to our high prices and with the removal of it, life would be more affordable. What a joke. Prices continue to rise. Tickled Pink Happy to see the Roughriders win, and that Carney got booed mercilessly. Maybe people are finally waking [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink Good thing the fire department made it to the airport for the plane mishap and weren’t misled by the “YXH” airport code mistakenly sprayed on a building downtown. Tickled Pink I am totally impressed at the number of people who turned out for the Remembrance Day ceremony in Medicine Hat. I wish I [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That the UCP government has created four health agencies, each with its own bureaucracy and four ministers of health but then found it needed to create another agency to “co-ordinate common areas.” Ticked Off That Alberta is disproportionate by population and still responsible for nearly 2,000 of the 5,000 cases of measles in [...] Read More »

Ticked Off Alberta appears to be broke. We can’t pay our teachers, our health-care and government workers. Government mismanagement? Not enough tax? I don’t know but please show some leadership. Fix it, or call an election so we can find someone who can. Tickled Pink Excited to read about the partnership between MHC business administration [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink Pretty proud of the 2025 Blue Jays. From last place a year ago, projected to finish in the middle of the standings this year, to World Series game 7 extra innings. Wow. Tickled Pink If kids went back to walking or riding to school. How much would that save? The school up the [...] Read More »