Commentary

Dear editor, It is a hard choice to decide who may be the bigger fools. Canadians for accepting a tax as a means to reverse climate change, or, Americans who think they can reverse their debt load by enacting tariffs. While Justin Trudeau continues to rail against anti-democratic oligarchs, he single handily has shut down [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Our neighbour to south of the 49th is in the midst of a coup launched by Donald Trump and his DOGE henchman, Elon Musk. No other word accurately captures the fast-paced and unlawful attacks against U.S. government institutions. Trump has launched a scorched-earth campaign against the federal government institutions – Project 2025. As [...] Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Government announced last week a new program called Alberta Disability Assistant Program (ADAP), which will see some people on AISH (Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped) moved into that program. Who goes into the program will be determined by a pool of government assessors, or your own doctor, who will fill [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Mr. Schmidt, I am unknowing if your recent pontification, was a deliberate effort to rouse your left-wing support or were you attempting to play your version of a simple-minded game with those of us, unlike yourself, who actually understand politics and the workings of government; you obviously don’t. In fact, you have a [...] Read More »

Dear editor, I read a fascinating online article this week about New York. After one month of their new congestion pricing for vehicles driving into Manhattan (daytime fees of $9 with a monthly pass, $15 without the pass), it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do; reducing traffic, getting more people onto public transit [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke World’s Oldest McDonald’s in Downey, California Opened in 1953, this McDonald’s location in Downey, California is the 3rd McDonald’s restaurant to be opened, the 2nd McDonald’s restaurant to be franchised by Richard and Maurice McDonald before the involvement of Ray Kroc, and currently the world’s oldest still operating McDonald’s. On appearance alone [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Hitachi VM-2000A VHS Movie Camera I just added some serious Cold War era tech to my arsenal of movie-making equipment with this vintage Hitachi VM-2000A VHS movie camera. Released the same year as Back to the Future and weighing as much as a Buick, this Hitachi camcorder comes with state of the [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Fred Moody "Hometown Series" Painting I want to extend my thanks to artist Fred Moody who took inspiration from one of my “Hometown Series” images of Medicine Hat, Alberta last year and asked me if he could paint it. I’m always appreciate of these requests and only ask that artists share an [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy A few visuals from the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. [...] Read More »

Source: Medalta Clay Around the World: Medicine Hat Potters Association Exhibition The post Clay Around the World: Medicine Hat Potters Association Exhibition appeared first on Medalta[...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant As this week’s public hearing into the Inter-municipal Development Plan threatened to spiral into another complaint session about how stupid-governments-are-ruining-everything, audience members were treated to another instalment of “Linnsie Clark, attorney at law!” The former city lawyer, turned top elected official, had a day job writing and explaining bylaws and land development, contract interests, [...] Read More »

Sharing your life story is challenging yet rewarding at the same time. Challenging in the fact that everyone who reads it is now privy to the successes and failures you have experienced during your life, but rewarding in that you are publicly, for all to read, thanking those who have been a part of your [...] Read More »

Terence Kowalchuk of the ambitious Medicine Hat Skateboard Association sends along a note to say that his group, in partnership with the Root Cellar, is going on a final push in its ‘End Period Poverty’ campaign. Last year, when a group of skateboarders went to Mexico to help in a girls’ home, they learned they [...] Read More »

Following the #BestSummerEver as issued in by former premier Jason Kenney in the oh so distant year of 2021, 57 human beings in Medicine Hat lost their lives over 60 days. It was the single deadliest one-cause killer over a two-month period in the city’s history. During that stretch, Dr. Paul Parks said the situation [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant So this column’s prediction last week that U.S. trade tariffs may or may not be in place after a deadline last weekend may or may not have turned out to be true. But it’s certainly lit a fire under Canada’s collective feet to start hashing out strategies to strengthen the domestic economy, or at [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink The layout editor again has revealed how unhinged and biased he is in his recent opinion piece. Unfortunately only the people that submit, and get censored, know how many people support our premier. Tickled Pink That Canada has enough freedom that the crazies who want to be Americans can be heard. I wonder [...] Read More »

Ticked Off Ok let’s see if this gets published. The notion that renuable energy is carbon neutral is crazy. It cannot exist without a huge carbon footprint to manufacture,distribute and build. Renuables may be useful but come on, carbon neutral,NO (Editor’s note: Just for you, we didn’t change a single letter.) Ticked Off While I [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That there are people homeless and hungry in the world, Travis Kelce is dishing out $3 million to book a luxury suite so Taylor Swift can be present at the Super Bowl. This is our world. Keep supporting the celebrities. Ticked Off Amazing. The armed forces cry for years for new equipment and [...] Read More »

Ticked Off Pierre Poilievre called fascism a “socialist ideology” at the National Holocaust Memorial of all places. Can he not go one day without pushing his edgy political crap, disrespecting Holocaust survivors and for what? Every time he opens his mouth I dislike him more and more. Not everything has to be a stage to [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That so many residents feel that only a male can do the political jobs. Male or female – your brain is in your head. Let’s remember that and vote for the one who will stand up to Trump, not someone who has done a job in banking. Tickled Pink Will be when the [...] Read More »