Commentary

Dear council members Clark, Dumanowski, Hider, Hirsch, Knodel, McGrogan, Robins, Sharps and Van Dyke, As a former executive officer with the city and Speaker of the Alberta Legislature I respectfully submit that the current divisions greatly affecting our city may in part be about personalities, but more the governance structure and process. Only you can [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Medicine Hat Public School Division board approved its three-year capital plan on March 26. One trustee voted against approval, but there is nothing in the minutes to reveal the reasons for this trustee’s negative vote. Any discussion of the proposed capital plan was behind closed doors after it was presented to the board [...] Read More »

Dear editor, I am so tired of all the whining about the situation with Mayor Clark. Common sense tells us “there is more to the story” that is protected by privacy and confidentiality. Misconduct or poor performance in any organization is generally handled with progressive disciplinary action. After discussions and warnings, with no improvement, the [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Contrary to one readers’ view that South East Alberta Watershed Alliance (SEAWA) is ‘abandoning the care’ of trees planted around Connaught Pond in Saratoga Park (Ticked Off, April 23), SEAWA assessed the site on April 19. As a watershed planning and advisory council tasked with helping achieve Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy, SEAWA [...] Read More »

Dear editor: Re: Enviro-fools There is no limit to human folly. April 22, 2024 was Earth Day this year. How did you observe Earth day? In Irvine, some time that day, a fool dumped a presumably defunct dishwasher kitchen appliance down a steep, rocky slope off the road, very near the Ross Creek Bridge. It [...] Read More »

Source: Dominics journey with AML The Fourth was strong Hundreds of Hatters released their inner nerd Saturday at the Medicine Hat Public Library, and we were lucky enough to be with them.Typically, the first Saturday in May is a free comic book day with lots of opportunities to delve into some new content. May 4 [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Hometown Series at the Esplanade Gallery If you find yourself in downtown Medicine Hat, Alberta over the next 5 months, have a look at the Tumbleweed Spaces that line the exterior of the Esplanade gallery.Since 2012, I’ve sporadically shot thousands of images of Medicine Hat as part of a collection I’ve referred [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Shooting New York City on (Expired) 35mm This old Minolta may not look like much, but it was the only camera my parents used to capture my childhood. Needless to say, I don’t think it had taken a single picture in over 20 years.So, I thoroughly cleaned it, I found some very [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Your Cinema Needs You In Tokyo, Japan The latest official selection on the spring film festival run for my documentary, Your Cinema Needs You was received this past weekend. The feature documentary about the Monarch Theatre, Canada’s oldest surviving cinema, is off to Tokyo, Japan where it has been accepted as part [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Another Round of Travel Shoots in New York City This spring I was back in New York City to add to an already extensive collection of travel shoots around the five boroughs. Making this series particularly memorable was the timing of the solar eclipse and some ongoing discussions about my documentary “Your [...] Read More »

@@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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

@@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 »

Ticked Off At Bill 20. Premier being able to fire city mayors is unbelievably stupid. She doesn’t do her job as our current MLA, nor does she do a good job as premier. Never should she and her constituents be policing our voted-in council members and mayor. She is out of control. Speak up, people. [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink We have the most ignorant premier in the country and it is going to cost her the next election. Tickled Pink Congratulations to the Ultimate Cheer Fusion teams who recently competed at nationals. You did Medicine Hat proud! Tickled Pink To know, if Liberals are so against oil and gas, how is there [...] Read More »

Ticked Off That council is delaying the submission of their reports. What are they hiding? I can just about imagine. Ticked Off Roast to the editor. You must be paid by local organizations to only publish what you want and not what is submitted in ticked off. (Editor’s note: I get that cheque at the [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink That finally people are looking at the disfunction of this city’s administration and their bad choices. Ticked Off Wow this council clearly has a disdain for the people they serve, it’s shocking to see how they behaved at council. They forget who elected them, time for a new election and reinstatement of our [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink That police and bylaw are gonna start ticketing loud vehicles. People rip up and down 12th Street NE with modified exhaust day and night, often waking up my family at 2-3 a.m. Hopefully they catch a few of the people who like to try for a high score on the speed radar sign [...] Read More »