Commentary

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 »

Dear editor: Re: Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s appointment as chairman of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo.) Mr. Harper’s appointment is a poor choice, for at least four reasons. First, his scruples are pliable. In 2011 his Conservative government became the first in centuries of Westminster Parliament governments, worldwide, to be found in contempt of [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Robertson Memorial No. 17 greatly appreciated the city for understanding and sending a Special Transit bus to the Legion on Nov. 11 to transport our disabled veterans. Although it was a last-minute arrangement, it was greatly appreciated and much needed. Thank you for the decision to also provide the bus at no charge [...] Read More »

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@@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 »

Donald Trump keeps joking – hope so, anyway – about Canada becoming the 51st state. The incoming U.S. president is somewhat unbalanced, true, but could he actually go ahead and try to do to Canada what Vladimir Putin is doing to Ukraine? Canada wouldn’t stand a chance if he ordered an invasion, but everyone around [...] Read More »

Dear President-elect Donal Trump, You are just a few days away from assuming your second term as President of United States of America, but you have already started showing what the world would expect under your regime. Judging from your constant outbursts, I am convinced and agree with your former staff who are reported to [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicine Hat should have a “one-stop shop” for investors to ease the process of getting things done at city hall. No, you didn’t wake up in 2021 – when former city manager Bob Nicolay promised such “concierge service” with “Invest 2.0” – or 10 or even [...] 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 »

Editor’s note: Good job on sending in your Tickled Pinks so far. We still plan to do nothing but Tickled Pinks for next week as well, so please keep them coming! Tickled Pink Nice to see the Tigers try out $2 hotdog night! Hope to see more features in the future to draw some more [...] Read More »