Commentary

Dear editor, Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all. Rents are skyrocketing. Mortgage rates are unpredictable. Buying a home is beyond reach. In our own community, there just isn’t enough housing for it to be [...] Read More »

Dear editor, I’m sure you have noticed the dusty, dirty, polluted, unhealthy springtime air in Medicine Hat caused by the thick layer of sand/dirt layered on city streets over the winter. It is terribly unhealthy for city residents with any type of breathing, sinus or allergy conditions. These layers upon layers of sand/dirt on the [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Often when elected members speak, percentages are used to support their political position, but can the facts be substantiated? MLA Wright stated in the Medicine Hat News (Feb. 18), the Cypress Courier (Feb. 25) and another local paper “more than 60% of the province does not agree with solar and wind power.” I [...] Read More »

Dear editor, Concerned citizens attended the Alberta Prosperity Project presentation held in Redcliff. The talk was an orchestrated presentation of misinformation mixed with the zeal of a Christian Nationalism rally. Hung up on the Trudeau war cry (someone please update them), they presented misleading information on COVID and vaccines, at times referring to a globalist [...] Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Prosperity Project, a group promoting Alberta sovereignty, held a meeting in Redcliff on April 9. They advocate for an Alberta Pension Plan. If what they state in meetings is what they have on their website, it might be worthwhile to consider the following: 1. The Prosperity Project bases its calculations on [...] Read More »

Source: Forgotten Alberta Chinook rose and fell with Service Garage Wow. Has it really been two-and-a-half years since my last post? Time flies, and I’ll spare you the details, but I am pleased to report that much of my time not almost dying was spent compiling and drafting my newest essay for Alberta History Journal, [...] Read More »

Source: Medalta Spring 2025 Newsletter The post Spring 2025 Newsletter appeared first on Medalta[...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Cadillac Ranch Along Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas As one of the most popular and recognizable roadside attractions along Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas, Cadillac Ranch continues to draw visitors, artists, and lots and lots of spray paint. Made up of 10 Cadillacs with their noses buried in the ground, this art [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Cadillac Ranch RV Park & Gift Shop Located near the popular Cadillac Ranch in Texas, the RV Park and Cadillac Ranch Gift Shop has a unique display of beveled Cadillacs (in the style of the popular Route 66 attraction) to attract passing motorists on the western edge of Amarillo. [...] Read More »

Source: Editing Luke Seinfeld Restaurant in New York City Tom’s Restaurant, the location made famous as Monk’s Cafe on Seinfeld, is still attracting crowds of fans from its heyday in the 90s. Only used for exteriors on the TV show, Tom’s is still incredibly familiar and fits nicely into a pop culture walking tour of [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Never a slow news day it Medicine Hat, it must be said, despite Ticked Off’s comments that often wonder whether the News can’t find anything better to write about. Or, the tightly held belief that we all live in Dullsville. Of course, the current edition of the Tigers is dynamite and getting talked up [...] Read More »

The man who robbed two Medicine Hat banks on back-to-back days in 2017 is the subject of a Prime Video documentary that will be available on May 9. Steve Vogelsang was no run-of-the-mill armed robber. He had been a high-profile sportscaster on CTV in Winnipeg and later served as a journalism professor at the University [...] Read More »

Work-life balance. How many times have we heard this term and believed it to be true? Many books have been written on the importance of work-life balance and what we need to do to achieve it. I do not believe there is a balance between our work life and our personal life. Instead, I believe [...] Read More »

The market rally affectionately known as the “Trump bump” which occurred immediately following Trump’s election to a second term last November quickly succumbed to what I’m coining the Trump dump. The stock market reacted negatively to increased tariff rhetoric from the Trump administration culminating in substantial panic selling following Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement on April [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant There’s two potential realities after Monday’s General Election. The polls got it right, or the polls got it wrong – it’s happened before. Pollsters take a lot of blame, before, during and after elections. But so does everyone in this country on any number of topics. From coast to coast to coast, ours is [...] Read More »

Ticked Off It is unfortunate to hear Hill Home Hardware will be closing. It will be missed. Ticked Off Donald Trump is close to becoming the dictator he craves to be. He has cowed legal firms, CBS, newspapers and the FBI, who has arrested a judge without a warrant. Soon the legal system will be [...] Read More »

Ticked Pink If Danielle Smith would actually gave an honest crap about Albertans. Instead, we’re affording our premier to indulge in her wild fantasies and travels. Nice job to have. How do I get one like that? Ticked Pink I would be if there would be no advance voting. If you vote early, you don’t [...] Read More »

Ticked Off I remember getting punished as a kid after church when I asked how one person can take other people’s sins away and why God didn’t just wave his hand and make it right and save his supposedly beloved son. I haven’t heard a sensible answer to my childhood question yet and it’s now [...] Read More »

Ticked Off For many years everyone had their babies immunized against measles, scarlet fever, chickenpox. As a result the diseases were nearly eliminated. In recent years people have often failed to do that, saying it isn’t necessary anymore. Now there are outbreaks of measles starting up all over. Please have your children immunized, or we [...] Read More »

Tickled Pink Very unhealthy air in the city in spring time because of all the dirt on the roads. Plow blades on the sanding trucks would eliminate the problem, or is it a make work program? Ticked Off The mini roundabouts on Eighth Street SE are the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars by this council. [...] Read More »