Ticked Off and Tickled Pink, Aug. 7 2025

By Ticked Off - Tickled Pink on August 7, 2025.

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What is happening in U.S. right now is very similar to what was happening in Germany in the 1930s.

Tickled Pink

Congrats to Cancarb for adding solar in Med Hat. It’s good to see this industry invest in solar power for its energy needs. I have 12 panels on my roof and have reduced my CO2 output by almost 8,500 kg in three years. I can’t imagine how much they will reduce their CO2 output but here’s hoping they let the public know. This is a better way to reduce the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere than carbon capture, in my opinion.

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Medicine Hat’s budget of $400,000 for the next municipal election is up from the $270,000 projection, and will cut the number of polling stations it opens in half to contain costs. The provincial government will blame Medicine Hat for not “balancing” the budget.

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That as a cyclist I know the importance of a bell to notify others on trails that I am approaching. Is it that e-bikes (as stealth as they are) are not equipped with bells, or are some operators simply ignorant? Often they approach from behind without warning, and I have been riding on roads and trails for a long time.

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The campaign by “CanadaAction” to place stickers on memorial benches is wrong. They may feel their issues (more pipelines, mines etc) are important, but vandalizing memorial benches is not the way to do it. They are obviously well financed, so surely they can find an approach that doesn’t include damaging memorials – which were paid for by families. Clean up your act.

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With our prime minister who is doing a great job for Canada. Donald Trump will be the loser in this tariff war.

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By the clown wanting to remove an Albertan flag at Safeway on the SE Hill; which was promoting AAA Alberta beef. You are very welcome to move East, as East as you like.

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At people looking for any excuse to hate Mark Carney, calling his plea for Palestinian statehood “bad policy.” You people are absolutely disgusting. Did you know, if you had a funeral a day for every child killed in the genocide in Gaza, you would be attending funerals nonstop for over 50 years? Any effort to put a stop to these atrocities is good policy.

Tickled Pink

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Over the centuries, many have hailed this proverb and we see its message mirrored in the humanitarian aid sector, in an attempt to ensure long-lasting impact on communities.

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If you are going to put your dog outside for hours barking and whining to come in, put a muzzle on him so the neighbourhood is not driven crazy. Better yet, don’t leave him outside in the first place.

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Surprising to hear conservatives in this column don’t support Palestinian statehood. Apparently “pro-life” only applies to unborn, white lives. If you support the genocide in Gaza there is only one word for you. Evil.

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What is the point of having a TV entertainment guide when CHAT-TV has been off the air for two months, and it is still shown? Also some of the programs shown on some stations are never on, and some channels show programs at the wrong time. Wake up and do your job right. (Editor’s note: You know we don’t, like, make the TV guide, yeah?)

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Our Prime Minister is doing a fantastic job handling trump and running the country.

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Alberta is the only province clawing back the Canadian Disability Benefit from provincial disability benefit. Not anything to feel proud about.

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Or, at least I would be if a so-called local “media” group would be treated like legitimate journalists… then Facebook could ban them for being a news outlet and they could fade even farther into obscurity.

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I’ve got one neighbour who weeds his yard and dumps them on the road, in the gutter. He’s got a yard waste bin. And on the other side is neighbour who keeps a super neat yard. Except, he blows the street crud that gathers on the sides of the road back to the middle of the street where you have to ride through it. What the heck?

Tickled Pink

Thank you, Mr. Barnes for stepping up and stepping in for mayor. Finally some hope that we can get a functional city council.

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If someone would explain the Trump logic that we should protect their border for them. How are we supposed to stop drugs from entering the U.S.? After all, it’s not a crime until after they have crossed the border, and then they are out of our jurisdiction. Does Trump expect every country in the world to know their laws? Ludicrous. Why are we spending money on this issue?

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That the civic election is soon, hopefully the lawyers and educators will be replaced with people with common sense and business knowledge.