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Eye on the Esplanade: Humans on a mission
By Xanthe Isbister on March 6th, 2025
This year, the Esplanade is celebrating its 20th anniversary – how quickly time flies! For the past 15 years, I’ve worked for the City of Medicine Hat, and for the past five of these, I’ve been the director/curator of Galleries and Collections at the Esplanade. Each year, I produce an annual report for the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veiner Centre Euchre results for February 2025
By medicinehatnews on March 6th, 2025
Monday, Feb. 3 1st – George Evans 2nd – Mark Wawrzynkiewicz 3rd – Dennis Smith / Judy Love >tie 4th – Terry Young 5th – Shirley Brooks / Kathy King >tie Thursday, Feb. 6 1st – Al Guscott 2nd – Janet Squires 3th – Marie Couch / Rita Myson >tie 4th – Sharon Wutch 5th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Wait. Does time really ‘fly’?
By Patty Rooks on March 1st, 2025
I do not know about you, but time seems to fly by these days! So many schools are busy preparing for their Science Fairs, I have little time to think about anything else. Not to mention the planning for the 50th anniversary of the Regional Science Fair. Well, you know me, this has me thinking. ... Read More »
1 responseBy the Way: Oblique reflections on current affairs
By Oz Lorentzen on March 1st, 2025
I am thinking about the “promise of spring,” which I am pretty excited about. And, thinking about how it may seem odd to use the word “promise” to refer to something that happens every year, since the nature of a promise is that it contains something uncertain. Yet, on further reflection, that is backwards: the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Heirlooms
By Linda Hancock on March 1st, 2025
I used to like “stuff” but have recently changed my mind. My mother “inherited” so many things from each of my grandmothers and, of course, when mom died, I ended up with all of it. Everything was fine until I moved, after 25 years in Medicine Hat, to Calgary. I had three moving trucks hired. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Collector’s Corner: Black History Month
By Dennis Vickery on March 1st, 2025
In February of 2009 Canada Post started a series of postage stamps to honour Black History Month in Canada. Each year a new stamp or stamps is issued to remember black men and women who have helped to build our country. In 2012 Canada Post released a stamp featuring John Ware, a black cowboy with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Going natural for male vitality
By Dr. Gifford-Jones and Diana Gifford-Jones on February 28th, 2025
Mark Twain said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” But for many aging men, it matters a lot when their prized male organ starts to lose the vitality of youth. One of the most common yet often unspoken challenges is the decline in testosterone levels, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viva Vitality: Be a RAKtivist!
By Taneil Zanidean on February 28th, 2025
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Did you know? Performing kind acts for others, even towards strangers, significantly improves mental wellbeing by reducing stress, increasing happiness, boosting self-esteem, and fostering social connection. It’s important to look out for each other in and around our community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Municipal Matters: Black History Month at the Archives
By Philip Pype on February 27th, 2025
Archives strive to be inclusive and representational of all people past and present. We accomplish this by collecting records (whether paper, oral, or digital) that tell stories of our community. Although these efforts are constant and year-round, Black History Month allows the Archives an opportunity to listen to, and share widely, the stories about people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: The many facets of a building like the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
By Sandi Reimer on February 26th, 2025
My first visit to the Esplanade was in the fall of 2005. The building was opened for the public to view and some areas were not even fully completed. My coworker Carla and I had been waiting in anticipation to see this new arts and heritage centre ever since we first heard the proposal for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Service Above Self: 2000 and beyond: ‘To infinity and beyond!’
By Kitt Brand on February 25th, 2025
Just before the end of the 20th Century, Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear proclaimed, “To infinity and beyond!” Lightyear could have been a Rotarian. Already a veteran of two films, Lightyear embodied an almost unassailable confidence, his toy brain focused only on possibilities. From 1995-2025 (soon to be released), Lightyear’s character urges us on “To Infinity ... Read More »
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