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Viva Vitality: Add ‘oral health’ to your New Year’s resolutions
By Jenna Lannan on January 10th, 2025
A new year is the perfect time for resolutions. Adding oral health care to that list could impact your life immensely. Tooth decay is still one of the most prevalent – and preventable – chronic diseases in both adults and children. Diet plays an instrumental role in tooth decay. The mouth contains hundreds of bacteria ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: Our resolve must trace back to the beginning
By Oz Lorentzen on January 4th, 2025
Like many of you, I am thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. One difficulty with our New Year’s Resolutions is that we do not go back far enough. Any real analysis that would lead to important resolve and setting goals needs to account for more than the past 12 months. It is a new year, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Who needs summertime when we can make Snowman Slime?
By Patty Rooks on January 4th, 2025
I do not think there is anything more fun to play with than slime! Over the years, I have experimented with various materials in order to come up with some of my favourite “recipes.” Different recipes are needed for different kinds of slime. In keeping with our winter theme this month, I thought I would ... Read More »
1 responseAll Psyched Up: Beliefs
By Linda Hancock on January 4th, 2025
There is an interesting story about a woman who went to the butcher and asked for a ten-pound roast with two inches cut off the end of it. The butcher asked her why she wanted this and was surprised when she said, “That’s what my mother asks for when she wants beef.” The woman became ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Attacks Mean Misery and Economic Disaster
By Dr. Gifford-Jones and Diana Gifford-Jones on January 3rd, 2025
Why do people inflict misery upon themselves? By gaining too much weight, people are decreasing their quality of life and dying prematurely. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to find the clues leading to tragic or mysterious deaths. The evidence is in plain sight. We are a society in which obese people are becoming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Collector’s Corner: Holiday traditions from Canada Post
By Dennis Vickery on December 28th, 2024
Canada Post has released Christmas designs every year since 1964, and for nearly 20 years has offered stamps featuring secular Holiday imagery. The latest Christmas stamp depicts a vibrant-coloured illustration of the Holy Family. It shows Mary and Joseph looking lovingly at the infant Jesus. A star is visible overhead, which was said to announce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: A time for pause
By Linda Hancock on December 28th, 2024
For over two decades I have been writing this newspaper column. Some might think that there is only so much one can say about the special holidays and important dates throughout the year but there is always a new perspective to consider. Today I write about the significance of new year that has some very ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: Tears at Christmas
By Rev. Nancy Cocks on December 28th, 2024
I listen to CBC Calgary often. When their ‘Make the Season Kind’ campaign went over the goal of $1.5 million for Alberta foodbanks this month, my eyes filled with tears. Such generosity in a challenging time! Tears of joy. Later that day, I read a news article about twin Palestinian sisters, both admitted to PhD ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Putting a spin on crystal making
By Patty Rooks on December 28th, 2024
Once Christmas is over, I find myself looking for some fun and exciting science activities to keep those small hands busy. As I was playing around, I discovered a new spin on one of my favourite Holiday time activities – making crystals. Let’s get started! *Remember to ask an adult before doing this experiment. Materials ... Read More »
1 responseCommon Sense Health: Ring in the New Year, but not literally
By Dr. Gifford-Jones and Diana Gifford-Jones on December 27th, 2024
Albert Einstein once said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” Many doctors would agree. There are patients who willfully inflict medical problems on themselves, even when they have full knowledge of the behaviours and lifestyle habits that will end their lives prematurely. There are other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: From sketch to symbol – Behind the face of the Medicine Hat News
By Jenni Barrientos on December 27th, 2024
The Medicine Hat News logo is one of the most iconic pieces of our city’s history. More than just the News, it’s on city police cars, and flies on a flag at city hall – almost everyone has seen the effigy of the “Medicine Man” logo. Recently at the Archives, we welcomed a researcher from ... Read More »
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