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Viva Vitality: You can quit smoking with the right planning, tools, support
By Medicine Hat News on October 5th, 2018
You have been thinking about it for months, maybe even years, and now you have made the decision. You are going to quit smoking. You are going to give it a really good try this time and make it a top priority. Still you can’t help but wonder “Can I really do it?” “Will I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Go beyond your usual Thanksgiving tradition
By Medicine Hat News on October 5th, 2018
It can be very deceiving to think we need to have a large bank account and fulfilment of all our hopes and dreams in order to be thankful. The greatest blessings usually don’t have a price tag. Unfortunately, the things that enrich our lives are often not valued until they we lose them. Alexander Chambers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Mudder & daughter’ team up for pottery show
By Gillian Slade on October 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Not only is the pottery unusual in design and creativity it is an exhibition of pieces by a mother and daughter. The launch of “Mudder & daughter show” takes place Oct. 19 from 7-10 p.m. at The Clay Trade, 628 Second Street S.E, with artists Dixie Baker and her daughter Dawn Olsen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s Up Doc?: Reasons to try the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet
By Medicine Hat News on October 2nd, 2018
In a 2012 study, 52 per cent of Americans (that were polled) believed doing their taxes was easier than figuring out how to eat healthy. When you are hungry it is so easy to find unhealthy fast junk food. Junk food easily satisfies your hunger and craving for sweet, salty and oily food. But junk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clubs Calendar Oct. 1-7
By Medicine Hat News on October 1st, 2018
MONDAY — Do you have a drinking problem? Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held seven days a week in Medicine Hat. For times and locations, call 403-527-2065. — Moms’ Walking Group, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., meet in Mall Food Court in front of A&W. Walk, then have coffee. — TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 5:30 p.m., ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Your Money: The process of selling your business — Part 2
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
If you are not planning to transfer your business to family members or working with your employees to structure a sale to them, one of your options for business succession may be to sell your business to a third party. In my last column I went over the first steps of that process. This column ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buds and Blooms: To-do list in the garden for fall
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Monica, from John’s Butterfly House, and I have been texting each other about the extra time we have this fall to put our gardens to bed for winter since the Windmill Garden Centre is closed from now until February, when we will be hard at it again. This column is full of my suggestions to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Awnings can add to outdoor comfort
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Metro Editorial Many homeowners are eager to step outdoors upon the return of warm weather. Outdoor living spaces have grown in popularity as more and more homeowners embrace opportunities to entertain and lounge around in their yards. Outdoor entertaining areas can be great, but such spaces may go unused when summer sun makes it uncomfortable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: Wearing orange tomorrow?
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day in Canada, a day when we are invited to wear orange to help us remember the impact of residential school experience on Indigenous Canadians. My denomination ran a few of those schools in Manitoba and NW Ontario. In 1994 we publicly confessed the harm those schools caused in young ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Collector’s Corner: Beginning, building your collection
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Before I begin this week’s column I would like to thank everyone who attended our Coin & Stamp Show on Sept. 22. I hope everyone enjoyed it. Why do people collect stuff? The answer seems to be in primeval cultural living. For most people saving for a rainy day is normal. People may collect paintings, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Praxis: What makes a sunset so beautiful?
By Medicine Hat News on September 29th, 2018
Summer is officially over for another year as fall did arrive this past weekend. I truly love the changing seasons. There is such diversity and beauty in each and every season. Make sure you get outside and enjoy this seasonal weather before you know what arrives and it is too cold to enjoy the lovely ... Read More »
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