Local Life
Paws-itive Perspectives: Enriching your dog’s life
By Angel Dumoulin on December 4th, 2025
Enrichment is a word that has been thrown around a lot lately in ads for dog owners. I’m not sure if anyone outside of the animal training/behaviourist world truly knows what it is but it’s catchy and sells products to humans who want to give their dog a great life. Enrichment is simply the act ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Marriage prep
By Linda Hancock on November 29th, 2025
This week I again hired the Neat Freaks to help me do some decluttering and we attacked my office files. Interestingly, I found a typed (yes, I said typed) article that states it was taken from a 1950s Home Economics Textbook. The intent of the information apparently was to help high school girls prepare for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Service Above Self: Sharing strength with those in need
By Kitt Brand on November 29th, 2025
Need a noble holiday or birthday gift idea? Join Rotarians in providing generators to Ukraine. As you remember, the Saamis, Sunshine and Rotary Clubs of Medicine Hat have been helping Ukrainians with medical supplies, equipment, and rehabilitation care for more than a year. Now, because of attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine, many areas are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: The magic of static electricity
By Patty Rooks on November 29th, 2025
Well, I do not know about you, but I have been slowly decorating for the upcoming holiday season! It is my favourite time of the year as I get to see family and friends that I miss SO much. As I am pulling out some of the tinsel, I notice it is either flying everywhere ... Read More »
1 responseCollector’s Corner: Types of Loon dollars
By Ron Schmidt on November 29th, 2025
When Loon dollars first started circulating in July of 1987, the word loonie was used as a term to describe the new coin replacing the 1 dollar bill. This coin was the subject of many changes over the years. In 1992 the loon was replaced with the 125th anniversary of Canada. In 1994 was the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: Brighten up your Black Friday at tixx.ca
By Gillian Reimer on November 28th, 2025
On Nov. 5, I returned to my role at the City of Medicine Hat after a 15-month parental leave. While I was away, many changes were made including a new slate of councillors being elected. What hasn’t changed in the time I was away? The incredible amount of entertainment offerings and experiences we have access ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: What we got wrong about independence
By Diana Gifford-Jones on November 28th, 2025
What’s happened, that we feed our children a single definition of success? Grow up and leave home, climb the ladder, buy a house, and live an “independent” life. At the same time, aging parents assert they must never become a burden on their grown children. These aspirations for self-reliance are ingrained in our concept of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: Extreme ownership
By Rev. Roland Weisbrot on November 22nd, 2025
Several years ago, I read the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by retired Navy SEAL operators Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Aside from getting to peak into the unfamiliar and fascinating world of elite special military forces, this book also provided some very interesting commentary on the nature and role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Air pressure
By Patty Rooks on November 22nd, 2025
Well, what a week, it seems as if something goes wrong, it is a steady stream of disasters! A plumbing malfunction is what inspired this week’s article. I had to pull out a tool I have not used in quite some time. If the truth was to be told, I did not even know where ... Read More »
1 responseStampede Roundup: Lots to be excited about this Holiday Season – including a big surprise
By Ryan McCracken on November 21st, 2025
The Holiday Season is nearly upon us, and with it comes the return of the Servus Credit Union Olde Tyme Christmas Fair & Market and the Beef Pen Show & Cowboy Christmas Trade Show – but wait, there’s more! This Tuesday at 10 a.m., the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede will be making a very ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Hernias are an age-old problem
By Diana Gifford-Jones on November 21st, 2025
Hernias are an ancient ailment. And modern medicine still debates the best ways to repair or live with them. One of the earliest references appears in the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical scroll from around 1550 BCE. The treatment for hernias was to push them back into place, in techniques described by Hippocrates. Galen, a ... Read More »
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