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Land of lunacy: MHMT’s production of Spamalot brings Monty Python’s self-aware silliness to the stage
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on April 22nd, 2022
The fourth wall comes down like a drawbridge to reveal a land of lunacy as the curtains rise on Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s long-awaited performance of Monty Python’s Spamalot. “Lovingly ripped off” from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot touches on all the highlights of the 1975 British comedy classic with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boosting nitric oxide, the antidote to getting older
By DR. GIFFORD-JONES & DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on April 22nd, 2022
The French existentialist, Gabriel Marcel, asserted “Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be experienced.” Nevertheless, scientists remain intent on figuring it out. The cells in our bodies are susceptible to damage. A sunburn is a visible example. Ultraviolet rays scorch skin cells, causing rapid death. Damage occurs at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miywasin Moment: The Seven Sacred Teachings: Humility – The Wolf
By JoLynn Parenteau on April 20th, 2022
“Humility provides clarity where arrogance makes a cloud.” – The Lakota Way In this series, the Miywasin Moment explores the Seven Sacred Teachings. Called the Tipi Teachings, Grandfather Teachings, or Seven Sacred Laws in other parts of Turtle Island (Native North America), these are values passed down from our Ancestors. Indigenous ways of knowing are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: To eat or not to eat, that is the question
By PATTY ROOKS on April 15th, 2022
I do not know about you, but I will be boiling a lot of eggs over the next few days. The problem is that when I get busy, I tend to forget which ones are boiled and which ones are not. There must be a way to use science to figure this out so no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Is cholesterol the enemy?
By DR. GIFFORD-JONES & DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on April 14th, 2022
The headline of a prestigious health and nutrition publication reads, “Do we need to limit dietary cholesterol?” For decades, the answer was yes. We were told to limit our intake of cholesterol to 300 mg daily to decrease the risk of heart attack. Was it just a catchy headline? Cholesterol is not the devil incarnate. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miywasin Moment: Becoming Wasani
By JoLynn Parenteau on April 13th, 2022
The paths we travel in life are threads connecting where we’ve been to where we’re going. A few years ago I joined a retreat on the forested Wasan Island in Ontario’s Muskoka Lakes. There is an ancient magic which lives in the earth there. You feel it in the soles of your feet, seeping into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s Up Doc?: Bruce Willis and the long-term effects of aphasia
By Noorali Bharwani on April 12th, 2022
Recently, Bruce Willis’ family announced that he will be taking a step back from his career of almost 45 years and more than 100 movies due to an aphasia diagnosis. Aphasia is a medical condition that leaves patients struggling to verbally communicate. It affects speech and the ability to read or write. As of 2022, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heritage in the Hat: From badgers to banjos
By Sally Sehn on April 12th, 2022
There isn’t a musician in the city unfamiliar with Levinson’s Music, a business which operated from 218 S. Railway St. from 1953 to 2017, a total of 64 years. But little recognition is given to the early years of the store and the building from which it operated. Constructed in 1920, the building’s first occupant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: Finding the time to experience, play and connect
By CANDACE LUNDRIGAN on April 8th, 2022
Lately I have been thinking more about the passage of time and how it seems to speed up or slow down in relation to circumstance. While time plods along consistently in one direction, we often seem to have too much of it or not nearly enough. We might have struggled with it as we sat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Learn from others
By DR. LINDA HANCOCK on April 8th, 2022
Often people tell me they want to be happy and successful. Those two situations don’t always arrive together. In fact, some who are happy do not have worldly fame or material blessings and some who have great success in business or celebrity are absolutely miserable. So, when I am thinking about how to improve my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: For men, don’t disregard a lump in the breast
By DR. GIFFORD-JONES & DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on April 8th, 2022
Few findings cause women as much fear as discovering a breast lump and wonder if it’s cancer. But what about men who notice a mass and pain in the breast? Male breast lumps are not commonly discussed in the locker room. But confusion and embarrassment can delay diagnosis of a malignancy. Breast cancer is not ... Read More »
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