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Let’s Chat: Step up and be a parent
By Linda Tooth on October 15th, 2025
As I work my way toward a big birthday next year I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my life and the work I have been doing. I have come to realize how very blessed I am. Let me explain further. I was born to loving parents who worked very hard to provide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Medicine Hat’s city hall silliness has nothing on City of Kamloops
By Bruce Penton on October 15th, 2025
If you thought the chaos and dysfunction around Medicine Hat’s city council table over the last four years was bad, the City of Kamloops simply says, ‘hold my beer. I’ll show you chaos and dysfunction.’ The situation in Kamloops was far worse, making the Medicine Hat schmozzle resemble a playground spat by comparison. In 2022, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Celebrating the heart of Medicine Hat: Why community spirit matters
By Justin Wright on October 15th, 2025
Every two years, our community pauses to do something profoundly important: we celebrate the people who make Medicine Hat extraordinary. While the Community Spirit Awards are a municipal initiative organized by the City of Medicine Hat, I want to take a moment as your provincial representative to highlight why this recognition matters so deeply to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mansoor’s Musings: Albertans urged to avoid separation
By Mansoor Ladha on October 9th, 2025
Since September, I have been a volunteer collecting signatures asking Albertans whether they agree that Alberta should remain in Canada. Despite others who shall remain unnamed for the time being, I passionately believe that Alberta should remain in Canada. Agreed that Alberta has some grievances against the federal government and many believe that the province ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Grandparents as caregivers, a sad but necessary reality
By Linda Tooth on October 8th, 2025
As I begin to work more with young people, I am noticing a shift in what a traditional family looks like. Now this shift and new normal for many has been around for years, even decades, but it is something that is new to me. That is the new normal of grandparents now being legally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Local doctor’s donation highlights importance of Alberta’s public radio
By Bruce Penton on October 8th, 2025
A gift of $350,000 to Alberta radio station CKUA from Medicine Hat’s Dr. Fredrykka Rinaldi was significant enough for the station “to name the fifth-floor balcony at CKUA’s Alberta Hotel building in Edmonton the ‘Fred’s Aerial Balcony’ (FAB) as a nod to both her name and her lighthearted spirit.” A press release on the CKUA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mansoor’s Musings: Israel bent upon erasing Palestine from the map
By Mansoor Ladha on October 2nd, 2025
“You who feel no pain at the suffering of others it is not fitting for you to be called human.” The above applies most appropriately to the current atrocities and genocide launched on Palestinians in Gaza by Israel. Any TV channel you watch is full of dramatic pictures of corpses being buried, malnourished children, kids ... Read More »
2 responsesMP Report: Conservative plans for Parliament
By Glen Motz on October 1st, 2025
With the fall session of Parliament now underway, Conservatives will continue to challenge the Liberals on what is going wrong, expose what is hidden, and propose what is in Canada’s national interest. Conservatives will relentlessly hold Prime Minister Carney to account because Canadians deserve better than his lofty, unfulfilled campaign promises that fooled voters in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Chat: Kin means family, are you there for yours?
By Linda Tooth on October 1st, 2025
Do you remember your grandparents, or are you a grandparent? I remember mine as loving people who were a part of my life until they passed away. Holidays (Christmas and summer breaks), phone calls (sorry Grandpa, your Saskatchewan Roughriders lost today), letters and birthday cards (always had money in it) in the mail, always brought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy: Speed kills, but are drivers self-regulating in a post-photo radar Alberta?
By Bruce Penton on October 1st, 2025
Now that police authorities have deemphasized the use of photo radar cameras, are Medicine Hat drivers speeding more? Are our streets more dangerous? My initial reaction, with no facts to back it up, is no. Traffic seems to flow about the same today as it did in the days of heavy photo radar use. Vehicles ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101: It’s all about earnings
By Eric Van Enk on September 27th, 2025
This week’s chart reminded me of my second-year economics class at the University of Calgary approximately 25 years ago where the professor was lecturing on short versus long run economic impacts. His quote was, “in the short run, anything can happen and, in the long run, we’re all dead.” At the time, I wasn’t sure ... Read More »
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