Opinions
National Affairs: Friends mix with foes in politics
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 2nd, 2018
This could be awkward. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is one of Justin Trudeau’s most effective allies on the Canada-U.S. trade front. And preserving NAFTA, or as much of it as possible, is the most significant item on the federal government’s mid-mandate plate. Now Mulroney’s daughter, Caroline, is exploring the possibility of running for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New approach to fentanyl availability needed in Alberta
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 2nd, 2018
Sadly the number of deaths from overdosing on an illicit substance continues to grow in our province and it is time to re-evaluate the best way to address the crisis. Alberta Health Services reported 462 people died from a fentanyl overdose between Jan. 1 and Nov. 11, 2017, compared to 293 in 2016. A new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On a new course in the world’s history
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 31st, 2018
There is a strange signal running through the world right now. It comes from no one source or cause, but it permeates the atmosphere like the smell of ozone just before a rainstorm. It’s a kind of dread mixed with a touch of hysteria, and grounded in a defensiveness. You see this manifested on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Fire disaster never to be forgotten
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 29th, 2018
Oct. 17 was a trying day for many people throughout Western Canada with strong and destructive winds across much of the Prairie provinces. Some areas in the region saw those winds fuel wildfires that burned grassland, fence lines, crop land, homes, yards, livestock, wildlife and equipment. Damage from fire is always heartbreaking, but often is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Political leaders must exhibit higher standards
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 29th, 2018
At the beginning of the year, the Taber Times published an editorial entitled “Leaders must lead the way on sexual assault.” It argued that our representatives in legislature have a moral obligation to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment to serve as an example for their constituents. Events of the past week in Nova ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Opinions are not facts
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 27th, 2018
I wasn’t going to do this. It isn’t very rewarding to pick low-hanging fruit, and I really don’t like showing disrespect. But I’ve been busy doing other important things like writing a paper for my college class so I don’t have a lot of time to do a proper editorial. So I’m going to go ... Read More »
3 responsesMLA Report: Alberta challenge is how to even out economic peaks and valleys
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 26th, 2018
The province is seeing positive economic indicators such as increased employment, higher oil prices and growth in retail sales but as Alberta takes tender steps towards a recovery it’s important to remember the past five decades of boom-bust cycles we have faced. One past trend has been to stress the need for diversifying our economy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: So sorry, but I am not sorry
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 22nd, 2018
Canadians have a reputation around the world for being polite and our politicians are anxious to perpetuate that myth with expressions of love, kindness, encouragement and acceptance of everyone. Our prime minister even threatens our chances of being part of a free trade deal by attempting to impose his world view into the conditions of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: The terrible part of NAFTA that Canada wants to keep, for now
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 20th, 2018
Canada is going all-out to save the North American Free Trade Agreement. The ruling Liberal government has even enlisted the help of the opposition Conservatives in this crusade. Rumours suggesting that U.S. President Donald Trump might kill the pact have cast a pall over official Ottawa. Yet a new study shows that in at least ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: U.S. politics are obscuring important topics closer to home
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 19th, 2018
It seems these days that many Albertans have found rich entertainment watching American politics. Love or dislike what is happening south of the border, it is obscuring two things that are important, closer to home. First, for many years, there were three big names in Canadian conservative politics.Former prime minister Stephen Harper was one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta-Sask. tiff about more than just licence plates
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat popped up on western newswires this week as the preferred spot by the Saskatchewan government to resolve an interprovincial trade dispute. Even in a town that is craving publicity, one can only continue to scratch one’s head trying to make sense of the entire controversy. The geography is a no brainer — possibly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
