Opinions
City Notebook: Econ devo: Two words too long for a headline
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 28th, 2023
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Economic development is the worst possible thing to fit into a headline, but, increasingly, it’s headline news. Those two four-syllable words have underpinned most local political campaigns in the last decade. We’re bound to hear about the local economic outlook during a provincial election this spring. The recent State of the City address was ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Carbon tax impacting cost of living
By GLEN MOTZ on January 27th, 2023
“Canada’s is not the only government that has made climate action a top priority but is one of the few that places it above all else,” opens a national newspaper opinion piece last week. To demonstrate how high this level of precedence is set, Trudeau’s rejection of Germany and Japan’s desperate request to import Canada’s ... Read More »
1 responseJust Pondering: In the trenches
By Allyson McCaw on January 26th, 2023
So here we are at the start of a new year and I must admit I am a bit unsettled. Try as I may to be optimistic about 2023, there are many things in turmoil. Primarily, our health-care system. I may be jaded after 40 years in the business but I really don’t remember a ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Audience capture
By Daniel Schnee on January 25th, 2023
Many years ago I was the student of Pulitzer Prize winning saxophonist Ornette Coleman. An icon of modern jazz music, Coleman is perennially included among any list of the great innovators of the 20th century. His musical philosophy (known as the “Harmolodic” system) made various aspects of music such as melody, harmony and rhythm equal ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Slippy, drippy, nippy
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 21st, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Like the first robin of the spring, snow clearing is back in the News this week as rutted icy roads mangle suspension systems ahead of a sure chinook. New to the discussion however, is a cost estimate. It’s a big ballpark, but $1.5 million per snow storm would be the expected cost to plow ... Read More »
1 responseFor What It’s Worth: Some thoughts on veganism, meat and sustainability
By Cash Moore on January 19th, 2023
I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of veganism. As the son of a butcher, I’ve always been puzzled by how people could give up on one of life’s greatest delights. In recent years, veganism has grown in popularity, with vegan options becoming prevalent in grocery stores and restaurants across the country. Reasons for taking ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Manliness
By Daniel Schnee on January 18th, 2023
With all the debate over cancel culture, wokeness, and so on, it might seem we are all at endless loggerheads. I think facts and common sense can win the day eventually, but before we get there we have yet another problem to deal with: the recent rise of Internet influencers such as former world champion ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Population
By COLLIN GALLANT on January 14th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant You may have heard the population of Medicine Hat rose by 800 last year to sit above 80,000. Huh? Isn’t it 63,000? Growth? Well, it’s all a matter of perspective. Figures released this week by Statistics Canada, and reported in the News, refer to the Medicine Hat “Census Amalgamation” area, which includes not only ... Read More »
1 responseMLA Report: Increase competition for lower insurance rates
By Drew Barnes on January 13th, 2023
There is no larger challenge facing most families in Alberta right now than inflation. A simple trip to the grocery store will tell you all you need to know about that. At a time when costs are rising across the board, people are looking to government to take action. One of the most common concerns ... Read More »
1 responseThe Human Condition: Inflation aid
By Daniel Schnee on January 11th, 2023
Though I am completely against most everything that Premier Danielle Smith says and does, I have to give her credit when it is actually due. And surprisingly, it is indeed now due, owing to the fact that the promise she made to help low-income Albertans with inflation is now being fulfilled. Two days ago Affordability ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Has Medicine Hat become the Centre of the Universe?
By COLLIN GALLANT on December 31st, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Don’t dismiss the idea too quickly. Stranger things happened in 2022, and there’s some evidence that it is true, at least on the political front. Elections might get decided in Eastern time zones, but the Hat seems to be a bubbling front of political thought. The Gas City hosted campaign visits by Pierre Poilievre ... Read More »
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