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City Notebook: Provincial power
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 17th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Danielle Smith is most upset about “Just Transition” legislation that passed the House of Commons this week with the stated goal of training workers for a changing energy sector. Smith and many Albertans, of course, argue the unstated goal is to phase out petroleum production, and the thinly veiled threat to break out the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A farewell: A short stint has become a lifetime of love and memories; but it’s time to say goodbye
By KENDALL KING on June 17th, 2023
kking@medicinehatnews.com When I arrived in Medicine Hat almost two years ago, I had no idea the adventure which awaited me. Born and raised in southwestern Ontario, I never intended to move west. When people ask how I ended up in Alberta, my response is often ‘by accident.’ I landed in Calgary in July of 2021 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Behind the numbers
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 3rd, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Quick: Who got more votes? Michaela Frey or Danielle Smith? The answer might provide some friendly jabs at the water cooler in the premier’s office in Edmonton, where the former MLA for Brooks-Medicine Hat is a special adviser to Smith. For the record, Frey won the riding with 13,606 votes in 2019. Smith took ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Alberta election a ‘look in the mirror’ moment
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 27th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There’s a well developed school of thought in politics that the winner of a U.S. presidential election is the candidate who provides a more transformative vision of that country. Sure it goes back and forth, and it may be simply reversing the vision of the last guy, but they make big promises, paint big ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Bill C21 – Flawed firearms legislation bypasses the democratic process
By Glen Motz on May 26th, 2023
Canadian democracy was completely denied with Bill C-21, the Liberals’ deeply flawed and misguided firearms legislation. Initially intended to freeze lawfully owned handguns, it morphed to include many long guns used for hunting, thus targeting law-abiding firearms owners’, rather than violent criminals. In my role on parliament’s Public Safety Committee, I have opposed Bill C-21 ... Read More »
1 responseJust Pondering: Expanded horizons
By ALLYSON MCCAW on May 25th, 2023
My family just had the incredible experience of celebrating our son’s wedding to an extraordinary lady from Iran. Our world has expanded so much by learning her traditions and meeting her family. We are truly blessed to have her in our lives and overjoyed at how happy our son is. During their courtship we have ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Debate gate
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 20th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant We’re still not exactly sure what happened this week with the chamber debates. Why were the New Democrats out initially? The explanation of why later that day it changed for one and not the other is too long to run through again. But local NDP supporters may have wished it was the other way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101: Canada’s role in decarbonization
By Eric Van Enk on May 20th, 2023
I could have titled this article “The Cost of Virtue Signalling, Part 2” as it’s linked to my first editorial which discussed Canada’s inability to grow our tax base due to forgoing economic development projects such as LNG. Related to the needless economic damage resulting from failing to support industries such as LNG is Canada’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Political problems
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 13th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant We’re two weeks into an all-out dash to the polls on May 29, and I’m not sure we’re any smarter for it. Sure, the two major political parties fire big and little shots on policy and perceived slights, but has anybody been won over, or changed their positions, or feel more involved in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest column: Time to keep federal advertising dollars in Canada
By Paul Deegan on May 3rd, 2023
The Canadian government has supported journalism for generations. Since the founding of Canada’s first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, which dates to 1752, government advertising has been an important source of revenue for newspapers. Even prior to Confederation, direct supports, like the former Publications Assistance Program, which subsidized the postal delivery of non-daily newspapers, ensured that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Ready or not, here comes another trip to the polls
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 29th, 2023
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant It’s what we’ve all been waiting for… no, not plus-20 weather, but rather the 2023 provincial election. Barring the unexpected, the campaign should begin Monday. That’s despite several years worth of evidence that says maybe we should hedge our bets. Really the whole hoopla seems to have been ongoing since Jason Kenney’s leadership review ... Read More »
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