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Laying It Out: No money in a boom, no money in a bust
By Scott Schmidt on March 12th, 2022
If you’re keeping score, Premier Jason Kenney says the province can’t spend when oil prices are down because “Alberta is broke,” and it can’t spend when oil prices soar because, “who knows? This may be our last energy boom.” When provincial revenue suffered thanks to a commodity crash (and massive needless corporate tax cuts), the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: New council’s unique approach facing first big test
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 12th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There’s a leadership strategy that states you should let people complain long enough to feel heard before offering solutions. Jump in too soon, you risk aggravating frustration. Too late however, positions harden and resolution slips away. That could be where the City of Medicine Hat is after going round and round and round for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Human Condition: Pronouns
By Daniel Schnee on March 9th, 2022
I remember being taught about personal pronouns back in elementary school: words like “he” or “she”. If there’s more than one person we use “they” or “them”. So how can one person nowadays be referred to as a group of people? Why are “they” and “them” preferable to “he” or ‘she”? I decided to discuss ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: Taxes take the hit as prices soar, even if they aren’t the reason
By COLLIN GALLANT on March 5th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Death and taxes are unavoidable, inevitable, but that doesn’t stop the fight against either. Taxes are in particular focus as gas and diesel prices swiftly rise to record highs this week, but the argument is that the taxes at the pump are “the real reason” prices are so high. Indeed they make up the ... Read More »
1 responseLaying It Out: A boom might save Kenney, but what’s it doing for you?
By Scott Schmidt on March 5th, 2022
As Premier Jason Kenney continues to celebrate Alberta’s all-of-a-sudden booming energy sector, complete with coat-tailing the Ukraine invasion to promote it, does your life feel less expensive? As you watch the meter turn faster than ever, paying 30 cents more per litre than the most you’ve ever paid for gasoline, do you think about how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Just Pondering: Wanderlust
By Allyson McCaw on March 3rd, 2022
Today I feel like a kid at Christmas who is just waking up and realizing that it’s time to open all those presents. I am talking about the sense of freedom to get on a plane and travel once again! Hubby and I have been blessed to travel for the last 21 years, as we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Human Condition: Invasion
By Daniel Schnee on March 2nd, 2022
Andriy is a friend of mine living in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a brilliant, innovative abstract artist and jovial free spirit. He is also willing to take the free AKM assault rifle he was given recently by his government, and risk death defending his country against Russian invaders. Andriy should be up to his usual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Invasion of Ukraine should be wakeup call to the great middle
By COLLIN GALLANT on February 26th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant As it turns out, global politics are complicated. More complicated than a rim-shot on social media, at least, and probably the most complex they’ve been in 25 years, following a major invasion of the Ukraine by Russia. And in a very connected world, global politics are personal, and just not for the relatively large ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: Political gamesmanship not political statesmanship
By Glen Motz on February 25th, 2022
Canadians’ constitutional privileges, outlined under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, now seem a little hollow. Days ago, the Trudeau Liberal and NDP voted to confirm the invocation of the Emergencies Act. This move recklessly jeopardizes our fundamental freedoms of thought, belief, opinion, expression and peaceful assembly. This legislation, which replaced the War Measures Act, has only been invoked three ... Read More »
4 responsesThe Human Condition: Reflecting on culture and ethnicity
By Daniel Schnee on February 23rd, 2022
As we celebrate Black History Month we have the opportunity to reflect on culture and ethnicity: both historically and into the future. All humans have the DNA to look black, or Asian, or some other set of traits common to people in a region. There is no race other than homo sapiens, so when we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying It Out: Don’t let this be the moment we look back on with regret
By Scott Schmidt on February 19th, 2022
Correction: Last week I said the last thing I said about freedom convoys would be the last thing I say about freedom convoys. That was inaccurate. I was recently called a bigot after not allowing someone to compare being unvaccinated in Canada to being sent to Auschwitz — in case you’re wondering where the country’s ... Read More »
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