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Opinion: Many facing an uncertain future
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 27th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade Christmas is over for another year and so are the Boxing Day sales. Some of us are breathing a sigh of relief while others are feeling a little down. The excitement and anticipation is over and there are credit card bills that will soon start arriving in the mail. We are on the cusp ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opinion: Remember the spirit of the season
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 24th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel A common trope in pop culture this time of year is “the true meaning of Christmas.” With consumer culture turning the holiday season into a shopping frenzy, it’s easy for us to lose sight of what actually matters. So what does Christmas, or the holiday season writ large, mean? It’s about people coming together, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Alberta, Saskatchewan landlocked, abandoned
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 21st, 2019
In mocking response to those wishing to separate, some quip that Alberta would remain landlocked the day after it becomes independent. With a more respectful tone, Alberta’s premier used similar words in his recent “fair deal for Alberta” speech. Those endorsing and those opposing Alberta’s separation from Canada would benefit from a clear statement of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Saskatchewan is an example to follow
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 20th, 2019
Saskatchewan, a wonderful neighbour! Like Alberta, a great provider of food, fuel and fertilizer. And they certainly support their Roughriders like no one else, even though they are not as successful as the Stampeders and the Eskimos. They also support their economy and next generations by ensuring budgets are balanced. “Sask. remains on track for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Canadian Energy Centre seeks to bring measured tone
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 18th, 2019
Re: “Energy war room an expensive joke at best,” Dec. 14 Since the Canadian Energy Centre’s (CEC) public launch last week, it has been gratifying to see the breadth and depth of interest in our mandate to create a new, pragmatic, fact-based narrative about Canadian energy. Like many new ideas, our website and social media ... Read More »
13 responsesOpinion: Grinches surfacing during Christmas season
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 18th, 2019
There appears to be a troubling trend emerging in the province from the fallout of what seems like reneging by Premier Jason Kenney on the UCP’s Health-Care Guarantee, and perceived war on public-sector workers with education feeling the bite as well. With the belt-tightening of the provincial budget which was announced earlier this year, it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No celebrating this anniversary
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 16th, 2019
A one-year anniversary passed Tuesday, but it isn’t one that was being celebrated – least of all by the two Canadians to whom the milestone applied. Tuesday marked one year since Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China in what had all the appearances of retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Resignation recalls legacy of ‘Joe Who’
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 16th, 2019
@susandelacourt Andrew Scheer announced his departure as Conservative leader on the eve of a significant political anniversary in Canada. Forty years ago, on Dec. 13, 1979, the Conservative minority government of Joe Clark fell, setting in motion a chain of events that would transform the two big political parties in Canada for decades to come. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying it Out: Few wait less but we all pay the price
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 14th, 2019
The minister of health was up early last Saturday taking to Twitter to claim my column to be “an artful construction of an altered reality.” As is becoming more and more clear every day, I absolutely do live in a different reality than Tyler Shandro, though I’ll remind you that mine has inflation, population growth ... Read More »
1 responseGuest Column: ATA invites others to join in defending public education
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 12th, 2019
Last week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released results of international assessments that showed Alberta’s public education system remained one of the very best education systems in the entire world. Our system ranked third in the world in reading, third in science and eighth in mathematics. Since the OECD’s Programme for International ... Read More »
2 responsesGuest Column: The cost of unpaid caregivers for Alberta’s seniors
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on December 10th, 2019
As part of our ongoing work, the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) took a fulsome look at the role of unpaid caregivers of seniors with declining health. We set out to measure the impact and value in terms of costs avoided by our health system. Our goal was to better understand how Albertans who ... Read More »
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