March 29th, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Kudos to compassionate family doctor

By medicinehatnews on April 7th, 2021

Dear editor, I would like to express my appreciation of my entire family to our family doctor, which has been practising care for all three generations. He is very polite and has deep concern for all patients. This covers myself, all my sons, and now my grandchildren. We are very satisfied with all the results ... Read More »

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Letter: Late sunrise has negative impact

By Letter to the Editor on March 27th, 2021

Dear editor, The delay of one hour for sunrise in the winter by staying on daylight savings time throughout the year would have at least three negative impacts. First, the commute to school would be more dangerous as most commutes would now be done in darkness from about mid-November to mid-February. Snow, sleet and fog ... Read More »

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Letter: One day at a time, one spoon at a time

By Letter to the Editor on March 27th, 2021

Dear editor, I am a Spoonie and I have been one for as long as I can remember. According to Spoon theory,  people only have so many spoons in a day and when they are gone there is no more energy left. I lose my spoons early.  Today I went to church, my church has ... Read More »

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Letter: Do we really want daylight saving time?

By Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2021

Dear editor, It’s good to see Kenton Shilka raising the issue of daylight saving time again in Tuesday’s column. But most Albertans would disagree with him on staying status quo. In fact, if status quo had been the decision in 1967, when DST was first introduced in Alberta, we’d still be on Mountain Standard Time ... Read More »

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Letter: Three concerns about UCP’s coal policy

By Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2021

Dear editor, I have three general concerns about the UCP government’s coal policy. The first comes from their secretive repealing of a “hands-off” policy of 44 years. About a month ago, Albertans discovered a “done deal.” We learned the UCP had, on June 1, 2020, quietly cancelled the 1976 policy, with no public consultation, not ... Read More »

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Letter: We would be wise to use Rome’s example as an object lesson if we hope to avoid its fate

By Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2021

Dear editor, One of the terms with which most of us have become familiar over the last few years is “alternative facts.” This type of information, or at best a version of it labelled “selective history,” informs Richard Dietrich’s March 13 letter to the editor. Conveniently in his version, the three causes of Rome’s fall ... Read More »

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Letter: Big business doesn’t always practice what’s best for consumers

By Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2021

 Dear editor, There was notable nursing-home neglect in Canada long before COVID-19, although the actual extent was made horrifically clear when the pandemic really hit. A most-morbid example was the CHSLD Residence Herron long-term care home in Quebec about 11 months ago, where 47 residents perished. The neglect had become so extreme the Canadian Armed ... Read More »

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Letter: More history needed

By Letter to the Editor on March 13th, 2021

Dear editor, I have been assisting my grandson, in the United States, work through his history lessons. The study of the decline, then collapse, of the Roman Empire is a chilling reminder of similarities to our age. It has also reminded me of what studies we are missing in Alberta schools. Most historians suggest the ... Read More »

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Letter: We must have faith in those who step forward

By Letter to the Editor on March 13th, 2021

Dear editor, I’m writing in response to the letter from Drayton Vally bemoaning the current state of affairs in the province. No, not DND affairs, apparently writing about the current government. In my rather long life, I’ve always found it interesting how people dramatize situations and engage in over-the-top rhetoric. The writer appears to indicate ... Read More »

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Letter: Public must be vocal about coal mining concerns

By Letter to the Editor on March 10th, 2021

Dear editor, People from all around the world come to Alberta to enjoy the Rocky Mountains. But we also enjoy the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, because that’s where we get our drinking water. The province is quietly proceeding with new coal mining developments in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, which will result in ... Read More »

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