Letters to the Editor
Pot-specific bylaws needed in city
By Letter to the Editor on July 12th, 2018
I am a Grade 8 student at Crescent Heights High School. I am writing about the new marijuana factory coming to Medicine Hat. I think that the city did a great job of bringing new economic options to Medicine Hat, especially since the downturn of the oil and gas industry. Although this is great for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governments need to commit to TB fight
By Letter to the Editor on July 11th, 2018
Centuries of neglect have transformed tuberculosis, a curable disease, into the biggest infectious killer today, claiming more victims than HIV and malaria combined. Every year, 10 million human beings contract TB. Every year, 1.7 million die of it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shown great leadership by promising to end TB in Canada’s North, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pot concerns
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2018
I’m writing about the new Aurora Sun greenhouse. I have a concern about the types of marijuana being sold. Will it just be medicinal marijuana or will there be recreational marijuana also? If there’s recreational marijuana there’s a big concern about crime and people on the streets in regards to how people will act. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marijuana should be ‘medical’ only
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2018
I am 13 years old. I am addressing the medical marijuana greenhouse situation. I think this is a very noble choice. At first I had some concerns like impaired driving, the cost and if there would be other harmful drugs put into the marijuana. I then talked to my father and he told me, “this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP’s ‘negativities’ accomplish nothing
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2018
We received updates from our Conservative MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. In it he reveals his predilection for confirmation bias (tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses) and paranoia (the irrational and persistent feeling that people are “out to get you”). He begins with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oppressive taxation by city
By Letter to the Editor on July 5th, 2018
As reported in the media, Medicine Hat city council is going to fatten up the Heritage Savings Account to become the second largest reserve account it has, while at the same time talking of increasing municipal taxes by seven per cent yearly? Really? Do the numbers. A seven-per-cent yearly increase equates to doubling present day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another freedom taken away
By Letter to the Editor on July 4th, 2018
The Supreme Court of Canada has added another nail in the coffin of freedom in this country. It has sided with two provincial law societies which petitioned against a law school being established by Trinity Western University, on the grounds that its Christian standards of conduct might discomfort certain prospective students, particularly those of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albertans will soon need to choose between massive cuts, tax changes
By Letter to the Editor on July 4th, 2018
Public Interest Alberta recently hosted a public discussion at Medicine Hat College regarding the provincial government’s revenue shortage and the consequences it has for our public services. The discussion centered around our new Revenue Reno campaign – http://www.RevenueReno.ca – which advocates for protecting and revitalizing our province’s public services by solving our significant shortage of ... Read More »
1 responseHandouts creating another problem
By Letter to the Editor on July 4th, 2018
It’s been three or so years since our city boasted to the world that we had solved the ever-present problem of homelessness. Quite an achievement considering nearly all cities on the planet struggle with this. It was quite a claim then and it still is now. Although I highly doubt anyone who has lived here ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Act of cruelty to deny GSAs
By Letter to the Editor on July 2nd, 2018
On June 20 a Court of Queen’s Bench justice in Medicine Hat heard an application from faith-based schools and parents to stay the operation of certain sections of the Alberta School Act pending determination of their constitutionality by the Court. The disputed sections concern mainly the creation of Gay Straight Alliances in schools and manner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!We deserve better from MHC
By Letter to the Editor on July 2nd, 2018
Medicine Hat College has not been adequately or fully satisfying the post-secondary needs of our community and has for an extended period of time been operating in crisis mode. This has necessarily led to many deficiencies in spite of the good intentions of those directly involved. The fact is that the college is a major ... Read More »
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