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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!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!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!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!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 »
2 responsesAct 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!Confusion over city’s Financially Fit talk
By Letter to the Editor on June 28th, 2018
Just when we get used to the idea that we are on the road to recovery, we are presented with the fact “we’re in a mess”, according to Coun. Turner in a June 19 News story headlined “Utility fee defeated. Now what?” The mayor “implored” council not to add the new fee, stating “in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police should make public cause of cycling collisions
By Letter to the Editor on June 25th, 2018
“Ignorance is bliss” — except in the case of cycling collisions. For the sake of both auto drivers and cyclists, the police department has to begin informing the public of the circumstances that resulted in the collision — what was the cause of the collision. Accidents don’t just happened, they are caused. If both drivers ... Read More »
2 responsesIs law requiring youth to wear bike helmets still in existence?
By Letter to the Editor on June 25th, 2018
Perhaps someone in authority could enlighten me. Has the law regarding people under 18 wearing an approved cycle helmet been rescinded? If it is still in effect why do I see so many kids in Redcliff without them? Maybe the RCMP should wait outside the four schools and when they spot one of these kids, ... Read More »
1 responseGophers overrunning Medicine Hat Village
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2018
Medicine Hat Village, owned by Cove Communities in Arizona, is being invaded by gophers. They are expanding from mobile and city-owned property along 13th Avenue S.E. to dig in yards, live under homes, and play in outbuildings. Children helping get the mail and waiting for school buses see birds eating dead gophers. We have a ... Read More »
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