Letters to the Editor
Letter: Conservative wildlife management through the decades
By Letter to the Editor on March 2nd, 2023
Dear editor, In the 1970s and early 80s Peter Lougheed created Alberta’s first government departments for protection of the environment. As part of this, he hired a handful of Fish and Wildlife habitat protection biologists and positioned them around Alberta to ensure industrial developments were done in ways that protected wildlife habitat. That was Alberta’s ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: One hundred million reasons
By Letter to the Editor on February 23rd, 2023
Dear editor, Pretend you own a commercial building, perhaps a strip mall. As landlord, you have signed leases with various tenants, who rent shops and stores from you. The leases impose legal obligations upon the tenants, which they have accepted. Those obligations are the counterparts of your landlord’s rights as the owner of the building. ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Alberta’s health-care system no longer prioritizing needs of the citizen
By Letter to the Editor on February 22nd, 2023
Dear editor, On Feb. 2, I had blood drawn to test the coagulation of my blood (INR) as I have had an artificial valve since 1996. The blood INR must be checked every three weeks, a life and death situation as the rate must be kept within a certain range. When phoning to get the ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Variety of treatments needed for those struggling with addiction
By Letter to the Editor on February 17th, 2023
Dear editor, Over the past few years our provincial government in Alberta has been moving from the harm reduction model for addiction to the recovery model. No one model is perfect and there are different people who will meet success in either one. It depends on what substance they are addicted to, the personality of ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Growth in cycling following addition of infrastructure to support it is no coincidence
By Letter to the Editor on February 17th, 2023
Dear editor, The late former Alderman Wayne Craven was no fan of building our cycling and multi-use paths in Medicine Hat. Between 2010 and 2012, Craven, along with former Alderman John Hamill, were not quiet about their opposition to projects that enhanced capacity of multi-model transportation and addressed connectivity within the city’s network. Despite their ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: ‘It does not require many words to speak the truth’
By Letter to the Editor on February 15th, 2023
Dear editor, At the top of JoLynn Parenteau’s Jan. 25 News column is a quote from Nez Perce Chief Joseph, Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain, who said, “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” Let us look through the lens of the chief’s wisdom at the conduct of a present-day leader, one ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Pharmacists are essential members of the team
By Letter to the Editor on February 8th, 2023
Dear editor, I am saddened by recent developments in our health-care community. I have come to understand that a number of general practitioners within this province and no doubt our city are opposed to pharmacists having the authority to prescribe what amounts to a very limited number of medications. Pharmacists are essential members of our ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Tax, tax and more tax
By Letter to the Editor on February 1st, 2023
Dear editor, I entered this in 1998, but it is more relevant now than it was then. Income tax, border tax, Tax on retail sales. Haircut tax, school tax, Tax on beer and ale. City tax, county tax, Tax on all liberations. Wine tax, war tax, Tax on corporations. Brewer tax, sewer tax, Tax on ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: City should look into repurposing Arena rather than demolishing it
By Letter to the Editor on January 25th, 2023
Dear editor, I liked the recent Ticked Off & Tickled Pink submission, regarding an ideal location for a 4,500-seat arena/curling rink complex downtown. However, rather than demolish the old Arena and then reconstruct it, let’s consider renovating and repurposing it. As I recall, taxpayers were originally told that the then-new arena would, by design, accommodate ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Last chance to have concerns about Aira solar project heard by Alberta Utilities Commission
By Letter to the Editor on January 18th, 2023
Dear editor, Regarding the Aira Wind Power Inc., Aira Solar Project Power Plant and Substation – AUC Proceeding 27842 Notice of Applications (applications 27842-A001 and 27842-A002), published in The 40 Mile Commentator on December 27, 2022. Concerned people have created a registered AUC group – Farmers and Ranchers against Solar Group – (FARAS Group). A ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Alberta needs to start skating to where the puck is going
By Letter to the Editor on January 12th, 2023
Dear editor, Premier Smith and her Ministers are accusing Trudeau of wanting to end oil and gas jobs in Alberta. They neglect to mention that’s been happening for years due to automation, which EY Canada says could continue to remove another 30% of jobs in oil and gas by 2030. Nor does the premier or ... Read More »
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