Letters to the Editor
Deck stacked against rural folk
By Letter to the Editor on April 2nd, 2018
In southern Alberta, the Ministry of Alberta Environment (AEP) has arbitrarily cancelled a number of water licenses that have been in effect for generations. The sudden cancellation jeopardizes the agricultural operations that relied on those water licenses. In one particular example, on the pretext that a rancher’s nearly two-decade-old license was not complete, the AEP ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black bear hunt unethical, unscientific, unnecessary
By Letter to the Editor on March 29th, 2018
The spring black bear hunt starts April 1 and will inevitably orphan cubs. Alberta Environment and Albeta Parks failed to produce the bear rehabilitation protocol that they had committed to. Thus, cubs will be killed under the orders of the executive director of Fish and Wildlife Policy. This is unethical, unscientific, unnecessary and unacceptable, why ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Concerned by this council
By Letter to the Editor on March 28th, 2018
What did Medicine Hat learn from the last civic election? We had some level of change on council, but maybe not enough. The 2017 fiasco over transit and specifically the temporary relocation of the Fourth Street bust stop to the Esplanade could have brought council down, but it didn’t. What else is there to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP fixing an inherited mess
By Letter to the Editor on March 28th, 2018
Re: “Tax-and-spend socialist job creation at work,” March 22 My circle of friends and I are all seniors and were all long-time conservative supporters who stopped supporting them when Klein came on the scene. We all supported the NDP in the last election to put a stop to the horrific mess we were being forced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!He came to teach, heal
By Letter to the Editor on March 28th, 2018
There was this man called Jesus He walked the Holy Land. He came to teach and heal us Throughout the desert sand. He walked the Holy Land. Jesus came to help and guide us The apostles loved and worshipped Him As He walked the Holy Land. People came and needed cure Jesus helped them to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How do we deal with honour killings?
By Letter to the Editor on March 26th, 2018
Re: “Deportation just shifts the problem somewhere else,” March 20 What a minefield of controversy this editorial evokes, without even a hint of a solution to the problem. First and foremost it must be remembered that citizenship of a country other than your birth is a privilege not a right. So how do we deal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!You may have missed a lot during World Water Week
By Letter to the Editor on March 26th, 2018
Canada Water Week is celebrated each year the third week in March and includes World Water Day on March 22. For more than 10 years now, several local organizations have participated by setting up displays in public areas about a wide variety of topics relating to water. This year the displays were in the Public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corporate Canada makes valuable contributions to our economy
By Letter to the Editor on March 26th, 2018
A school of thought prevails that corporate profit is somehow suspicious. It is argued that corporate entities are only driven by profit. The impression is left that the well-being of its employees is minimized, that its product or service is of the lowest quality and that the environment is completely ignored. Unquestionably the economy will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tax-and-spend socialist job creation at work
By Letter to the Editor on March 22nd, 2018
Re: “Barnes, Kenney shallow on carbon tax,” March 9 In Mr. Cote’s letter he suggests that politicians who are pro-carbon tax are progressive new-age thinkers and those that oppose are past their due date. Alberta has not reduced any other taxes to directly compensate for the carbon tax unlike B.C. that has a revenue neutral ... Read More »
2 responsesPetition aims to get a tax credit for Citizens on Patrol members
By Letter to the Editor on March 20th, 2018
Citizens on Patrol is doing something about rural crime, and making a difference! This has been a long and brutal winter and these people have been out there without fail — regardless of health & personal issues, -40 C and vehicle failure. They got your back, now let’s do something for them! There is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada should take the lead on tuberculosis
By Letter to the Editor on March 19th, 2018
I am repeating myself, as this question bears repeating with March 24, World TB Day, rapidly approaching. Why does tuberculosis persist, indeed, why does TB still exist? This is a curable disease and it is not limited to hard to reach corners of the world, it is alive and well, in fact thriving, in our ... Read More »
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