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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!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!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!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 »
Be the first to comment!Face-to-face talks are far more respectful
By Letter to the Editor on March 17th, 2018
Re: “‘Clash of Ideas’ offer made,” Feb. 14 I’m pleased to see other readers of the Comments page extending coffee invitations. I had the pleasure of coffee with Mr. David Condon recently. Although I believe we are polarized politically I believe we found we shared some common ground. For example, we both believe there is ... Read More »
1 responseAn oversimplification in the Middle East?
By Letter to the Editor on March 17th, 2018
Negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians — at least this or another of bloodily feuding Palestinian factions — would be once more underway, but for the decision by the somewhat “erratic” leader of our neighbours down south, to name ancient Jerusalem again the capital of Israel. Many, many years ago it had been the spiritual and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The stigma for addicts should be a thing of the past
By Letter to the Editor on March 16th, 2018
Some people wonder why their taxes are paying for a drug addict’s next fix. It is called harm reduction. Instead of an addict getting their next fix alone where they might die they do it with a replacement drug therapy and wraparound services. This way the government hopes fewer people will die. However if there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barnes, Kenney shallow on carbon tax
By Letter to the Editor on March 9th, 2018
In his February MLA Report, Cypress-Medicine Hat’s Drew Barnes states Alberta’s carbon tax is “job-killing” and is “on the backs of everyday Albertans.” He and United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney parrot the “job-killing” description when they speak of this tax because attitudinally and terminologically they are still stuck in Harper-think and Harper-speak. The former ... Read More »
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