Letters to the Editor
Alberta’s woes began long before the NDP came to power
By Letter to the Editor on January 17th, 2018
My conservative friends and I continue to find it hard to believe what a farce politics in Alberta have become. While we watch our fellow seniors going around badmouthing the Liberals and finding it smart to criticize us for electing the NDP, they ignore the fact that they were the ones who supported Ralph Klein ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP not evil, but the party has made its share of mistakes
By Letter to the Editor on January 17th, 2018
In the United States “forces of progressive leftist evil” lost the last federal election. The winners (and losers) and the world got Donald Trump. Were freedom, truth and reality really victorious? Never before except in the last provincial election did I ever vote anything other than conservative. But something had to change. After watching the ... Read More »
1 response‘Rational dialogue’ missing from comments
By Letter to the Editor on January 12th, 2018
Re: “If our society doesn’t fight ‘forces of progressive leftist evil’ then evil will win,” Jan. 5 How unfortunate that Leath Johnston did not provide a less vitriolic contribution to the “rational dialogue” which he professes to favour. Mr. Johnston says rational dialogue should be the way “civilized, educated, reasonable people discuss matters of importance.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nothing wrong with New Year’s Eve fireworks
By Letter to the Editor on January 12th, 2018
As a regular business visitor from Calgary to Medicine Hat for almost 24 years, I’ve always enjoyed your paper, especially Ticked Off and Tickled Pink. Love your beautiful city, too. I have to laugh at most Ticked Off comments. You citizens have no idea on how good you have it here. I think we could ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau negotiating trade is Canada sending a boy to do a man’s job
By Letter to the Editor on January 12th, 2018
It would seem more timely if certain contributors to the News would enlighten readers with current events in Canada instead of being fixated with “old news,” American politics, especially bashing President Donald Trump to antiperistalsis. Or is everything perfect in Canadiana? I hardly think so. Our Boy Wonder Trudeau was recently invited to China for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Perhaps humans don’t possess free will
By Letter to the Editor on January 11th, 2018
Re: “Obeying the Gospel is life changing,” Jan. 2 The above-mentioned letter alludes to the importance of free will in religious thinking. In the 1970s, Benjamin Libet, a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco researched neural activity and sensation thresholds. He discovered that conscious decisions to act were preceded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Everyone should have the same health coverage
By Letter to the Editor on January 10th, 2018
People should realize that health care is a human right for all of us. All Americans should be entitled to the same health coverage that President Donald Trump, U.S. congressmen and congresswomen and senators have, especially people who have “pre-existing conditions” as well as low and moderate income seniors, the working poor, persons with disabilities ... Read More »
1 responseLibrary a safe place for all
By Letter to the Editor on January 10th, 2018
A number of articles in the News, and the editorial on Jan. 5, have discussed the issue of the homeless not having a place to go during the Christmas holiday. A few of the articles mentioned the Medicine Hat Public Library. Many included the statement, “the Library and even Tim Horton’s were closed on Christmas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters, Albertans need to do better for our most vulnerable
By Letter to the Editor on January 10th, 2018
Re: “We should take a closer look at our most vulnerable,” Jan. 5 Thank you Gillian Slade for your compassionate and thought provoking editorial. “Options” is a very powerful word and quite often loosely used. The choices are extremely limited for the less fortunate who aren’t always able to exercise that freedom. We, the citizens ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Puzzled by letter about ‘lies and garbage’ from ‘progressive left’
By Letter to the Editor on January 9th, 2018
Re: “If our society doesn’t fight ‘forces of progressive leftist evil’ then evil will win,” Jan. 5 I truly want to thank Leath Johnston for responding to my column. But I am puzzled. The letter is, to quote my friend Bill, “Éfull of sound and furyÉsignifying nothing.” I am, apparently, the author of a “Éprogressive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reality check needed to realize how bad homeless situation is in Medicine Hat
By Letter to the Editor on January 6th, 2018
I would like to applaud the recent articles that Gillian Slade wrote regarding homelessness in Medicine Hat. It is alive and doing well. While most of us take for granted shelter, and warmth, we need to remember there is a large group of people in our community that suffer from bitterly cold conditions of winter, ... Read More »
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