Letters to the Editor
City doesn’t seem to be following its own rules
By Letter to the Editor on August 16th, 2017
Landscaping is a requirement of any commercial development permit, not only planted but maintained. In our semi-arid climate that means underground sprinklers. Whether plants and beauty outweigh water usage is likely difficult to assess, so let’s just continue to require landscaping since no one really wants a sterile concrete environment. Since Box Springs Business Park ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat hit a Little League home run
By Letter to the Editor on August 15th, 2017
I am writing to express our great appreciation for the hospitality, friendship and support displayed by the City of Medicine Hat, its citizens and the incredible volunteers who stepped up to the plate during our recent Canadian National Little League Baseball Championship. Our local Little League representative, Candice Henson, assembled a dedicated team and was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All 29 UCP MLAs have obligation to resign and run in byelections
By Letter to the Editor on August 11th, 2017
The recent birth of the United Conservative Party from the parent PC and Wildrose parties has not been easy and we can expect more growing pains ahead. The lightning fast speed at which the unification of the centrist PC party and right wing Wildrose party left little time to organize and or anticipate potential problems. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo radar discussion hides the fact that Medicine Hat Police Service is not fully funded
By Letter to the Editor on August 11th, 2017
It is time to stop our constant attempts to vilify the Medicine Hat Police Service for their use of photo radar. Photo radar (and red light cameras) were advertised and sold to cities everywhere as both a traffic enforcement tool and a revenue generator. And it serves both functions. Truth is, the whole photo radar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One man’s opinion: How the world came about
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2017
At any age a chance to know the cause of the world should not be wasted. The first phenomenon has to be the infinity of space as no border is possible. The next one is the great mass of energy, which is open for a name and might well be called god. The basic unit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leaders of merged parties have created major blunder
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2017
You have to question the intelligence of the Wildrose and Conservative party leaders. These two Reform Party buddies have created another major blunder for themselves. A man in West Edmonton Mall told me recently that although he had no intention of supporting them he had bought memberships in both parties so that he could vote ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patron disappointed with how Stampede ended Saturday night
By Letter to the Editor on August 3rd, 2017
This year the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede theme to celebrate Canada 150 was “Strong and Free.” The Saturday night should have been renamed “The Weak and the Hog Tied.” For an experience that would be so memorable for visitors here from the U.K. we had taken in every aspect of the Stampede every day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Work together for a constructive solution
By Letter to the Editor on August 1st, 2017
Since I was not born many millennia ago I can’t verify nor deny who the original human custodians of our planet were. Were they cavemen, Aztec, Inca? It doesn’t matter. Our modern Indigenous people are descendants who worshipped whom they believed to be their creator. To this day they consider where they buried their dead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau’s rationale in Khadr case is ‘very much the Liberal approach’
By Letter to the Editor on July 28th, 2017
“The Khadrs, Canada’s First Family of Terrorism” is how Dr. Daniel Pipes of Pepperdine University and of the Middle East Forum has labeled this controversial Canadian family. He has documented their activities inside and outside Canada to the most recent happening. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues a public apology to Omar Khadr and also decides ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dangerous intersection needs attention
By Letter to the Editor on July 27th, 2017
The road meeting Dunmore Road coming out of the Medicine Hat Mall (the Wendy’s corner) is dangerous, because it’s unsigned for people making a right turn from the mall side onto Dunmore Road. There is no indication to drivers coming from the area of the mall that vehicles making a left turn off Ross Glen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Offended and alarmed over government payment to Khadr
By Letter to the Editor on July 27th, 2017
Re: “Terrorism should have consequences,” July 25 Well said, Mr. Maltin, I totally agree with your letter. I am very offended and alarmed that my tax dollars are used to pay off a known terrorist. Barb Bockman Dunmore... Read More »
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