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Some thrown ‘under the bus’ with transit change
By Letter to the Editor on August 29th, 2017
Public transit plays an important role in social cohesion, helping people, especially those on low income, access to education, work, recreation and health care. It appears the city has taken a survey on where the budget should be cut and made decisions based on the survey. My question is “who responded to this survey?” Was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Counter-protesters shouldn’t be criticized
By Letter to the Editor on August 25th, 2017
I was dismayed to read the recent opinion piece written by Tim Kalinowski, “‘Frontier justice’ is not the answer.” Amidst boilerplate condemnations of bigotry, the author spends multiple paragraphs implying that “counter-protesters are responsible for” the violence committed by a well-armed group of neo-Nazis. On the first night, a group of counter-protesters were surrounded and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finding fault with transit changes
By Letter to the Editor on August 24th, 2017
Finally the city has got something right — having transit start earlier in the morning. The hope of increasing ridership is, to say the least, somewhat dashed as they have drastically reduced the routes into residential areas some by more than 50 per cent. This is where ridership comes from. The city is going to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local MLA is anything but clear, certainly confused
By Letter to the Editor on August 23rd, 2017
Re: “MLA Report: Let good people do good things with their time and money,” Aug. 18 Ronald Reagan may (or may not) have “understood the vast potential of a giving, caring, conservative culture,” but Kenney doesn’t seem to care enough about this to crystallize the idea. According to a news report on Aug. 2 “Kenney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Put microchips in government charge cards
By Letter to the Editor on August 23rd, 2017
To MLA Robert Wanner, chairman of the Committee on Accounts, and MLA Thomas Dang, chairman of the Subcommittee on MLA Expenses. While I see great potential in the subcommittee’s focus, a lot of that goodwill from the past eleven and a half months has been destroyed by Strathmore-Brooks Independent MLA Derek Fildebrandt in the last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thumbs down to a pair of politicians
By Letter to the Editor on August 22nd, 2017
Premier Rachel Notley, along with junior Minister of Veteran Affairs and Trudeau Liberal mouthpiece in Alberta Kent Hehr, recently presided over groundbreaking ceremonies for Enbridge’s Line 3. Line 3 will export crude oil to U.S. Midwest refineries even though 99 per cent of Canadian crude oil already goes to only one customer — the U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keeping tabs on MLA expenses
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2017
While I see great potential in the Subcommittee on MLA Expenses focus, a lot of that goodwill from the past 11 1/2 months has been destroyed by Derek Fildebrandt, MLA, Independent, Strathmore-Brooks the last few days. As finance committee chairman, he received extra compensation to act responsibly. And yet even with his extra cash from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Does unite-the-right movement in Alberta support Trump and friends?
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2017
I am wondering if the “unite-the-right movement” in Canada and U.S. is same or different. What happened in Charlottesville, Va., is shameful and must be condemned. Freedom to march is OK any where but showing your supremacy by taking the law in your own hand is an act of terrorism. The president of the U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unfulfilled promises on nutrition
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2017
When my father was a boy he would be lucky if he got one orange in his Christmas stocking. Nowadays, we can eat oranges to our heart’s content. This is just one of the countless improvements in our diet over the past century. Study after study has shown the direct link between good nutrition and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Entitlement problem with all politicians won’t go away
By Letter to the Editor on August 18th, 2017
You cannot make this stuff up. Once again we have a fine example of our elected officials showing contempt for the taxpaying citizens. We have Derek Fildebrandt claiming $23,160 accommodation expenses to go to his place of work, and then he rents the property out! Now he defends himself by saying it’s “not against the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Neighbourhood pub a great gathering place
By Letter to the Editor on August 17th, 2017
A neighbourhood pub can be much more than just a place to drop in for a cold beer or glass of wine.Many try to offer “gemuetlichkeit,” a German word that aptly conveys an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness from the servers, owners and the other patrons. My favourite pub in Riverside is a place where ... Read More »
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