Letters to the Editor
Letter: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
By Letter to the Editor on January 10th, 2023
Dear editor, Remember that proverb, homily, saying? Angels? It is said that they are the embodiment of wisdom, caution, prudence, justice, mercy; a higher calling. Does one have to believe such spirits, such beings, exist? No, one doesn’t. Yet almost all major religious scriptures, not Christian only, refer to these mysterious, unseen beings from another ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Kipling Street: A family’s sacred ground
By Letter to the Editor on December 28th, 2022
Dear editor, The land on Kipling Street that’s being re-zoned as residential and repurposed for affordable-housing, was where my family’s home once stood. My maternal grandparents, Edward and Annie Gargett leased the land. In 1924, Annie bought the house for fifty dollars and had it brought down to the lot on Kipling Street, from where ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Sovereignty act highly problematic
By Letter to the Editor on December 14th, 2022
Dear editor, In response to the UCP’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act. The UCP claims this Act will give their government the legal right to ignore federal laws they deem contrary to Alberta’s interests. It will not. What they claim to be able to do cannot be legally done under our Constitution. ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: No scientists are citing single storms as proof climate is changing
By Letter to the Editor on December 14th, 2022
Dear editor, Dr. Daniel Schnee’s column “Climate reparations” in the Dec. 7 News is misleading readers about the work of climate scientists. Dr. Schnee says “no sane scientist can look at a single storm and infer that the climate is changing,” and he is right: no sane scientist would do that, but Schnee’s statement misleads ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Choose to act as responsible adults
By Letter to the Editor on December 8th, 2022
Dear editor, I totally agree with Mr. Bahnmiller’s Dec. 6 letter, the MLAs that followed Danielle Smith succeeded in still getting paid by us, the Alberta taxpayer. The taxpayer got stuck paying for someone in a party they did not vote for. Danielle Smith is premier, but not because of a democratic majority vote by ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Are governments elected by us actually for us?
By Letter to the Editor on December 7th, 2022
Dear editor, When viewed through the eyes of history, governments have always been designed by the powerful to protect the powerful. Take the U.S. Founding Fathers or the Fathers of Confederation in Canada. It is the same throughout the world, none of these men (the vast majority were men) were of the working class, they ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: After a decade of no increases, more money for AISH is welcomed
By Letter to the Editor on December 6th, 2022
Dear editor, I would like to thank the new premier of Alberta for increasing AISH. After 10 years since the last increase in AISH she has increased it $102 and indexed to inflation. Of course, that means that people may be able to keep up with rent increases every year from now on. It will ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: ‘Sincere thanks for returning my wallet’
By Letter to the Editor on December 6th, 2022
Dear editor, I wanted to thank the person in gratitude who returned my wallet today. There are people out there who are always willing to look out for others. My deepest thanks to you, I wish I could thank you in person. Adeel Azam Medicine Hat... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: For the sake of the kids, act like adults
By Letter to the Editor on December 6th, 2022
Dear editor, An open letter to UCP MLAs: There was once an officer who was known throughout the military for his utter incompetence. Still, it was said that his men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity. That is, they wanted to have a ringside seat when he made his next spectacular blunder. ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Leaders need to keep Bible out of their rhetoric
By Letter to the Editor on November 30th, 2022
Dear Editor, Some politically far-right leaders misappropriate quotes from the Bible in order to make it sound like God wants Christians to be armed to the teeth with guns. They take peoples’ deeply held religious faith and weld it directly to a hardcore right-wing political agenda. They have the devout raising their hands and saying, ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Think of those fighting in Ukraine as we are fortunate enough to celebrate the festive season
By Letter to the Editor on November 24th, 2022
Dear editor, The Christmas season will be here shortly, then the New Year. Many people in the West are looking forward to this festive season and to better times, even though inflation, RSV, influenza and COVID-19 are still here. But, this optimism is not for all. Ukraine and its citizens would prefer the same, but ... Read More »
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