Letters to the Editor
Letter: Madu’s ‘phone call to the chief’ claims don’t add up
By Letter to the Editor on February 8th, 2022
Dear editor, Well, what a state of affairs. CBC and other news outlets recently reported that Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu, who is black, slipped up after he received a distracted driving ticket in Edmonton last March, then had the audacity to call Edmonton police chief Dale McFee to seek assurances he was not racially ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Should Ranchlands demand a fair deal?
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2022
Dear editor, It’s time to speak up, residents of Ranchlands. In so many ways, we have been abused by the City of Medicine Hat, and we should refuse to take the abuse any longer. When was the last time we heard a police siren or the honking of a fire engine in our neighbourhood? The ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Utility rates climbing needlessly high
By Letter to the Editor on January 25th, 2022
Dear editor, For more than 100 years, the City of Medicine Hat set the rates at which it charged utility customers by an in-house calculation. For being owners of the national gas fields, power plant and delivery systems, Medicine Hat residents paid the lowest monthly utility rates in the province and that was known as ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Why throw away good money?
By Letter to the Editor on January 25th, 2022
Dear editor: In response to Jan. 21 News article, “NPF making efforts to keep RCMP in Alberta” The article described above discussed many aspects of this issue. I ask readers to focus on one in particular, being that Alberta receives $185 million each year from the federal government toward the cost Alberta pays for RCMP ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: The January blues
By Letter to the Editor on January 14th, 2022
Dear editor, It is the middle of January and money is running low. The bills are coming in and I will have to juggle this and that to figure out how to make it to AISH Day on February 1. I am not worried though. Routine is important. A good night’s sleep, too. We are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: At-home rapid tests creating more problems than they solve
By Letter to the Editor on January 14th, 2022
Dear editor, I’d like to share my experience with COVID-19. I recently attended a birthday party and because it was held in a pub, as an unvaccinated person, I had to produce a negative rapid test at my expense. Three days later, I had a sore throat and runny nose. Two days after that, I ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Another slide into open legal use
By Letter to the Editor on January 13th, 2022
Dear editor, Health Canada has issued a “No objection” letter to a clinic in Calgary to experiment with magic mushrooms and MDMA. The clinic will test the procedure on in-house physicians before using it on patients, and they are also “looking forward” to trying LSD and ayahuasca. Whilst this is obviously another slide into open ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: The Creator has a great purpose, which is to love us
By Letter to the Editor on January 13th, 2022
Dear editor, Evolution or Creation – which is true? Evolution declares everything came into being on its own. Creation declares that the omniscient, omnipresent God spoke creation into being. Let’s see which claim is true, which makes the most sense. Let us see what basic things are necessary for either to succeed. 1. A designer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Local bank staff go above and beyond for customers
By Letter to the Editor on January 13th, 2022
Dear editor, I am so pleased to be able to put this into the newspaper. I have been dealing with the Alberta Treasury Branch bank for many years in this beautiful city’s downtown branch. To all bank tellers and other staff members whom are so considerate, kind and helpful, so understanding to all customers, all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Desirability of outcome, not quality of construction, is the important issue
By Letter to the Editor on January 8th, 2022
Dear editor, In response to a Jan. 6 letter to the editor written by John MacLaren Mr. MacLaren extols the supposedly high quality of construction of the pipeline as justification for its existence. This pipeline, of course, is the one Canada owns, it having been purchased in 2019 by Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal government. ... Read More »
3 responsesLetter: After two years of COVID, more BHCs are needed
By Letter to the Editor on January 6th, 2022
Dear editor, We have a mental health crisis in Alberta. Specialists such as psychiatrists or psychologists are worth every dime but not everyone needs one. Behavioural Health Consultants (BHCs) are a cost effective way of filling the need. However the current funding model is flawed and needs to change. BHCs aren’t psychiatrists or psychologists; they ... Read More »
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