Letters to the Editor
Letter: Too many potential problems with Stampede funding to leave the public out of the decision
By Letter to the Editor on February 11th, 2025
Dear editor, My concerns surrounding the Medicine Hat Stampede’s request for taxpayer funding are substantial and merit serious consideration. With a projected cost exceeding $20 million, plus additional long-term financial implications, it becomes clear that the ask is not just significant, but potentially detrimental to the city’s financial health. Taxpayer money should be allocated to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Trump being dishonest about trade balances with Canada
By Letter to the Editor on February 11th, 2025
Dear editor, President Trump has stated that Canada has had a $200-billion surplus in trade with United States. It is well known that the statistics which Trump often quotes are unreliable, but the U.S. Government agencies are quite the opposite. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the U.S. imported from Canada US$412.7 billion in 2024; ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: UCP’s meritless plan for wild horses will decimate a group that has roamed for 400-plus years
By Letter to the Editor on February 6th, 2025
Dear editor: We cannot allow the Alberta government to proceed with a planned cull of 30 Alberta Mountain Horse stallions and the contraception of 90 Alberta Mountain Horse mares, rendering them infertile for up to five years or possibly longer. They have not provided sufficient evidence related to our province and these horses to substantiate ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: The newspaper continues to connect the community well in the 21st century
By Letter to the Editor on January 15th, 2025
Dear editor, I have lived in Medicine Hat for two centuries – well, from 1958 to 2025! The Medicine Hat News has been delivered to my door in all of that time, in the 50s to my parents’ house and ever since 1963 when I’ve had my own house (with my husband, Bert). In the ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: For someone who hated Alberta, he sure left it with a nice long-term gift
By Letter to the Editor on January 15th, 2025
Dear editor, A quick quiz: Ladies and gentlemen, who among you can name the person responsible, from May 1, 2024 onwards several decades into the future, for an additional $15 billion/year ($1.25 billion/month) earned by Alberta’s oil industry? This person took a chance, several years ago, and spent $34 billion of our public money to ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Avoidable tragedies are the hardest to stomach
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2024
Dear editor, My heart sank yet again when I read the story in the Thursday, Dec. 12 News that four people were killed in a crash on Highway 3 east of Grassy Lake on the Tuesday morning. The story says an RCMP collision reconstructionist is investigating the cause of the collision, so it’s hard and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Now more than ever, Truth Matters, Journalism Matters
By Letter to the Editor on December 5th, 2024
Dear editor, As a former newspaper reporter, I endorse the News’ slogan of Truth Matters. Journalism Matters. We are longtime subscribers and just renewed for home delivery, so we’ve put our money where our mouth is. Truth and journalism are two pillars of our Canadian democracy, and I think they’re self-evident, but like the glaciers, ... Read More »
3 responsesLetter: Where is public/community health in the restructuring of health care?
By Letter to the Editor on November 27th, 2024
Dear editor, Public Health Units have been one of the pillars of health care since the Public Health Act was passed in 1907 in Alberta. Public Health is distinguished from other components of health care by two underlying principles: a focus on the health of the population as a whole instead of on individuals and ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Stephen Harper is a poor choice to run AIMCo., and history knows it
By Letter to the Editor on November 27th, 2024
Dear editor: Re: Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s appointment as chairman of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo.) Mr. Harper’s appointment is a poor choice, for at least four reasons. First, his scruples are pliable. In 2011 his Conservative government became the first in centuries of Westminster Parliament governments, worldwide, to be found in contempt of ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Last-minute veteran transport by city appreciated
By Letter to the Editor on November 14th, 2024
Dear editor, Robertson Memorial No. 17 greatly appreciated the city for understanding and sending a Special Transit bus to the Legion on Nov. 11 to transport our disabled veterans. Although it was a last-minute arrangement, it was greatly appreciated and much needed. Thank you for the decision to also provide the bus at no charge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: City should have provided free transport for veterans on Remembrance Day
By Letter to the Editor on November 13th, 2024
Dear editor, Why did the city want to charge the local legion $360 to take veterans with difficulties on Remembrance Day to the Cenotaph, using the Handi Bus? Mine and the rest of the city residents’ taxes are used to run the city buses almost empty every day. Could the city have asked one of ... Read More »
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