June 1st, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Mark Carney is not the man to build a strong a free Canada

By Letter to the Editor on February 18th, 2025

Dear editor Besides CBC, almost all news, entertainment and information come from four private companies, and their stock is owned by major Canadian banking and business oligarchs. These are the “established media.” In my opinion, these media oligarchies have been shaping news to their own advantage and to our detriment. I no longer trust them. ... Read More »

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Letter: ‘Socialist’ has been misdefined and hijacked by the Poilievre-led Conservative Party

By Letter to the Editor on February 18th, 2025

Dear editor, The word “socialist” has become an undeserved electioneering slur used by the Conservative Party of Canada and Medicine Hat-Cardston Warner MP Glen Motz. I consider CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre’s political speech equating socialism with Naziism at the recent 80th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, to be unstatesmanlike and very ... Read More »

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Letter: Canadians must not be fooled by the goals of Trump, Musk

By Letter to the Editor on February 13th, 2025

Dear editor, Our neighbour to south of the 49th is in the midst of a coup launched by Donald Trump and his DOGE henchman, Elon Musk. No other word accurately captures the fast-paced and unlawful attacks against U.S. government institutions. Trump has launched a scorched-earth campaign against the federal government institutions – Project 2025. As ... Read More »

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Letter: Trudeau hypocritically fights anti-democratic oligarchs while shutting down government here

By Letter to the Editor on February 13th, 2025

Dear editor, It is a hard choice to decide who may be the bigger fools. Canadians for accepting a tax as a means to reverse climate change, or, Americans who think they can reverse their debt load by enacting tariffs. While Justin Trudeau continues to rail against anti-democratic oligarchs, he single handily has shut down ... Read More »

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Letter: Commentary just the ramblings of ‘a sad survivor of a dead and dying woke left-wing abolition’

By Letter to the Editor on February 12th, 2025

Dear editor, Mr. Schmidt, I am unknowing if your recent pontification, was a deliberate effort to rouse your left-wing support or were you attempting to play your version of a simple-minded game with those of us, unlike yourself, who actually understand politics and the workings of government; you obviously don’t. In fact, you have a ... Read More »

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Letter: Great civilizations take care of their weakest citizens, and it isn’t happening in Alberta right now

By Letter to the Editor on February 12th, 2025

Dear editor, The Alberta Government announced last week a new program called Alberta Disability Assistant Program (ADAP), which will see some people on AISH (Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped) moved into that program. Who goes into the program will be determined by a pool of government assessors, or your own doctor, who will fill ... Read More »

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Letter: It’s the aggregate efforts of us all that moves mountains

By Letter to the Editor on February 12th, 2025

Dear editor, I read a fascinating online article this week about New York. After one month of their new congestion pricing for vehicles driving into Manhattan (daytime fees of $9 with a monthly pass, $15 without the pass), it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do; reducing traffic, getting more people onto public transit ... Read More »

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Letter: Column on our place in Canada thoughtfully spoke to how many feel

By Letter to the Editor on February 12th, 2025

Dear editor, Scott Schmidt’s article in Saturday’s Medicine Hat News should have been on the front page. I felt he expressed our current political situation in Alberta very well. I am grateful to have been born in Canada. I started out in Saskatchewan and it is still dear to me. I have lived here in ... Read More »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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