Letters to the Editor
Letter: Do what is necessary in keeping us safe and well
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Dear editor, Both my husband and I were raised in Medicine Hat and still have family and dear friends to keep us in the know of what the community is doing with social events. I know, life has been ghostly since the pandemic took over the world. We’re all having to make major changes in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Let’s act now on climate emergency
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Dear editor, As an active Alberta Friends of Medicare member, I applaud Canada’s Environment Ministry recent Bill C-28 to protect Canadians’ health from adverse environmental effects. Still, this measure doesn’t go far enough. Apart from obvious water pollution from coal mines, the continued use of fossil fuels (including those used to extract coal) threatens a ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Sometimes we need to survive together
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Dear editor, As the vaccines roll out, like most us I have been worrying about my family and if they will be getting their first shot. I have family in Ontario, B.C. and England, so it has been interesting seeing who has gotten their “shot” and when. The thought occurred to me that we should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: ATA took the right stand
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Dear editor, The Alberta Teachers’ Association is to be commended for its strong opposition to the ill-conceived K-6 curriculum recently brought forward by the UCP government. The main point of the ATA’s argument is the lack of sufficient consultation on the content. I agree. The government would have us believe that an “expert panel” of ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Don’t let their problem become yours
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Dear editor, A good dose of my mother’s “word to the wise” would go a long ways nowadays to ease peoples’ anguish about being name-called, picked on and mistreated. “Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.” Her advice, “Ignore it, forget it and don’t let their problem become your ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Majority of Canadians accept environmental reality
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Dear editor, If a retired bird expert told you the regional bird population changed remarkably little in the last 30 years and then showed you a graph covering only 19 of those years, how much confidence would you place in his assertion? Considering what Lynn Thacker says in his March 26 letter, he and 54% ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Debate over curriculum confounding
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Dear editor, After teaching for 23 years in Southern Alberta and as a school principal for almost 13 years (eight with Edmonton Public Schools), a curriculum consultant for two years and multiple years as a diploma exam developer and marker, I find the current debate over curriculum confounding. I also find our local school board’s ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: The daylight saving time conundrum
By Letter to the Editor on April 16th, 2021
Dear editor, Lately the conversation has arisen again about the advantages and disadvantages of going daylight savings all year long. In order to satisfy both sides of the argument, why don’t we compromise and go Mountain Standard Time -half-hour all year long? This proposal satisfies some concerns such as being too dark in the morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Don’t accept it without questioning it
By Letter to the Editor on April 10th, 2021
Dear editor, After reading Lynn Thacker’s March 26 letter in the News, I could see many readers saying, “climate change is a hoax, as a ‘highly respected MIT scientist’ says so.” How many readers, however, would bother to check Dr. Richard Lindzen’s credentials? I did, and when the second source on the search was titled ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Chief didn’t need AHS direction on church services
By Letter to the Editor on April 9th, 2021
Dear editor, Medicine Hat Police Chief Mike Worden needn’t wait for AHS to direct him on the legality of the church service at Heights Baptist Church. He can go right to the top legal authority, Jesus Christ. The answer for him is in the first two verses of Chapter 13 of the Book of Romans ... Read More »
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