Letters to the Editor
Letter: Cuts have nothing to do with austerity
By Letter to the Editor on March 10th, 2021
An open letter to Jason Kenney, Recently when asked about your government’s planned cuts you replied, “Money does not grow on trees. … We have to protect the health of the province’s finances.” I was flabbergasted hearing this from a premier who lost $1.3 billion gambling on a failed pipeline, spent $12 million to dismantle ... Read More »
2 responsesWeekend Mailbag: March 6, 2021
By Letter to the Editor on March 6th, 2021
Weekend Mailbag is an online feature at the Medicine Hat News which includes letters to the editor that could not be fit into the paper in a timely fashion. Check out our website on Saturdays for more thoughts from the community, or share yours by submitting a letter to the editor by email at letters@medicinehatnews.com. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: We go to vigils and nothing seems to change
By Letter to the Editor on March 5th, 2021
Dear editor, We go to vigils and nothing seems to change. Isn’t it great that there are so many things to do online these days, including vigils. I have been to three vigils in the last month. There was the vigil for homeless people in Regina, where there were 48 candles lit for people. There ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: It’s time governments look after Canadians over corporate bottom lines
By Letter to the Editor on March 5th, 2021
Dear editor, The pandemic has wreaked havoc across society in all areas. Among other things, physical and mental health has suffered, frontline workers have been exposed to hazards without proper protective equipment, small businesses have suffered losses or closed, and workers have lost their jobs. It can only be hoped that we have learned some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Selenium a cause for concern
By Letter to the Editor on March 3rd, 2021
Dear editor, John Grisham’s best-selling book, Gray Mountain, paints a bleak and dark image of strip mining in the Appalachians of the southern U.S. Is this what we can look forward to by allowing strip mining in our beautiful Rocky Mountains? The element selenium is used in the strip-mining process for coal. Strip mining of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: We must bridge the deadly divide between the haves and have-nots
By Letter to the Editor on March 3rd, 2021
Dear editor, Years of progress in eliminating poverty around the world threatens to be wiped out by COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, the poverty rate for women was expected to decrease by 2.7% between 2019 and 2021. Now, poverty is projected to increase by 9.1% in this time frame, plunging millions more women and girls ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Reflection during Black History Month
By Letter to the Editor on February 24th, 2021
Dear editor, Fortunately, at a very young age I was emphatically told by my mother (who’s of Eastern European heritage) about the exceptionally kind and caring nature of our Black family doctor. She never had anything disdainful to say about people of colour; in fact she loves to watch and listen to the Middle Eastern and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: City council needs term limits
By Letter to the Editor on February 24th, 2021
Dear editor, I believe term limits should be mandated for city council, including the mayor’s office and elected members of council. Two terms should suffice. If you cannot achieve what you set out to achieve in eight years, then something is wrong with your efforts. Staggering the vote so half the members carry forward each ... Read More »
3 responsesLetter: Why revise curriculum if Albertans are satisfied with it?
By Letter to the Editor on February 24th, 2021
Dear editor, From October to November 2016, Albertans were invited by the NDP government to participate in a provincial Kindergarten to Grade 12 Curriculum Survey. Results from a closed-ended survey of Albertans in 2016 indicated strong support for much of the content in the then-current curriculum across all subjects. However, recently the UCP decided to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Alberta missing opportunity to emerge from COVID stronger
By Letter to the Editor on February 19th, 2021
Dear editor, Alberta’s kakistocracy is collapsing on its lamentable journey to the gutters of political hell. As one of the greatest provinces in Canada, we are missing the opportunity to emerge from COVID 19 stronger and more committed to ensuring a better life for all Albertans, including those Kenney and the UCP have so tragically ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: You can’t change the past, so focus on the future
By Letter to the Editor on February 19th, 2021
Dear editor, There is an important rule that we used to try to follow in Mood Disorders. You shouldn’t should on yourself. Mood Disorders was a Peer Support group for Mental Health Consumers that I went to in Medicine Hat to from 1996 to 2008. It is the main reason I am a self advocate. ... Read More »
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