September 18th, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Letter: If Barnes wants back in he’ll need to prove he’s a member of the team

By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2021

Dear editor, As a retired member of the Armed Forces, and past president and CEO of several corporations, I fully understand the need and value of loyalty, however, in this case I opine that the UCP’s local board has misplaced their loyalty as a board and expressed “personal” bias in wanting the UCP to take ... Read More »

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Letter: Residential schools and getting away with murder

By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2021

Dear editor, In the news has been the disclosure of 215 graves of Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. There have been several presentations at public forums with regard to the deep loss, suffering and trauma inflicted onto our Native peoples. In response to the findings, actions have been initiated to try to ... Read More »

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Letter: Anti-Semitism must be strongly condemned

By Letter to the Editor on June 4th, 2021

Dear editor, Horrific stories of anti-Semitism-from online to physical confrontation are being reported from coast to coast. Jews are being targeted at home, at schools, universities, walking on the street and through social media, Canada’s broadcaster CBC, late night TV talk shows. It is one thing to complain about Israeli policies, whether based on fact ... Read More »

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Letter: Abuse of authority at residential schools destroyed families

By Letter to the Editor on June 4th, 2021

Dear editor, In 2019, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, in conjunction with the Aboriginal People’s Television Network, unveiled a national memorial register with 2,800 names of residential school victims. It is believed that over 6,000 children died in these schools. The heartbreaking discovery of 215 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at the Kamloops ... Read More »

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Letter: Union members are taxpayers and voters, too

By Letter to the Editor on June 4th, 2021

Dear editor, In a May 29 letter to the editor, Ms. Elizabeth Stewart wrote about how unions were not elected by the people of Alberta and that teachers and doctors are simply employees paid by the taxpayers of Alberta. As a teacher in the Province of Alberta, I would like to take this time to ... Read More »

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Letter: Barnes a man of too few words

By Letter to the Editor on May 29th, 2021

Dear editor, In response to Mr. Ron Noel’s May 25 letter to the editor. The second issue raised by Mr. Noel was a lack of response to letters on the part of his M.L.A., Mr. Drew Barnes. I have had the same experience. I wrote to Mr. Barnes on April 30, 2019. In my letter ... Read More »

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Letter: Barnes not representing majority

By Letter to the Editor on May 29th, 2021

Dear editor, In response to the letter from Ron Noel, totally in agreement with your letter concerning Drew Barnes. He was voted in as a UCP representative, he’s been relieved of that position and therefore should be out! That’s how it is in private sector, government is HIRED by the people and he’s not representing ... Read More »

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Letter: Anyone with a job should do it to the best of their ability

By Letter to the Editor on May 29th, 2021

Dear editor, We did not elect the unions to run our province. We elected a party and our premier to do this job! You are simply employees paid by taxpayers in the province of Alberta and I am one of those taxpayers. When given an assignment, you as an employee need to set aside your ... Read More »

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Letter: What comes next is for Barnes to resign his seat in legislature

By Letter to the Editor on May 25th, 2021

Dear editor, Mr. Barnes asks, what’s next? First, let me respond that while he thanks those who have reached out to him with support, he has abandoned those of us who worked his campaign not just because he was “Drew Barnes” but because he represented the UCP and he encouraged all to vote for the ... Read More »

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Letter: Equalization program obfuscation

By Letter to the Editor on May 18th, 2021

Dear editor, Mr. Cote, once again, uses the standard left wing ruse to oppose anyone who might comment about the net negative fiscal impact the Canadian equalization program continues to have on the Alberta economy in his May 12 letter, “Logic behind equalization outrage does not follow.” Mr. Samcoe’s reference to that fact is absolutely ... Read More »

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Letter: MHRH doctors and nurses go the extra mile

By Letter to the Editor on May 14th, 2021

Dear editor, Recently, I was hospitalized due to COVID-19. I am only 16 years old and the stress and uncertainty of having a dangerous illness with rare symptoms, along with being alone in the hospital is something I did not know how to cope with. I would like to give the biggest thanks to the ... Read More »

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