Letters to the Editor
Letter: Local doctors deserve our thanks
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, This is a letter to show appreciation to everyone involved in my recent positive experience with the health system in Medicine Hat. Special consideration to Dr. Waseem, as there wasn’t any grass growing under her feet when she started the process at the Jacaranda Clinic at the Medicine Hat Mall. In less than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Give Jason Kenney a break
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, I have come to really admire Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. He is dealing with pandemics (COVID), crises (opioids), wars (on drugs, gangs). He is in the arena, dirty, tired and nearing exhaustion. All the while surrounded by woke whiners, naysayers, doomsday predictors, virtual reality political ideologues all criticizing from the comfort of their ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: A special thanks from the front lines
By Letter to the Editor on December 23rd, 2020
Dear editor, As the Holiday Season is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to thank all those in our community who have sacrificed and who have done their part to help in this trying time. We understand that it has been difficult to temporarily give up some of our personal freedoms for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Is Premier Kenney more Churchill or more Trump?
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2020
Dear editor, Premier Kenney often speaks of his great admiration for Winston Churchill but I fear he thinks and acts too much like Donald Trump. The manner in which he has dealt with COVID does not look much like Churchill. He seems challenged to demonstrate compassion, humility, acknowledgement of error and the ability to adjust ... Read More »
7 responsesLetter: The smart learn by making mistakes, the wise learn from the mistakes of others
By Letter to the Editor on December 18th, 2020
Dear editor In response to a Dec. 15 letter from Tom Simpson, titled “Reasonable questions are not personal attacks.” Mr. Simpson called it accurately regarding the response to the pandemic by Mr. Kenney and cabinet. Their response has been too limited and too late in imposing public health restrictions on Alberta. By August and September ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Every situation comes with a silver lining
By Letter to the Editor on December 15th, 2020
Dear editor, There is always a silver lining to every situation. Most of the time, whatever happens to me I look for the silver lining no matter how bad it looks, it is more challenging that way. Anyone can complain. So as the year is coming to an end we tend to look back at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Reasonable questions are not personal attacks
By Letter to the Editor on December 15th, 2020
Dear Premier Kenney, Not sure if you had time to read the Medicine Hat News on Dec. 10 but you appeared on the front page under a caption titled, “Kenney rejects criticism he waited too long on COVID rules”. You may not recall, the article related to a recent interview on CHED radio & comments ... Read More »
1 responseCUPE President: AHS job eliminations make no sense
By Letter to the Editor on December 15th, 2020
Dear editor, On what planet does it make sense for Jason Kenney and the UCP to be eliminating 11,000 positions from Alberta Health Services in the middle of a pandemic? Our health care workers, from doctors right down to the person mopping floors, are the people who literally risk their lives just by going into ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: First, they come for the coal…
By Letter to the Editor on December 11th, 2020
Lorne Fitch, P. Biol. A 19th century Quebec folk song echoes the failure to protect the Eastern Slopes: “They gave away the forest, they gave away the land. They gave away the rivers, they gave away the sand. They gave away the silver, they gave away the gold. They would have given away the air, ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Day surgery unit deserves all the praise
By Letter to the Editor on December 11th, 2020
An absolute huge shout out goes to all the nurses, other professionals, support staff and Dr. Jena, all of whom who worked day surgery at Medicine Hat Hospital on Monday, Dec 7. With everything that is going on related to the pandemic and all of the stresses that add to each and every one of ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: New Kinsmen initiative a big success thanks to support from community
By Letter to the Editor on December 10th, 2020
Dear editor, I am writing this letter on behalf of the Kinsmen Club of Medicine Hat to thank Medicine Hat and our surrounding community for their support of our newest project… The “Big Bag of Cash”! Thanks to overwhelming community support I am happy to report that our inaugural “Big Bag of Cash” project is ... Read More »
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