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Letter: Power plant an investment that continues to return millions
By Letter to the Editor on February 4th, 2021
Dear editor, The last ‘Medicine Hat advantage’ will be gone if we sell the power plant and build a recreation centre in Box Springs. Selling at a time of low generation means a low price. We deserve a plebiscite, or at least open public hearings. Never waste a good crisis. The power plant sells power ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Alberta farmers need fixes to AgriStability program
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, The AgriStability program was once a key program for Alberta farmers, designed to protect them against large declines in farming income. Iconic Albertan cattle ranchers and grain farmers were especially reliant on it as a guaranteed backstop should they face a bad year. It accounted for millions of dollars in the pockets of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Hatters deserve a say on sale of power plant
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, My family is saddened to hear that Medicine Hat’s mayor and eight council members are making the decision to sell off property that does not belong to them, but does belong to the 65,527 residents of Medicine Hat. I do not feel the decision to move on something so big it will impact every ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Freedom of speech for all
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, I enjoyed Mr. Moore’s article as well, but apparently for totally different reasons than Mr. Mueller claims to. Cash Moore’s fear is that powerful, unbridled, monopolistic tech giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google now have the power to stifle the political news and views of half the population as they clearly did in ... Read More »
1 responseWeekend Mailbag: Jan. 30, 2021
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Weekend Mailbag is a new 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 back each Saturday 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: Power plant sale a future-altering decision
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Dear editor, It was with considerable concern to learn, via local media and the letter to News from Ms. Van Dyke, that this city council is seriously considering the sale of the City of Medicine Hat Electrical Generation system. One council member recently said, ‘it would take a long time to get the public up to ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Power plant too valuable to part with
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Dear editor, Trying to understand the intricacies of our citizen-owned utility is mind numbing. Those who have worked with it for years don’t understand all there is to know, so how can the ordinary citizen (who owns this utility) begin to grasp all the issues? How can the ordinary citizen contribute to the conversation? Those ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Alberta’s new parole board a costly endeavour
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Dear editor, Mr. Kenney and Justice Minister Madu proudly announced their new parole board (Thursday.) I urge you to read the Jan. 29 News article. This new board will deal with parole applications from prisoners serving jail sentences under two years, i.e. sentences served in a provincial jail. Alberta has nothing to do with parole ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Beauty is everywhere if you look for it
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Dear editor, Though the individuals who inspired this will likely never read these words, they deserve to be recognized and honoured for what they teach. Summer 2020: A lady and sign on the parking lot corner, saying she’s an experienced house cleaner and will work for grocery money. I read the sign and immediately felt… ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Everyone contributes to society
By Letter to the Editor on January 29th, 2021
Dear editor, I have been on AISH since 2003 and it has been my observation that a lot of Albertans have a negative view of people who receive AISH – that we are lazy good-for-nothing people who have lied to get on the program and should be working for a living just like them. I ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Hatters are smart enough to be brought ‘up to speed’ on possible sale of power plant
By Letter to the Editor on January 29th, 2021
Dear editor, Well no wonder it snowed (last week), our illustrious mayor and city council finally came out and admitted the residents of Medicine Hat are too stupid to understand why their shenanigans in selling the power plant is in our best interest. Where I come from, ‘too onerous to bring “up to speed”‘ is ... Read More »
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