Letters to the Editor
Criticism of St. Joe’s home an unfair assessment
By Letter to the Editor on October 20th, 2020
Re: City’s assisted dying hurdles unfair, Oct. 10 Dear editor, I appreciate Dr. Derie-Gillespie’s passionate advocacy for her patients, but I am also concerned about the tone of some of the quoted comments in the article. In any free society, the values and beliefs of everyone need to be protected. I understand that moving a ... Read More »
1 responseWe are all bound by the law, not by religion
By Letter to the Editor on October 17th, 2020
Re: News article-October 10- Covenant Health’s refusal to allow medically assisted suicide at its St. Joseph’s Home hospice. Dear editor, This article reports on what I consider to be an undefendable and profoundly disturbing situation. First, some facts. Covenant Health is funded by you and me – Alberta and Canadian taxpayers – through Alberta Health ... Read More »
2 responsesMistreating frontline workers is simply unacceptable
By Letter to the Editor on October 14th, 2020
Dear editor, It is a sad state of affairs when we hear that health care professionals or clerks in businesses are harassed and lambasted for asking people to wear a mask within the facility. Obscene language and rude remarks seem to be the order of business for these few individuals. However, it places a black ... Read More »
1 responseThe fickleness of public opinion
By Letter to the Editor on October 14th, 2020
This week in the media…Public demands more tools for rapid testing for COVID. Though the science has not proven these rapid tests completely reliable, the public believes they are useful tools in helping to gauge the health of our communities. While in Alberta…Public demands Achievement Testing in schools cease. Why? Because there may be some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!That little museum you didn’t know was there honours history of police
By Letter to the Editor on October 10th, 2020
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Be the first to comment!Lack of universal medication coverage a greater expense
By Letter to the Editor on October 1st, 2020
The Throne Speech’s mention of accelerating Canada’s development of a national pharmacare plan, along with other progressive measures, is likely in exchange for needed NDP support of the shaky Liberal minority government. Liberal and Conservative governments have consistently allowed us to remain the world’s sole country that has universal healthcare but does not similarly cover ... Read More »
3 responsesMask debate continues
By Letter to the Editor on September 30th, 2020
The potential influence of local mask survey results are concerning. Many older citizens, and others not online, were unable to participate in the recent Chamber of Commerce survey, where results did not favour mandating mask wearing. The smaller “News” survey results do not agree with the COC results, and in fact are entirely opposite, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Looking outside of the city limits to find ways to attract summer visitors to the downtown core
By Letter to the Editor on September 29th, 2020
If the goal is to make the downtown more pedestrian friendly, city bureaucrats and council should acquaint themselves with what has been done permanently in Kimberly, B.C. and for the summer season in Canmore. Two blocks of main street, with some adjoining side streets are closed off to vehicular traffic. This small gesture attracts people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Face masks should be mandated in Medicine Hat
By Letter to the Editor on September 25th, 2020
The potential influence of local mask survey results are concerning. Many older citizens, and others not online, were unable to participate in the recent Chamber of Commerce survey, where results did not favor mandating mask wearing. The smaller Medicine Hat News survey results do not agree with the COC results, and in fact are entirely ... Read More »
4 responsesLetter:It’s time for us all to be neighbours and help each other
By Letter to the Editor on September 22nd, 2020
It is tough times in Alberta right now and people are sufferings. People and not-for-profit organizations. However people are proud and will not ask for help and they would rather lose their homes. Long standing not-for-profits will stop operating because of this pride. This is the time for Albertans to pull together. If we know ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: MLAs should protest closure of hospital laundry services
By Letter to the Editor on September 16th, 2020
Four thousand years ago, when the only healthcare statement was ‘Bring Out Your Dead,’ two guys realized they could have a profitable career by counting beans. Skip forward 4,000 years, and those same two guys – lets call them E and Y – are still counting beans. Their philosophy is to privatize everything and count ... Read More »
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