Letters to the Editor
Letter: WestJet has lost its passion for customers, and it shows
By Letter to the Editor on June 20th, 2024
Dear editor, I remember when WestJet was an upstart company challenging established carriers with a new vision. All employees were stockholders, and their pride in their airline made travel fun and earned my loyalty. But those days appear to be gone. WestJet now seems to have complete disregard for Medicine Hat customers. Last month a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Council showing contempt for residents by ignoring reality
By Letter to the Editor on June 20th, 2024
Dear editor, If there was any doubt by citizens that Medicine Hat council’s antics have transcended simple incompetence and into sheer contempt for Hatters, Coun. Shila Sharps’ unbridled soliloquy attempting to portray city hall as the true victim should set them straight. In her four-minute disgorgement at the last council meeting, Sharps at least portrayed ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Disgruntled Harlow resident sends email to city employees asking for meeting
By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2024
Dear editor, The following is an email I sent to as many people as I could at city hall: My name is Brock Hale and I was the appellant in the appeal before the SDAB a few weeks ago. By now you probably know of our concerns. As a Harlow neighbourhood we have largely felt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Council’s employee should not be advising council on governance
By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2024
Dear editor, Re: Local Government Primer Column – Municipal Matters, by Ann Mitchell – 6 June 2024 Whose idea was it to have our city manager write a column on governance? I was surprised to learn that Ann Mitchell is an expert on governance. If we have an expert on staff at the city, why ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Treatment of media in council chambers is anti-democratic
By Letter to the Editor on June 6th, 2024
Dear editor, As a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter/photographer I am dismayed by how it appears the local news media reporters are being treated in Medicine Hat city council chambers. Since the new city hall opened, the news media had a semi-circular table with electronic plug-ins where they had a good view of council’s ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Citizens must be heard regarding Canada Pension Plan
By Letter to the Editor on June 4th, 2024
Dear editor, Are you concerned about your CPP? If you live in this province, you should be. Danielle Smith’s UCP are actively campaigning at town halls across this province to convince people to trust them with our money. We are to trust them by replacing CPP with an Alberta Pension Plan. Spewing out numbers that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Mature adults understand that respect is a two-way street
By Letter to the Editor on May 22nd, 2024
Dear editor, I feel it is time for the adults in this community to show up. This community needs sane, mature adult conversation when interacting and dealing with elected officials and public servants. We also need conversations based on reality and the facts as they are and not descend into internet-based fantasies that have no ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: We must remember to take good care of those who take care of us
By Letter to the Editor on May 21st, 2024
Dear editor, I was listening to a town hall meeting about Refocusing Healthcare and heard Patient Focused Care as one of the benefits. I have listened to many Patient Focused Care presentations over the years since January 2009 as an AHS volunteer. I am not sure whether or not the new reconfiguring of our health-care ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: How water usage is managed at Connaught Golf Course
By Letter to the Editor on May 9th, 2024
Dear editor, As a former member of the executive who also served eight years as chairman of the grounds committee, I learned quickly from the grounds superintendent of the day that one of the main concerns years in and out was water management. SMRID provides the water for the Medicine Hat Line, and after assessment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: ‘Liberals hate Alberta oil’ doesn’t really jive with facts
By Letter to the Editor on May 9th, 2024
Dear editor, Re: Trans-Mountain Pipeline start of operation – May 1, 2024 About six years ago the federal government spent 4.5 billion taxpayer dollars to keep Trans-Mountain alive. About a year later, our MP, Mr. Glen Motz, wrote in the News about the “… crippling hurt this government has levied on our natural resource industry,…” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Governance structure and process is in your hands, council
By Letter to the Editor on May 7th, 2024
Dear council members Clark, Dumanowski, Hider, Hirsch, Knodel, McGrogan, Robins, Sharps and Van Dyke, As a former executive officer with the city and Speaker of the Alberta Legislature I respectfully submit that the current divisions greatly affecting our city may in part be about personalities, but more the governance structure and process. Only you can ... Read More »
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