Letters to the Editor
It is time to talk Provincial Sales Tax
By Letter to the Editor on June 26th, 2020
Most of us can appreciate the services that taxes buy, like highways without potholes for example, public schools that welcome every child in the community and a public health care system that won’t bankrupt us when we get sick. Yet, we grumble about paying taxes. Nonetheless, Alberta is broke again thanks to the collapse of ... Read More »
32 responsesPlease wear a mask
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2020
Medicine Hat News Things change … a few years ago, it was common and socially acceptable to smoke in public, exposing others to a life-threatening agent. Today, anyone callous enough to commit such a breach of social conscience is rightfully chastised and considered a pariah. As a result , a major health risk has been ... Read More »
1 responseBe respectful and stop the name calling
By Letter to the Editor on June 20th, 2020
I am writing today in response to a letter written by Colette Smithers in the June 16 Medicine Hat News editorial page. Overall the letter is very disrespectful to Gillian and makes a lot of unfounded assumptions about what Gillian had written the week before. First of all I’d like to point out that having ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is Canada’s healthcare system truly universal?
By Letter to the Editor on June 18th, 2020
Especially during the pandemic crisis, I’ve heard too many platitudinous praises of Canada’s supposed universality of healthcare. I, one who champions truly comprehensive health-services coverage, had tried accessing, for example, essential therapy coverage in our public system; within, however, there were/are important health treatments that are either universally non-existent or, more likely, universally inaccessible, except ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat has a spending problem
By Letter to the Editor on June 18th, 2020
With the new report released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation it is evident that Medicine Hat does not have only a revenue problem but also a very big spending problem. Medicine Hat is listed as No. 1 in municipal spending per resident and Lethbridge is No. 3. To demonstrate how severe this is, Medicine Hat ... Read More »
1 responsePushing back mainstream media
By Letter to the Editor on June 16th, 2020
RE: Gillian Slade I just want to thank you for your informative reporting over the past months. You are pushing back the fear the mainstream media seems to want to control us with. Keep up the good work. If the modeling that was done on Covid was so far off base your comments on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defunding not the answer
By Letter to the Editor on June 16th, 2020
Something caught my attention, the call for defunding police. There was a time when I wasn’t pleased with the way law enforcement treated my community. By my community I mean mental health consumers, but in recent years that has improved a great deal from the late 1990s when l was first diagnosed. I think there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Experiencing the very best of community
By Letter to the Editor on June 16th, 2020
RE: Shopping is not what it used to be, Gillian Slade, June 6 As a news writer, I’m surprised Gillian has not remained abreast of our community’s response to COVID-19, especially from accessible social media groups such as YXH-Volunteers and YXH-Business Support. Had she done so she would be aware of the very public conversation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Throwing caution to the wind turbines in Cypress County
By Letter to the Editor on June 13th, 2020
Re: Cypress Wind hopes to lessen footprint during delay – Collin Gallant, June 9, 2020 A number of industrial wind energy projects have been proposed and/or approved in Cypress County which may have a devastating negative impact on local residents. The total number of turbines proposed exceeds 500 within the county. Globally, wind turbines produce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Communicate with and reform police, don’t defund
By Letter to the Editor on June 13th, 2020
Something caught my attention on the weekend, the call for defunding police. There was a time when I wasn’t pleased with the way law enforcement treated my community. By my community I mean mental health consumers, but in recent years that has improved a great deal from the late 1990’s when l was first diagnosed. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black Lives Matter movement not a trend
By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2020
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr. The Black Lives Matter movement is not a trend, and should not be treated as one. This matters, and has always mattered. Our support and efforts towards this movement should ... Read More »
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