Letters to the Editor
A change of heart is necessary
By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2020
I think racism would disappear very quickly if they got to the real problem right away – Man looks to the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. The world is in such a mess because of the heart of man which the Bible says “is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Can’t think clearly, breathe with mask
By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2020
I have been trying to wear a mask occasionally but I have I sensory issues due to being on the Autistic Spectrum, my face is particularly sensitive. I have trouble wearing my glasses for more than 15 minutes at a time. Today I went to church for the first time since March which was wonderful. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Long way to go to end systemic racism
By Letter to the Editor on July 11th, 2020
Here we are in the midst of huge protests, riots, and other actions which are intended to do away with systemic racism for any reason. But it seems even the legitimate articles can’t get it right. Just today it was announced that Alberta is getting a new lieutenant governor who will be the first Muslim ... Read More »
5 responsesHas the door been slammed shut on the oil?
By Letter to the Editor on June 26th, 2020
It was our conservative hero Peter Lougheed who urged the Klein and Stelmach governments to slow down the growth of the oilsands, collect proper royalties and taxes, and refine our oil in Canada and they refused to listen. The oil executives agreed with Lougheed that something needed to be done about out pollution and they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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