Letters to the Editor
Letter: Sorry, not sorry for thoughts on Trump
By Letter to the Editor on January 2nd, 2021
RE: Dec. 26 letter to the editor ‘Look to Canada before judging the U.S.’ by Ken Pirie Dear editor, Mr. Pirie spared no effort in throwing what he hoped would be knock-out punches at the soft ‘liberal’, ‘socialist’, underbelly of Mr. (Fred) Lewis and me (in his Dec. 26 letter titled Look to Canada before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Trump’s pre-pandemic economic performance should earn him a ‘C’
By Letter to the Editor on December 30th, 2020
Dear editor, Supporters of Donald Trump greatly exaggerate his economic success and are blind to facts that indicate otherwise. First is the fact that Trump inherited an economy that had largely recovered from the Great Recession (2008-09) and was gaining strength. Evidence of this is the 76 months of continuous job growth in place at ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Look to Canada before judging the U.S.
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, The contentious editorials authored by Messrs. Peter Mueller and Fred Lewis and published in the News on Nov. 27 warrant response. What an abomination these letters are; Canadians slandering an American President who continually demonstrates his love of country, while we in Canada are governed by a divisive, apathetic “great reset” globalist in ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Make YXH United as we close the book on 2020
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, Community taking care of community, that’s ‘YXH United’. We are united in our support of one another, of our small business community, and most importantly in support of those who are in need. COVID-19 does not discriminate and has had devastating effects on many individuals. YXH United is a movement designed to bring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Wanner’s comments ‘truly profound’
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, A particular letter to the editor (written by Bob Wanner and published in the News on Dec. 19) I found truly profound; as in knowledgeable, wise, truthful – a point of view expressed in a most remarkable and readable way. Hitting hard, but still in a manner one finds so rare today. I’ve ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Give Jason Kenney a break
By Letter to the Editor on December 26th, 2020
Dear editor, I have come to really admire Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. He is dealing with pandemics (COVID), crises (opioids), wars (on drugs, gangs). He is in the arena, dirty, tired and nearing exhaustion. All the while surrounded by woke whiners, naysayers, doomsday predictors, virtual reality political ideologues all criticizing from the comfort of their ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: A special thanks from the front lines
By Letter to the Editor on December 23rd, 2020
Dear editor, As the Holiday Season is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to thank all those in our community who have sacrificed and who have done their part to help in this trying time. We understand that it has been difficult to temporarily give up some of our personal freedoms for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Is Premier Kenney more Churchill or more Trump?
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2020
Dear editor, Premier Kenney often speaks of his great admiration for Winston Churchill but I fear he thinks and acts too much like Donald Trump. The manner in which he has dealt with COVID does not look much like Churchill. He seems challenged to demonstrate compassion, humility, acknowledgement of error and the ability to adjust ... Read More »
7 responsesLetter: The smart learn by making mistakes, the wise learn from the mistakes of others
By Letter to the Editor on December 18th, 2020
Dear editor In response to a Dec. 15 letter from Tom Simpson, titled “Reasonable questions are not personal attacks.” Mr. Simpson called it accurately regarding the response to the pandemic by Mr. Kenney and cabinet. Their response has been too limited and too late in imposing public health restrictions on Alberta. By August and September ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Every situation comes with a silver lining
By Letter to the Editor on December 15th, 2020
Dear editor, There is always a silver lining to every situation. Most of the time, whatever happens to me I look for the silver lining no matter how bad it looks, it is more challenging that way. Anyone can complain. So as the year is coming to an end we tend to look back at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CUPE President: AHS job eliminations make no sense
By Letter to the Editor on December 15th, 2020
Dear editor, On what planet does it make sense for Jason Kenney and the UCP to be eliminating 11,000 positions from Alberta Health Services in the middle of a pandemic? Our health care workers, from doctors right down to the person mopping floors, are the people who literally risk their lives just by going into ... Read More »
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