Letters to the Editor
Anti-Christian letters are a sign of the Last Days
By Letter to the Editor on February 12th, 2020
If today’s headlines don’t persuade you we are living in the Last Days, the anti-Christian letters in this newspaper surely will. Case in point: Ray Marco’s “United Conservative Party is showing its Puritan roots” on Jan. 30. I don’t think so. If the UCP needs a denominational analogy, I would suggest “Roman Catholic.” The Puritans ... Read More »
3 responsesSeek evidence on harm reduction, supervised consumption
By Letter to the Editor on February 11th, 2020
Alberta is in a state of crisis when mainstream media outlets give journalists like Rick Bell the space to spread ignorance and hate speech against people experiencing extreme socio-economic adversity and substance use disorders, whom he tactfully and professionally refers to as meth head zombies. Besides spreading the type of hatred and fear mongering that ... Read More »
1 responseWhat will it take for Albertans to be concerned?
By Letter to the Editor on February 10th, 2020
Has anybody figured out that by the second year of the Alberta war room, it will be the people on AISH paying for 100% of it? This is only possible because the UCP deindexed AISH. That is only the second year of deindexation. How much will the third and fourth years be costing the people ... Read More »
2 responsesHoping U.S. gets it right in November
By Letter to the Editor on February 10th, 2020
Referencing all the latest news, in all of the media, and also feeling absolutely devastated by the loss of all those wonderful human beings when the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down, I nevertheless cannot help considering that presidential aberration sitting in the Oval Office down in Washington, D.C. as the one ultimately ... Read More »
2 responsesMayor has a part to play in finding an appropriate SCS location
By Letter to the Editor on February 7th, 2020
Re: “No chance for city supervised consumption funds: mayor,” Jan. 30 Regarding Mayor Clugston’s firm belief that “treatment and recovery is the only way” in rejecting the idea of a supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat let me state the following. The South Zone Medical Administrative Committee passed a unanimous motion of support for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The impact of Alberta withdrawing from the CPP
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2020
Premier Jason Kenney’s Fair Deal Panel will consider whether Alberta should withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and create its own plan. Albertans need to think hard before abandoning a pension plan that is universal, stable, portable, well managed, and has inflation-protected benefits. Contributions and pensions are paid at the same rate across the ... Read More »
1 responseCompassion and decency in difficult times
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2020
As a specialist physician and surgeon in the community, I have been fortunate to work with many inspiring colleagues at the frontline of our health care system, and it has been an amazing journey over the last twelve years. My then “young” family immigrated to Canada in 2007, and we could not have felt more ... Read More »
15 responsesGun buy reminds of the firearms registry boondoggle
By Letter to the Editor on February 4th, 2020
Bill Blair, the federal public safety minister, wants to confiscate legally owned guns from Canadians. About those people he said, ” We are very mindful we are dealing with law abiding Canadians and I want to make sure they are treated fairly and respectfully.” He goes on to say, “I have nothing but respect for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abandoned and orphaned wells a difficult problem
By Letter to the Editor on February 3rd, 2020
Alberta is facing a crisis. One that has been quietly percolating for years, and now that we have run out of time, something must be done about the abandoned and orphaned gas and oil wells doting our landscape. We have a conundrum, as no one knows where the estimated billions of dollars to pay for ... Read More »
1 responseWetlands around the world are being lost at an incredible rate
By Letter to the Editor on February 3rd, 2020
This past Sunday, Feb. 2, was World Wetlands Day, a day that forces all of us to come to terms with an environmental crisis happening right in our own backyard. It’s a crisis just as damaging as those being experienced by rainforests, coral reefs and the Australian Outback. The loss of wetlands in Alberta, in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mutual benefits to allowing younger people in Veiner Centre
By Letter to the Editor on February 1st, 2020
Re: “Let the seniors run the Veiner Centre,” Jan. 13 In his letter Robert Tetz questions the motivation behind allowing young people to attend duplicate bridge lessons at the Veiner Centre. As a Veiner Centre member and budding bridge player, I appreciate being able to learn alongside such a pleasant group of engaged, courteous and ... Read More »
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