Letters to the Editor
Suspicious of government’s supervised consumption site review
By Letter to the Editor on August 2nd, 2019
According to statistics the group overdosing most in the current opioid drug crisis are men 20 to 40 years old. This population is very productive in our economy. It horrifies me that we don’t use every resource to help drug addiction. We know if we treat opioid addiction with suboxone people can go back to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former owners of the Tweed House want to see local history preserved
By Letter to the Editor on July 31st, 2019
Re: “Old owners try to save historic house,” July 17 As noted in the Medicine Hat News recently, the Tweed House at the corner of Division Avenue and First Street SW might soon be removed or destroyed. My husband and I were devastated upon hearing this news, after the sale was concluded. We thank Collin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Related Cato to Alberta’s current government
By Letter to the Editor on July 31st, 2019
Re: “NDP filibustering just grandstanding against what Albertans voted for,” July 19 I got my Cato’s mixed up. I always connect the name with Clouseau’s manservant, not Cato the Younger 95-46 BC. So I went in search of him on Google: “A follower of the Stoic philosophy. A noted orator, he is remembered for his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter in Newfoundland paper was ‘hogwash’
By Letter to the Editor on July 24th, 2019
I was recently reminded of the dislike or – let’s call it what it is, “hate” – of people by others everywhere. On July 17, a Newfoundland newspaper called The Telegram published a letter to the editor from Mr. Gord Cowan of Medicine Hat, titled, “An N.L., vote for the Federal Liberals is a betrayal ... Read More »
1 responseAn eatery’s most important staff
By Letter to the Editor on July 24th, 2019
I, like probably a lot of other folks, have a favourite eatery and bar. Haven’t been to many, but enough to consider myself perhaps not an expert but certainly, shall we say, a bit of an aficionado. And in that capacity I dare to write what follows, to the chagrin of some but I’m sure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas prices still high
By Letter to the Editor on July 23rd, 2019
We recently spent a very enjoyable time in the small Alberta town of Lac La Biche in northern Alberta. The fist thing we noticed was the difference in gasoline prices. Lac La Biche was 30 cents per litre cheaper than the Hat. What’s going on? Bob Wolstenholme Medicine Hat... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter’s warning letter to Newfoundland voters riles
By Letter to the Editor on July 19th, 2019
On July 17, a Newfoundland newspaper called The Telegram published a letter to the editor from a Mr. Gord Cowan of Medicine Hat titled “An N.L. vote for the federal Liberals is a betrayal of Alberta.” Mr. Cowan was clearly very upset at how Newfoundlanders could have voted for the federal Liberals in 2015 and ... Read More »
1 responseCanada isn’t doing its part to fight the world’s greatest killers
By Letter to the Editor on July 17th, 2019
The Global Fund is the largest global effort to eliminate the world’s greatest killers – AIDS, TB and Malaria, and they have been incredibly successful, saving tens of millions of lives, and the fund is due for renewal for another three years. Japan has recently committed to this renewal and so has the UK, both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An evil agenda is bing promoted in our country
By Letter to the Editor on July 17th, 2019
Re: “No to Trump in ’20,” June 24 There are shades of conspiracy in the Medicine Hat News publishing such a biased editorial from the left-centre Orlando Sentinel in the city where Donald Trump opened his 2020 campaign for re-election. In step with most of the Canadian media, the News can’t say enough bad things ... Read More »
2 responsesWho’s next to have their pay cut?
By Letter to the Editor on July 17th, 2019
Re: “Bill 2 creates jobs, opportunity,” July 8 I was disappointed to read the minister of labour and immigration’s guest column. In it he attempts to justify paying young people less than the official minimum wage. That policy, he claims will increase the number of jobs available to young people. I would suggest that the ... Read More »
1 responsePreoccupied with ourselves and missing the bigger picture
By Letter to the Editor on July 15th, 2019
I see humankind’s dire environmental situation as somewhat analogous to a cafeteria lineup. It’s like a group of diversely societally represented people, all adamantly arguing over which identifiable traditionally marginalized person should be at the front and, conversely, at the back of the line; and, furthermore, to whom among them should go the last piece ... Read More »
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