Letters to the Editor
‘Spoiled child attitude’ reflects across country
By Letter to the Editor on May 11th, 2019
So, it begins. Divisive politics. Medicine Hat city council has unanimously voted not to attend the annual FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) conference because it’s being held in Quebec City. Well, boo hoo. It is well known that the current Quebec provincial parliament is opposed to pipelines from Western Canada. Now our city council has ... Read More »
1 responseNo surprises in Jason Kenney’s picks for cabinet
By Letter to the Editor on May 11th, 2019
So Cypress-Medicine Hat UCP MLA Drew Barnes and Mayor Ted Clugston are ticked off because Medicine Hat got left out of the cabinet. No real surprise there. The premier is playing to form, surrounding himself with Calgary oil company lawyers and federal Tory apparatchiks, the sort of people he’s always thought he was elected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Further isolation and denial isn’t acceptable
By Letter to the Editor on May 10th, 2019
What’s at the heart of local objections over a supervised consumption site? Is it actually concern over property values? Neighbourhood safety? The very concept of a harm reduction site within Medicine Hat has been eagerly maligned by a number of locals, particularly anyone in the immediate vicinity of any proposed location for such a site. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate control, then and now
By Letter to the Editor on May 10th, 2019
History tells us that in many pagan cultures women and children were sacrificed to their gods with the intent of ensuring good weather and good harvests. Even in medieval Europe, innocent people were burned at the stake for allegedly having supernatural powers causing plagues, starvation and various other societal woes. It seems abhorrent today that ... Read More »
1 responseTwo choices for Alberta when it comes to crude
By Letter to the Editor on May 9th, 2019
Oil has a bad reputation, from production to consumption. Alberta and Canada suffer globally over bitumen brand deficit. If Alberta wants B.C.’s co-operation, Alberta needs to refine its crude. Period. B.C. will not further despoil itself for Albertan gain, never mind Canadian. B.C. would separate from both if necessary. Beholden to big oil more than ... Read More »
1 responseSaturday issue offered reminders of God’s love
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2019
Saturday’s letters from Rev. James Bredeson and Les Landry, the article about the church being a refuge for Muslim cyclone survivors and the By the Way column by Rev. Jeff Lackie regarding human rights were all very moving and right on the mark. I have saved the last paragraph of Rev. Lackie’s column and put ... Read More »
1 responseSketchy numbers from local representatives
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2019
Re: “Barnes disappointed as he’s left off Kenney’s cabinet,” May 1 and “Mayor ‘frustrated’ at cabinet snub for Barnes,” May 2 The mental image immediately appears of Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Barnes standing in a corner, arms crossed huffily, trying not to cry. Yet he was offered a role which he declined. Had he accepted and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The choice for medically-assisted death is a deeply personal one
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2019
Re: “Celebrating death in Canada?” May 4 I assure Mr. Parkinson that no one is, to use his word, “celebrating” the medically-assisted deaths of the 6,749 Canadians as reported in the April 26, 2019 edition of the Medicine Hat News. I ask those who either did not read or might not recall the details of ... Read More »
2 responsesSupervised consumption site is needed downtown
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2019
It saddens me that the supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat is having so much trouble with community support. Now with the change in government there is even more resistance from our MLAs. The longer it takes for a supervised consumption site to open the more people die. People often want more programs for addicts. ... Read More »
1 responseMoney designs stand up for human rights
By Letter to the Editor on May 4th, 2019
A recent Ticked Off and Tickled Pink comment read: “With a Canadian loonie design that goes against my beliefs and morals. I don’t flaunt my race, religion or my sexual orientation to all the people that I see in this world.” At first, I thought our currency should be non-political. It should never represent a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrating death in Canada?
By Letter to the Editor on May 4th, 2019
Almost 75 years ago the Allied forces invaded Normandy with the intent of freeing Europe from the grasp of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, the Nazis. In less than six months the Allies discovered the death camps, where literally millions of souls were murdered because they did not fit the ideal of human nature ... Read More »
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