Letters to the Editor
Doing the math on convoy to Ottawa
By Letter to the Editor on February 22nd, 2019
Re: “Convoy passes to great support,” Feb. 15 “Organizers say 100 trucks” including “several dozen heavy trucks and as many pickups” passed through Medicine Hat “on the 3,900-kilometre trek (7,800 km return)to the nation’s capital.” We examine the fuel cost incurred by one diesel pick-up engaged in this ill-conceived adventure. Consumer Reports (09/20/17) rated four ... Read More »
1 responseWall money would be better spent elsewhere
By Letter to the Editor on February 21st, 2019
Canada being the neighbour of the U.S. has often been referred as the “mouse having to exist next door to an elephant.” But as we all know, where ever that elephant goes, that mouse will sooner or later also have to go, perhaps falling into those giant elephant footprints. Therefore it behoves us to pay ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pension discrimination has to change
By Letter to the Editor on February 20th, 2019
MP Glen Motz appears to have listed the CPC platform for the upcoming federal election, but he excluded two important issues – supply management and pension reform. Apparently they are not in the “public good.” He is not interested in promoting a pension benefit for private-sector workers without a pension plan which is even a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Muzzled from stumping prior to provincial election call
By Letter to the Editor on February 20th, 2019
A memory from my childhood – I was sent to get a few groceries. We lived two blocks from the hospital. The nearest grocery store was on Seventh Street. It was cold. I trudged along the sidewalk with my bag of goods and, for the first time in my life, saw a flickering television in ... Read More »
1 responseHIV Community Link shouldn’t be taking heat for lack of community consultation
By medicinehatnews on February 19th, 2019
I was at the community meeting on the safe injection site this past Wednesday. As we have heard, one of the hot button issues has been about community consultation. HIV Community Link is saying they sent 6,000 postcards out to the community asking for input. The crowd at the meeting was asked how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supervised injection sites are only the first step
By medicinehatnews on February 19th, 2019
No one is denying that Medicine Hat has a drug problem. We all agree that there needs to be greater efforts to fund treatment programs. Meanwhile, drug users are dying. The proposed supervised drug consumption site for our city is specifically designed to curtail overdose deaths, the proliferation of drug houses throughout our city, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Snow-free pathways a wise investment
By Letter to the Editor on February 14th, 2019
The other day I biked from Southridge to River Heights using city pathways for the most part. Aside from a treacherous stretch in Ajax Coulee, the paths had been meticulously cleared and were free of ice. I have lived in places where city pathways have not been cleared, the result being that people do not ... Read More »
1 responseWhy not the remand centre?
By Letter to the Editor on February 13th, 2019
In my mind, safe consumption sites are an absolute necessity in today’s twisted world. More than 500 Albertans died from user-related deaths in 2017. Safe injection/consumption sites have saved many lives and the number of overdose reversals is impressive. However, it is understandable that people wouldn’t typically choose to have this facility in their neighbourhood, ... Read More »
2 responsesConservatives are socially liberal
By Letter to the Editor on February 13th, 2019
Re: “Fundamentalists and politics don’t mix,” Feb. 4 I believe the letter is Christophobic and constitutes hate speech. It should never have been published. Lewis is factually wrong on several points: Firstly, Hillcrest Church is evangelical in theology, not fundamentalist. Holding that scripture is inerrant, in its original manuscripts, is not the defining doctrine of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outraged by treatment of Khadr
By Letter to the Editor on February 9th, 2019
Re: “Khadr settlement absurd,” Feb. 2 Omar Khadr under international law is a child soldier. Children being of the most vulnerable population, are treated differently during armed conflict whether victims and/or combatants. At age 15, Mr. Khadr suffered grave injuries during a firefight with the U.S. military at the time of his capture in Afghanistan. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manipulation in Ottawa
By Letter to the Editor on February 9th, 2019
Good grief the constant political manipulation by the top four to five levels of the federal government public servants just continues to grow and fester like an untreated wound. The Liberals have decided to spend $7 million of our money teaching the unwashed masses how to identify “fake news.” Conservative, NDP, or other people’s news ... Read More »
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