Letters to the Editor
Recognizing contributions of volunteers
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2020
To work in the nonprofit charitable sector has many rewards. Each act of service is as unique as the situation encountered. Workers are adaptable, resilient, trailblazers, they are people who learn to see the silver lining from every angle. The broad spectrum of engagement ranges from the most vulnerable to the most affluent. The sector ... Read More »
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By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2020
In a recent letter to the editor, the ex-MLA from Lethbridge-East expressed “utter dismay,” “sadness” and “some anger” stating the current MLA (who thumped her soundly in the last election) wasn’t doing his job. Across the river Shannon Phillips, who hung on to her cushion in Edmonton by less than 300 votes, reports fielding consistent ... Read More »
7 responsesInternet addiction a serious problem
By Letter to the Editor on February 4th, 2020
I saw a woman of certain age at a restaurant, who was obviously addicted to her phone. She looked at and clicked on the device every few minutes. Her table was next to ours. I felt guilty looking, but could not help it because her behaviour was so extraordinary. Her sister – I assumed she ... Read More »
3 responsesConcerns involve SCS structure, not staff
By Letter to the Editor on January 31st, 2020
I would like to take the opportunity to respond directly to the letter to the editor published on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from Lindsay Stella and colleagues at the Supervised Consumption Site. It’s become clear that my comments quoted by the local media as referenced in the letter to the editor, although captured only in part ... Read More »
12 responsesDoes support for Decarie uphold concept of freedom?
By Letter to the Editor on January 31st, 2020
It was reported last week (Jan. 24) in the Globe and Mail that our MP, Rachael Harder, noting that the Tories are “a party that believes in freedom,” maintains that prospective Conservative leadership candidate Richard Decarie should be allowed to run, thus leaving it up to party members to decide accordingly. His assertion that the ... Read More »
3 responsesAlberta gov’t actions targeting the weakest groups
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2020
We talk about what we are doing to help the homeless but this provincial government is putting them there. Way to go. Kenney has lots of money and he will get more by doing what he is doing or why would he be attacking the people who need his help? The weakest groups are our ... Read More »
14 responsesCancelling benefit will tick off a lot of seniors
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2020
The provincial government has just sent out letters telling 46,000 people they’re losing spousal coverage for prescription drugs under the Seniors Drug Benefit Program as of the end of next month. Keeping in mind that the UCP lead, in last spring’s elections, was on the order of 100,000 voters, that’s pretty good chunk of the ... Read More »
10 responsesAbusing the people gov’t is elected to serve
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2020
Has anybody figured out that by the second year of the War Room, it will be the people on AISH paying for 100 per cent 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 ... Read More »
5 responsesMLA doing what he was elected to do
By Letter to the Editor on January 29th, 2020
Re: Jan. 23 Letter to the Editor from Maria Fitzpatrick, “Lobbying on City’s behalf is the MLA’s job.” Maria starts her letter by saying, “I read Tim Kalinowski’s article in The Herald on Jan. 17 with utter dismay sadness and yes, some anger.” She goes on to say that the City should not have to ... Read More »
1 responseSCS is staffed by health-care professionals
By Letter to the Editor on January 29th, 2020
On Jan. 23, My Lethbridge Now published the following comment by Lethbridge City Councillor Blaine Hyggen >in regards to the Supervised Consumption Services site: “Hyggen would like the local Supervised Consumption Site looked at by Alberta Health Services, saying he feels that is the way it should be run. ‘That’s the way I believe would ... Read More »
6 responsesCanada is missing in action
By Letter to the Editor on January 28th, 2020
What is the government waiting for? The international community has pledged a new round of disease prevention through the Global Polio Initiative, but Canada is nowhere to be found. Vaccinations are the cheapest, most effective way to prevent disease and reduce poverty worldwide. Disease and poverty are twin sides of the same coin: someone suffering ... Read More »
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