Letters to the Editor
Recovery centre shouldn’t be in the city
By Letter to the Editor on August 18th, 2021
Editor: Re: foisting a substance use and recovery service onto the citizenry with minimal consultation: Given the broad issues and social and criminal impacts from the previous supervised consumption site, there are grave concerns throughout the citizenry that council wishes to continue with this bylaw, as is, without fulsome discussion. A member of city council ... Read More »
18 responsesClimate change likely to move quicker
By Letter to the Editor on August 18th, 2021
Editor: Last week, the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” an assemblage of the leading experts on the subject,”all but demanded that nations band together to immediately cut emissions.” (NYTimes, Aug. 10). What was new was their acknowledgment that we had already gone beyond the first point of no return; that permanent damage had been done; ... Read More »
3 responsesThank you, Dale for your story
By Letter to the Editor on August 18th, 2021
Editor: On behalf of The War Amps, I would like to thank reporter Dale Woodard (August 12) for featuring Shelby Smith, who grew up with The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. Â Stories like this help bring important awareness to the many vital programs we offer for all Canadian amputees, including veterans and children. Â Although ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mask mandate needed again
By Letter to the Editor on August 7th, 2021
Editor: We need a mask mandate in all indoor public spaces, and proof-of-vaccination requirements in certain high-risk environments, such as indoor dining. I am sick and tired of having to stay home so that all the selfish jerks can go out and do whatever they want, leaving a trail of illness in their wake. I’m ... Read More »
23 responsesGrasshoppers don’t actually migrate north
By Letter to the Editor on August 7th, 2021
Editor: An article in The Lethbridge Herald on Aug. 3 said that grasshoppers “move north as the season progresses, meaning that the adults are here in time to lay eggs”, and describes “a lot of grasshoppers showing up in the fall” from Montana. It doesn’t work that way with grasshoppers, although some insects like the ... Read More »
1 responseAn apology to Kenney
By Letter to the Editor on August 7th, 2021
Editor: I am writing to apologize to Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP government of Alberta. I am sorry that I was wrong about your government. I have come to realize that Jason Kenney is actually a brilliant scientist and health expert and I would like to recommend he be established as World Supreme Emperor. ... Read More »
27 responsesWearing masks and getting vaccinated essential to reducing spread of COVID in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on August 6th, 2021
Editor: Minister Shandro and Premier Kenney have declared COVID “crushed” and the curtain will soon descend on any restrictions whatsoever. Our mask mandates have long been consigned to the trash heap of history and MOH Dr. HInshaw advises that any previous preventative measures will now be voluntary even as once again, cases are beginning to ... Read More »
8 responsesKenney needs to reconsider medical staff wage cuts
By Letter to the Editor on August 6th, 2021
Editor: In February and March of this year, I was hospitalized with COVID-19. I spent a week in the ICU and experienced short term paralysis on my right side. Had it now been for the caring and competent attention I received from the medial staff, I could easily have died. Recently, the Alberta government wanted ... Read More »
3 responsesCrowsnest Pass can’t survive on tourism
By Letter to the Editor on August 5th, 2021
Editor: I am writing in support of the clean coal initiative for Alberta, specifically the Riversdale Grassy Mountain project in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. Alberta is a resource province and this area of Alberta is a great source of metallurgical coal needed in the production of steel. The world needs steel. Wouldn’t it be better ... Read More »
9 responsesIt’s time to end equalization payments to provinces
By Letter to the Editor on August 5th, 2021
Editor: The upcoming vote on scrapping equalization is critically important, as it could be key to changing how Alberta is treated in Confederation. A “yes” vote would force every province to look into equalization and hold their own vote. If 7/10 voted “yes,” it would be removed from the constitution. Even if we lost, the ... Read More »
22 responsesResponse to COVID by premier a cause for despair
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2021
Editor: Well, we were doing pretty good. After an exceedingly rocky year or so Albertans were getting their shots, the infection rate was dropping and, aside from the apparently uneducable residue of ultra con, conspiracy theorists, paranoiacs, and the chronically delusional, people were beginning to see bit of daylight. Then variants showed up and began ... Read More »
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