Letters to the Editor
Harder’s vote denies people the right to live their own identity
By Letter to the Editor on June 25th, 2021
Editor: I’m finding it difficult to believe that Rachael Harder, Conservative MP for Lethbridge, has voted against the federal bill to ban conversion therapy. In doing so, she aligned herself with those who believe that sexual orientation is a choice and can be changed, or that it is evil and must be driven out. Instead, ... Read More »
16 responsesBudget decisions the reason doctors and other healthcare workers leaving Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on June 25th, 2021
Editor: Minister of Alberta Health Tyler Shandro must be living in a cloud if, as his recent letter to the editor Wednesday 23 June suggests, he believes that COVID circumstances are the central cause of a destabilized healthcare workforce in our Province. It is evident to the majority of Albertans that the UCP’s budget decisions ... Read More »
10 responsesExplanation needed on green bins
By Letter to the Editor on June 25th, 2021
Editor: It appears the city council has now burdened us with another bin (green). Could you have a member of the city council outline for us receiving them, how they are to be used, specifically how what’s being put in the bins and how they are to be handled. My thinking is we may have ... Read More »
25 responsesCanada Day should be celebrated
By Letter to the Editor on June 24th, 2021
Editor: These days it is difficult to not hear via the media about the transgressions committed against the Indigenous people, in particular the Indigenous children. Residential schools began in 1883 up until the 1970’s and 80’s when the schools began closing down or changing to local control. The last residential school closed in the 1990’s. ... Read More »
6 responsesA clear mind and clear conscience are peace
By Letter to the Editor on June 24th, 2021
Editor: The shortest day of the year is December 21. The Blackfoot believe this day is the beginning to “back to home day” which is the longest day of the year, June 21, the summer solstice. The winter we call beginning of home day in translating from Blackfoot to English is “the shortest day of ... Read More »
2 responsesCOVID-19 presents an opportunity to eliminate low-value health care in Canada
By Letter to the Editor on June 24th, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched health care systems across Canada beyond capacity. Surges of COVID-19 have strained available beds, exhausted health care workers and resources. To cope with these surges, some regional and provincial health systems delayed all non-essential procedures, tests and surgeries. Canadians’ health-seeking behaviours have changed over the past year with steep drops ... Read More »
1 responseProvince’s vaccination lottery raises a red flag
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: I am very angry with the premier for using my tax dollars to encourage people to get a vaccine that isn’t really a vaccine as we know it. Read the science offered by the companies like Moderna or Phizer. I, along with a few others, have been doing homework and researching this COVID shot, ... Read More »
49 responsesReview process in Alberta needs to be revised
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: The Grassy Mountain Joint (federal/provincial) Review Panel, in response to a wealth of input from from Albertans and Canada’s multidisciplinary science community, has made a decision. It rejected all the applications Benga Mining made for its Grassy Mountain Coal Project, determining the proposed project’s “… significant adverse environmental effects on surface water quality and ... Read More »
2 responsesWe won’t learn from history if we destroy it
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Thank you for this thoughtful appropriately timed editorial article. I agree. I can understand why residents would rather not have a statue in their community when the actions of the subject don’t coincide with values that we hold dear with hindsight. I believe these statues should be carefully removed without paint and disfigurement, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recruiting new physicians a priority in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Recently, media reports have covered staffing challenges in Fairview, Boyle, St. Paul, Elk Point, Rocky Mountain House, and Westlock. Staffing challenges are not new to rural Albertans, who are familiar with the longstanding challenge of recruiting doctors to their communities. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has hit us hard. Doctors are not immune to the virus and ... Read More »
7 responsesLethbridge deserves an apology for comments
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Lethbridge should be demanding an apology from the Senior Medical Director of the Blood/Kainai! She is quoted as saying in a local paper “The closure of Lethbridge’s Supervised Consumption Site led to nearly 100 deaths of Blood Tribe members in the months that followed.” That, from Dr. Esther Tailfeathers who is the Senior Medical ... Read More »
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