Letters to the Editor
Beware of picture-taker looking up women’s skirts
Thank you to the customer from a recent night at the Buck or Two, on the south side, who had the courage to confront a suspicious male who was trying to take inappropriate pictures up my skirt.
My husband and I would not have even known this was happening had she not said something to the man and to us. READ
Don’t criticize emergency staff; they must prioritize
I am writing in response to Leo Paré’s May 17th Advocate column: Whose illness matters? READ
Gravel pits endanger walleye and imperil two rivers
I am writing this as a concerned land owner along the Medicine River at Hwy 54 and Range Road 15, in Red Deer County. READ
Council ignores public, spends without concern
“Big spenders” or “non-responders” are two of the nicknames for our current city council and are two of the reasons there is so much anger from residents towards them. READ
Reinstating art instructor matter of freedom of speech
It was extremely gratifying to read in the May 16 Advocate that the Alberta College of Art and Design has reinstated popular and respected teacher Gord Ferguson. READ
Group home gave my sister a happy, contented life
Regarding closing of the Michener Centre, here is my input: READ
Tory attack pamphlets are bullying
Upon reading a recent article on Conservative attack tactics, I would like to voice some concerns. I do believe many good citizens in our community and other communities likewise hear a lot lately about bullying tactics and the harm they put on our society. READ
Looking for hit-and-run witnesses
On Tuesday, April 16, at approximately 6:50 a.m., in the left turning lane of 77st Street and Gaetz Avenue, I was second in line at the red light. There was a white truck in front of my silver/grey Chev Cobalt. I was rear-ended hard, enough to lift my car up in the back end. The vehicle that hit me was a green Ford Taurus. Behind the Taurus was a white work truck with a business logo on the window right behind the driver. READ
Premier cynically uses children
Recently, Official Opposition education critic Bruce McAllister delivered a timely member’s statement in the Alberta legislature on the abuse of taxpayer dollars by the Progressive Conservative government. The premier cynically used Alberta school children as political props in a highly partisan attack on the Official Opposition in what was supposed to be a taxpayer-funded government announcement for new schools. READ
Prime minister bullying Trudeau
The most effective tool in the fight against bullying is a society value that trumpets the worth and capability of all of our citizens. This value is grown and modelled first in the home, then school, community, workplace and society as a whole. READ
Condo law changes help Albertans
It’s not every day that the Wildrose Official Opposition can congratulate the government for a job well done. With the passing of the Condominium Property Act, I applaud this government for listening to the calls of the Albertans and Wildrose Official Opposition to take action to protect condominium owners from unaffordable special assessments. READ
Harper eats away at democracy
When I was a young man, Canada was a parliamentary democracy. MPs rose in the House of Commons to make speeches on matters that concerned them. MPs elected the chairs of House of Commons committees. READ
Long-term care information hidden?
Seniors issues and long-term care have been part of Red Deer for many years. The 2005 Auditor General’s Report highlighted poor conditions needing improvement, and many other government health care changes and reorganizations have come and gone. READ
Take another look at expressway
I would like to thank Jim Marke, for his common sense approach to the 20th Avenue expressway opposition. I concur with his concerns especially for the residents who live on the eastern side of Rosedale, Deer Park, Devonshire and Lancaster subdivisions. READ
Hospital staff were great
I have had the unfortunate/fortunate privilege of being hospitalized a number of times in the past months at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. READ
Return junk mail to sender
I can not speak for others but personally I am tired of sifting through all the junk mail Canada Post delivers to my door on a daily basis. READ
No need for wards in Red Deer
A ward system for our small city? What a joke! Surely our city councillors are each fully capable of making decisions based on the needs of the whole of Red Deer city. That’s one reason why they get our vote. To expect them to only represent one little corner of the city is naive and impractical. READ
Closing Michener Centre best choice for all involved
Re: Support for the closure of Michener Centre and community living I commend Premier Alison Redford and her government for doing the right thing — closing down Michener Centre is long overdue! Let’s not forgot the heartbreaking stories of neglect, abuse and indignity. Many former residents share haunting memories of the time they spent there; it is those stories that would have me feeling devastated if someone ever suggested my son would be better served there. READ
Dyer falls prey to warmist apocalyptic thinking
Dyer typically analyses the political climate of current events, and as such has often impressed me with his insights. I once went to a lecture by him and was challenged by his thinking. But his latest screed of apocalyptic economic/cultural doom linking fossil fuels and climate change is not acceptable. READ
Using waste water for fracking is not sustainable
Re: Rimbey selling wastewater, Red Deer Advocate, April 12, 2013 The selling of waste water for oilpatch use should give pause as to where we are going with our water supply. One just has to search ‘fracking’ to understand how common it is to use water for extracting natural gas; and we’re talking a lot of water. A local company reports of piping water from an ‘isolated lake with no road access.’ One only has to look along the Red Deer River to see the practice occurring right in our backyard and yet, there seems to be no outcry. READ
