Opinion

The hot-button issue of local ambulance response times once again made its way onto our front page this week. 

Dear editor, I wanted to say thank you to Masha Scheele for her commentary last week. Finally, someone on your staff I feel is using logic and not pushing personal views but common sense instead.

One of the bigger news stories in Alberta politics this week was the scandal involving Justice Minister Kaycee Madu, who was reprimanded after a CBC report revealed he had spoken to Edmonton's police chief Dale McFee about a traffic violation tic

Dear editor, I am responding to the letter submitted by Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) president Jason Schilling. As much as I don’t like to engage in a debate through letters to the editor, I felt compelled to respond to this particular piece.

There’s a huge difference between pressing people to do the right thing through consistent, courteous messaging, and descending into guttersnipe hectoring by treating fellow citizens as sub-humans, to be targeted by any means necessary.

I tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 10 using an at-home antigen test. I wasn’t surprised by the result because I felt absolutely horrible. Chills, headache, sore throat, runny nose– the whole nine yards.

This newsroom agrees that in-person learning is important, but so is getting promised PPE and tests ahead of students' return.

What if instead of lamenting our sub-zero climate as months we must painfully endure, we embrace the cold and all that comes with it?

The past two years have frustrated me. Much of what I’ve wanted to achieve has been postponed or outright cancelled due to a world of pandemic-induced chaos. Much of what I looked forward to experiencing has been pushed beyond my reach and many of the things that I enjoy have been unattainable. But that doesn’t mean these last two years lacked value.

Dear editor, To say that hypocrisy runs rampant in politics would be understatement.