Letters

Farmer’s death doesn’t make headlines

Posted on February 18, 2014

The inevitable has happened, Alberta has had another fatal farm accident and this one was gruesome.The only news outlet to cover this story was local.A… Read More »

MP concerned over veteran misinformation

Posted on February 18, 2014

I am deeply concerned by the issue of misinformation that has been presented to our veterans surrounding the closure of Veterans Affairs offices in various… Read More »

Reader grateful for help from youth

Posted on February 5, 2014

I had a very nice thing happen to me. I was just preparing to shovel the driveway and sidewalks, when two young men appeared, removing… Read More »

Stop animal abuse

Posted on January 29, 2014

Last week while watching the news, the newscaster talked about a husky and a cat with their muzzles taped up. Both were dead.This week, a… Read More »

Spray park has issues

Posted on January 21, 2014

I have been wondering how carefully this spray park proposal idea has been explored. It’s a huge investment for a two-month window of use. Will… Read More »

Lord’s Prayer about morale, not religion

Posted on January 9, 2014

Recently much has been said and written in the papers about reciting the Lord’s Prayer in the schools. One has to wonder what could be… Read More »

Be careful of what we eliminate

Posted on December 23, 2013

I commend Brian Pauls for the thoughtful and considerate tone of his letter in the Dec. 11 issue of the Taber Times. He spoke of… Read More »

Religion has long history in schools

Posted on December 17, 2013

As I was Googling, I ran across a little history of Alberta schools. The Protestant and the Roman Catholic churches established Alberta’s first schools in… Read More »

Sports abuse reversed

Posted on December 12, 2013

Recently the Times had an article about abuse of officials written by an executive from minor sports. The view is looking in the wrong direction.… Read More »

Mutual respect needed of various belief systems