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Eventually piper has to be paid |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, May 27 2010, 9:49 PM |
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Back when Ralph Klein was premier of Alberta, deficits were seen as evil. The province went to great lengths and put Albertans through no small measure of pain in order to pay off the debt.
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Removing barriers for the disabled |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, May 26 2010, 9:19 PM |
With road repair and construction season in full swing, local motorists might feel inconvenienced at times by the barriers that keep them from getting to where they want to go.
That’s a small taste of how people in wheelchairs feel in places that aren’t set up to accommodate them.
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Another blockage to transparency |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, May 25 2010, 8:38 PM |
Slam! Click!
That’s the sound of another door to government accountability being closed and locked.
In the latest example of the clouding of federal transparency, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have decided Tory staff members will no longer appear before “hostile” Parliamentary committees. Instead, the ministers will handle those duties.
The controversial decision caused some fireworks Tuesday after Harper’s communications director, Dimitri Soudas, failed to show up to testify before a committee looking into allegations of political interference in the release of documents under the Access to Information Act. Transport Minister John Baird took Soudas’s place.
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Have fun but stay safe |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, May 20 2010, 9:07 PM |
This weekend marks the first long weekend of the warm-weather months and people can hardly wait to head for the hills — or wherever they plan to start the camping season.
For some Albertans, however, the holiday weekend is likely to feature misfortune or tragedy.
During the Victoria Day weekend in 2008, there were more than 1,200 traffic collisions in Alberta resulting in five deaths and almost 230 injuries. While 2009 collision statistics aren’t yet available, STARS air rescue reports its members received 45 emergency requests during last year’s Victoria Day weekend, representing about double the average number of calls.
That’s not the way to enjoy a long weekend.
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Canadians deserve end-of-life choice |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, May 19 2010, 9:15 PM |
Going hand in hand with the country’s aging population is a growing number of cancer cases.
An estimated 173,800 Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of cancer this year, the Canadian Cancer Society says in its annual report on cancer statistics, released Wednesday. That’s about 2,800 more cases than in 2009. The report goes on to predict more than 76,000 cancer deaths this year, an increase of 900 over last year. Those numbers will increase as Canada’s seniors population swells.
The Cancer Society says the majority of terminally ill people would prefer to die at home. For most, however, that isn’t happening. The report indicates about 55 per cent of them end their lives in a hospital.
That needs to change, says the Cancer Society.
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