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Re. “Hinshaw made virtually $600Ok in ’21, data present,” Aug. 2
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The Journal’s article this morning relating to Dr. Hinshaw’s wage and money advantages final 12 months was definitely warranted. She was the face of the pandemic for practically two years and I believe many Albertans felt that Dr. Hinshaw dealt with this place with appreciable professionalism, honesty and integrity, contemplating the stress she was beneath with the dynamics of the cross-purposes of the UCP authorities and Premier Kenney’s politics.
As far I’m involved, greater than anybody in authorities, she deserved each penny of her wage and the money advance and advantages she obtained. If she doesn’t wind up with stress-related most cancers, coronary heart sickness, or a stroke after coping with all these individuals who made nasty telephone calls, letters and emails wishing her sick from anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, fascists, anti-science believers, I’ll definitely be stunned. Any such fixed unfavourable barrage, together with oftentimes lower than fascinating help from authorities, can do lots of injury health-wise.
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Dr. Hinshaw has been a beacon of steadfast energy all through the pandemic and I salute her and the opposite medical officers all through Canada who’ve stood agency in defending the Canadian folks. All of them deserve nice salaries and hefty bonuses and advantages.
Sharon Flemming, Edmonton
Capturing ranges no noisier than airports
I belong to the Canadian Historic Arms Society and, like a number of hundred of our members, I get pleasure from taking pictures my gun at our vary in rural Alberta. This vary was inbuilt 1967 and designed with security and isolation in thoughts. It’s inspected by authorities regularly.
The County of Leduc has closed 5 of the six ranges on website with no simply motive apart from attempting to shut the vary fully. If noise is an element then why don’t the RCMP allow us to put silencers on our weapons? The noise isn’t any higher than residing close to an airport, busy freeway or railway line. Are these going to be shut down too? Through the years, a number of gun ranges have been shut down and with out these ranges folks shall be taking pictures their weapons at giant.
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We’re accountable folks so allow us to get pleasure from our sport.
W.G. Wagner, Parkland County
Trump’s ‘prosperity’ got here at nice value
Re. “Berating Trump over medals trivial,” Letters, July 29
Mr. Brown feedback about “the overwhelming majority of Individuals who overwhelmingly supported Trump and the prosperity his administration dropped at their nation.”
Trump might have introduced prosperity to some — principally enriching himself, his buddies and his benefactors, however at what value? His model of divisive management, negativism, racism, corruption, and outright lies denigrated the workplace of president. He cozied as much as North Korea, China and Russia, authoritarian regimes that he desires to emulate. By all this and his ignorance, he has managed to make america a laughingstock and he was, and stays, a severe danger to democracy and a menace to the world. Prosperity certainly!
Les Kozma, Edmonton
