Dear Editor,

PM Carney just reinforced my long-held conclusion that Alberta independence is the only rational decision we as Albertans can make. I realize that it will not happen in my lifetime, and it will not have much effect, if any, on my grandchildren as they live in the USA and are unlikely to ever move here. I am thinking about the young families I care about and their future, and also the young people I don’t know. Albertans have been told a fantasy by people like Thomas Lukaszuk a

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Dear Editor,
Did you know that abortions are very costly? Financially, abortions likely cost the same as other surgeries. I’m not talking about the financial cost, however. There are other costs that people often don’t realize or choose to ignore.
For the mother of the aborted infant, there are years of emotional and mental grief and regret. Quite likely she will never get over it, as it surfaces at the most inopportune times; the memory returns time after time to haunt and trouble her

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Dear Editor,

This is not a trick question. When you are driving west on main street in Three Hills, which side of the road are you able to park on? I am amazed, not in a good way, at the number of people who cross the yellow solid lines down the centre of the street and park on the wrong side. This is a dangerous activity which happens far too often, in my opinion. We all need reminders of various things, myself included, so please take this note as that, a reminder to follow the rules and drive

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Dear Editor,

With the October referendum so close, let’s pause to think: Have we allowed ourselves to grow so far apart we can never walk together again?

As a couple, we respect and tolerate differences. Your church, my church, import car, domestic car, Flames or Oilers, my school system, your school system, you shop at COSTCO, I stay in Three Hills, you smoke weed, I don’t. PM Harper’s rework of the classic Lincoln statement should be our standard: be opponents, not enemies.

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