If photo radar has no effect on traffic safety, why is it being kept for school, playground and construction zones? Read More
I have some questions for Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen. If photo radar has no effect on traffic safety, why is it being kept for school, playground and construction zones? If approaching an intersection knowing a speed-on-green camera exists, do you ensure you are following the speed limit or ignore it? As for unfairly punishing “hard-working”
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I have some questions for Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen.
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If photo radar has no effect on traffic safety, why is it being kept for school, playground and construction zones?
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If approaching an intersection knowing a speed-on-green camera exists, do you ensure you are following the speed limit or ignore it?
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As for unfairly punishing “hard-working” Albertans, this Albertan has more than 50 years of driving without ever receiving a photo radar ticket, including many years as a courier. But now I will be punished by higher taxes to compensate for lost revenue because you’d rather pander to those complaining how unfair it is to pay a fine for breaking the law instead of accepting responsibility for their actions.
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Is that fair?
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I am willing to bet Dreeshen and those who hate photo radar are also those who have been fined the most. So, minister, what is your driving record?
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Bruce A. McFaul, Calgary
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Time to tackle ageism
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In a recent editorial (“Alberta’s health system is ailing”), Catherine Ford called attention to the ageism directed against her as a patient at a Calgary hospital, only to be subject to further ageism in the comments.
While Ford pointed to the infantilizing “too-sweet” voices of health-care workers “dealing with” older adults as though they are “small children,” comments seemed to up the ageist ante. “I realize that you may suffer from failing memory,” one person posted. “Is anyone shocked an old lady found the room too cold?” another asked.
Ageism is often referred to as the “last acceptable prejudice,” something we can perhaps get away with when racist, sexist or homophobic slurs don’t always fly.
To me, Ford’s piece shows the urgency of challenging ageism head-on, and of defending and investing in public health care. It’s time to stop addressing older women as “dear” and start learning from their insights.
Janna Klostermann, Calgary
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Vaccines help protect us all
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I have the vaccine three times and still have no immunity to either measles or rubella. I am one of the three per cent that the vaccine doesn’t work for. I am immune compromised. Most available vaccines don’t really work for me.
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I am one of those people who has to rely on herd immunity to have protection against these diseases.
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I really wish that people who don’t want to get their children vaccinated would understand that there are people like me.
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Please get your children vaccinated.
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Philis Heffner
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Real leaders make positive changes
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How fitting that the front page of the Herald should have a photo of the scowling, narcissistic leader of the U.S. who cares only about himself, contrasted with a photo of a smiling Canadian leader (Gar Gar) who wants to help others and give back.
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Go, Canada Go.
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Dean Younggren, Nanton
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Teach kids to cross the street
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I was surprised to see that Lord Beaverbrook High School has a billboard at the crosswalk stating “look both ways before crossing the street.”