Letters

Letters to the editor

Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Sturgeon Public Schools approves 2020/2021 budget with program and staffing reductions

May 28, 2020 Comments Off on Letter: Sturgeon Public Schools approves 2020/2021 budget with program and staffing reductions

This evening [May 27], the Board of Trustees, Sturgeon Public Schools, approved the 2020 / 2021 Budget. Although the Board was able to protect class sizes for students in Kindergarten to Grade Three, reductions to programming and staffing across every school and department will result. Our Early Childhood Programs will also experience significant cuts. […]

Business

Open letter: We need to end the practice of cash-shaming: cash is vital to the economy and safer to touch than cards

May 22, 2020 8

COVID-19 has exacerbated fears that as cash changes hands, it becomes a transporter of germs and viruses. But is cash really any worse than your debit or credit card? LendEDU, a company that helps consumers learn about financial products, used a scientific device that tests for bacteria on a given surface to examine just how dirty credit/debit cards and cash really are. […]

Editorial & Opinion

Letter: The New Nose-al

May 22, 2020 Comments Off on Letter: The New Nose-al

Since the beginning of this pandemic, we are constantly challenged to sort through the experts’ research and findings. […]

Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Nurse Practitioners pleased to work autonomously in long-term care facilities

May 7, 2020 Comments Off on Letter: Nurse Practitioners pleased to work autonomously in long-term care facilities

The Nurse Practitioners Association of Alberta (NPAA) is pleased with the provincial government’s recent amendments to the Operations and General Regulations of the Nursing Homecare Act (NHA). Nurse practitioners (NPs) have been given the ability to work as the primary care providers in nursing homes, assessing residents, prescribing medication as well as offering follow-up care and are working to ensure they changes remain permanent.
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