{"id":775439,"date":"2026-07-02T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775439\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:39:08","slug":"letters-edmonton-oilers-could-be-on-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775439\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Edmonton Oilers could be on life support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentCALL THE DOC<\/p>\n<p>If Stan Bowman can\u2019t improve the goaltending and defence on the Oilers, they\u2019re not going to need a Nurse, they\u2019re going to need a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>GEORGE COLGAN<\/p>\n<p>(We\u2019ll see if he has the cure for what ails them.)<\/p>\n<p>WHOSE DEPUTY?<\/p>\n<p>We keep reading about \u201cformer PC deputy premier\u201d Alison Redford was his premier, one of the most pathetic premiers in Alberta history until Smith was elected. We\u2019re always asked by elected politicians how they should improve our election system. Here\u2019s one they never consider: Once elected they vote for what their constituents want. NOT what their party wants!<\/p>\n<p>MORGAN VANDONINCK<\/p>\n<p>(That may be the ideal, but so far the party system is the best, imperfect way to achieve that.)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters-edmonton-city-halls-project-management-is-lacking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edmonton council chambers at City Hall.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc_7787.ej_300990016.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Letters: Edmonton city hall&#8217;s project management is lacking<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters\/letters-danielle-smith-picks-on-people-in-poverty-with-aish-cuts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Premier Danielle Smith is seen at a press conference in March. The Smith government is changing assistance to people with severe handicaps that may see recipients lose income which has remained stagnant for years, while MLAs have enjoyed annual raises.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260330db001.ej_302358462.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Letters: Danielle Smith picks on people in poverty with AISH cuts<\/p>\n<p> <\/a>NEED ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>I am Alberta-born and not living in Alberta. I have one Alberta-born son, two born in British Columbia, one of which has been living in Alberta for 20-plus years. Can I and the Alberta-born son expect to have dual citizenship? Will my Alberta-born mom, who turns 90 this summer, lose her Canadian citizenship? I get that resources and dollars are not handled respectfully or fairly by our federal government. Is there any jurisdiction on our planet where there is that kind of justice? I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article contentCALL THE DOC If Stan Bowman can\u2019t improve the goaltending and defence on the Oilers, they\u2019re not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-775439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}