Calgary Herald Letters Praise for oour health-care workers

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In 2010, my husband was recognized with young-onset dementia. On the time, he was a doctor and solely 50 years previous. We had been devastated to obtain the analysis and rapidly realized there’s a important hole in helps and companies for individuals and households affected by one of these dementia.

My husband briefly attended a assist group, however the members had been largely 75 to 85 years previous and fewer lively. My husband didn’t slot in in any respect and, understandably, didn’t wish to proceed going. My husband continued to be bodily lively, working 10 kilometres every day. He wanted a program that helps people who’re nonetheless bodily lively and wish to stay related to the broader group.

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Thankfully, we realized about YouQuest Younger Onset Dementia Affiliation by way of social media. Based mostly in Calgary, YouQuest affords service days led by licensed recreation therapists in community-based settings. YouQuest affords a novel and modern program that serves as a type of early intervention and assist for people at one finish of the spectrum of dementia care, by creating alternatives for group connections and bodily, social and cognitive engagement.

Many people have been recognized with young-onset and comparable kinds of dementia who should not conscious of this program. Dementia impacts the whole household and life can change into extremely tough to navigate. YouQuest additionally affords respite for care companions and offers necessary sources for household.

My husband has been dwelling with the illness for 14 years. His ongoing participation at YouQuest is a part of the rationale I’ve been capable of preserve him out of long-term care. I hope extra households will find out about YouQuest and profit from the applications and companies they provide: https://youquest.ca

Patricia Dehaeck, Calgary

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Cheers for our health-care heroes

Re: Reward for our well being employees, March 25

It was heartening to learn this recognition of the wonderful health-care employees at Peter Lougheed Centre. I couldn’t agree extra. All too typically we hear of the challenges within the system, so it’s all the time refreshing to be reminded of all the pieces that’s going properly because of the dedication of docs and nurses.

There are different unsung heroes who must also be acknowledged. They’re the extremely beneficiant donors within the Calgary group, whose items fund innovation and construct capability within the hospitals. The Emergency Response Centre at Peter Lougheed is the results of a beneficiant donation by the Sprung household, and far of the tools, house and medical applications by the hospital system is funded by different beneficiant donors.

Thanks to all of them, as their contributions enhance amenities, drive innovation and, finally, make life higher for us Calgarians.

Paul Rossmann, Calgary

Calgarians have means to look after animals

Re: Wildlife rehab centre feeling monetary chew; Hovering costs, drop in donations depart facility struggling to take care of companies, April 2

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It is a humiliation for this metropolis to have this concern. Calgary is the third-richest metropolis in Canada and has the fourth-highest focus of millionaires in Canada. Why can individuals not open their wallets? Why can governments (municipal and provincial) not cease losing cash and as a substitute put some towards non-profit organizations attempting to assist harm animals in want?

All of us love admiring birds within the metropolis and wildlife guests. With our proximity to the mountains, it’s inevitable these creatures make their option to city areas, so let’s begin to make sure their well-being when they’re in want.

Persons are not in powerful occasions on this metropolis. We dwell in a society of fast need and satisfaction. When will connections begin to be made to assist those that can not assist themselves, versus those that select to not assist themselves by the alternatives they make?

Shauna Hansen, Calgary

Carbon taxes aren’t serving to local weather

Re: Dozens collect on freeway to protest carbon tax hike, April 2

Based on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a carbon tax hike is required to maintain international temperatures from exceeding 1.5 C above the pre-industrial degree.

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When Trudeau elevated the carbon tax from $50 to $65 per tonne of CO2 emissions final April 1, the worldwide temperature was 0.84 C above pre-industrial degree. Due to the present extraordinary El Niño in place for the previous seven months, March 2024’s temperature of 1.59 C above the pre-industrial degree has now exceeded this 1.5 C threshold.

Between April 1, 2023, and April 1, 2024, Canadians paid greater than $7 billion in carbon tax, which did not forestall this 0.75 C rise in international temperature, as a result of solely 0.008 C of this rise presumably resulted from greater than 35 gigatonnes of CO2 emitted by the whole world, so decreasing Canada’s emissions barely isn’t any justification for crippling the Canadian financial system.

Norm Kalmanovitch, Calgary

Governments in any respect ranges are failing Canadians

I imagine that in all probability 80 to 90 per cent of Canadians disapprove of all three ranges of presidency: federal, provincial and municipal. None of them take heed to taxpayers.

The federal authorities imposed a brand new carbon tax. Provincially, they query the feds however then improve the tax on the pump, so they’re hypocrites. Our civic authorities is ruling on rezoning town and telling us we will’t reduce down a tree on our personal property.

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All three ranges ought to strive listening to the individuals who elected them. Most Canadians really feel as I do. Politicians are there for their very own profit.

Ralph Logullo, Calgary

Canada has function in international well being care

The World Financial institution could also be a political soccer because the U.S. and China vie for international affect, however its Worldwide Growth Affiliation continues to be the world’s largest growth fund and the No. 1 funding supply for well being and diet in low-income nations.

That is necessary as a result of tuberculosis nonetheless infects 1.3 million youngsters yearly, greater than half of their instances go undetected or unreported, and mortality charges are excessive.

That’s the reason Canada’s contribution to the IDA is so essential, and why we should always guarantee IDA prioritizes investments reminiscent of well being, schooling and diet.

Randy Rudolph, Calgary

Critics lack options to housing disaster

I’ve misplaced depend of the variety of letters printed within the Herald that criticize the way in which Calgary’s housing disaster is being dealt with, however not a single one has introduced a sensible, workable various. They’ve all accepted that there’s a drawback however say the answer can’t be discovered of their neighbourhood.

Effectively, the place then? The homes inbuilt new neighbourhoods are simply as costly as a result of land is dear.

Canada has been pressured to permit excessive ranges of immigration as a result of our beginning charges have been low and we want younger employees to switch retired child boomers. And so they want properties.

Is it not logical that an issue we created ought to require some sacrifice on our half to treatment?

The choice is extra homeless individuals and the issues that associate with it. Why can we not settle for that all of us need to do our share?

Peter Mannistu, Calgary

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