![]() We also need to extend this to victims and villains. If we read that our police, first responders, firefighters, armed forces members, and veterans were “physically” injured or not “physically” injured, we will be reminded that they may have other injuries. ![]() How could you not be wounded by the sights and smell of that disturbing scene or the sound of that fatal gunshot? A writer cannot observe the probable mental, emotional, and/or spiritual injuries that happen when we witness a death or a near-death. In my local newspaper, I read “Police investigating self-inflicted gunshot death near Blaine Lake.” After the sentence “The RCMP officers sustained no injuries during the incident,” I exclaimed “no PHYSICAL injuries.”Ī writer can observe no physical injuries. The word is “physical” and it would precede “injury” and “recovery.” I would pay writers to add one particular word to reports of traumatic events. Writer Charles Dickens was paid per word. But moving the cost from taxes to utilities is not the answer. This is not a simple issue and will not have a simple answer. When we buy stuff, we pay taxes and make garbage. Brad Wall is moving taxes away from income to consumer taxes. Paying directly for garbage will reduce garbage. Paying directly for recycling will reduce garbage. To make it work, they have to weigh our tagged garbage cans, add it to the bill each month - which cost how much money? The idea being the less we put in the bin, the less we pay. Now city council wants to change the way we pay for garbage, because we still are sending too much stuff to the landfill. ![]() If it can’t be used in our area, it is only garbage. I found that much of what was put into the blue bin was really garbage. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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