friday's letters: people at ram offer bridge to the past - interactive display board

Last week, I attended the grand opening ceremony of the Royal Alberta Museum, which cost me five pounds. and-a-
Stayed there for half an hour, most of the time in the gallery of human history.
I am looking forward to more interactive presentations, but the new museum is very attentive to the display of human, cultural and natural exhibits.
I spoke to a black-footed woman who fixed some of the show's warrior regalia and she told me the importance of colored beads and the Weasel Tail on the shirt.
As I chatted with a young student volunteer, I learned that the buffalo on display was named Elvis, who was part of a museum course.
I saw the administrator in a specially designed lab.
No longer hidden outside of sight.
I talked to the food.
The service manager mentioned that they were purchasing local buffalo meat and other food.
In the worm room, I overheard an admin talking to a visitor about the logistics of moving and taking care of the living residents in the room.
Museums are not just exhibitions.
They are also about those who have built bridges between the past and the present.
I hope RAM continues to invite local "experts" and others to interact with tourists, which greatly increases my experience.
Janice McGregor, a St. Alberta taxpayer, paid for the wrong adventure of October.
There is no doubt that the story of "energy boss paid Lin Dehao ransom" brings a smile to the reader.
We can all benefit from good things. news story.
Now, however, we know who paid the ransom for Lindhout, and then he paid more than $2. 5-
The cost of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sting operation is pounds Sterling to try one of the Somali perpetrators involved in the kidnapping?
Incremental cost of Sting operation itself (
Approximate numbers obtained through Freedom of Information and Privacy)
: Only $750,000 overtime, plus $1.
5 million of non-travel expenses
But the final bill is about $2. 5 million.
This does not include staff salaries and additional overtime claims, court/trial costs, and costs of multi-year imprisonment.
Even sick, of course.
Prepared, innocent amateur freelance journalists should not suffer so much.
But it is reasonable to ask: if a person, ignoring his government's urgent travel advice, decides to travel to a chaotic, dangerous country and spends millions of taxpayers' money luring one of the perpetrators involved in the crime, seems to be a strange and expensive way to stop this unfortunate.
Gordon zavaki, EdmontonNo has no patience for marijuana at work
Business employer, I hope the rules for cannabis and alcohol are the same.
If you go to work drunk, you are fired.
If your work is affected by alcohol abuse or "potosism", you will be given the same appropriate warning as alcohol abuse.
Your failure will be documented and you will be fired if you do not repair it yourself.
The rules of small business, I believe the law will be on my side.
Take this to court.
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