Letters to the Editor
Municipal election a good time to weed out âtermitesâ
By Lethbridge Herald on August 27th, 2025
Editor, Alberta has been a conservative province for many years. This all changed when Jason Kenney and Brian Jean campaigned to merge the Progressive Conservative Party and the Wildrose Party in October of 2017 to form the United Conservative Party of Alberta or UCP. This was done in part, to unseat the ruling NDP. Fast ... Read More »
6 responsesIt takes some effort but you can free yourself from anger
By Lethbridge Herald on August 23rd, 2025
Editor, Scott Sakatchâs column talking about angry people (Aug. 13) was interesting. I think COVID shutting everyone in for almost two years continues to spill out residue with regard to loss, loneliness, lack of family celebrations etc. Sometimes spouses or family members have health issues that take their toll on the family and very worrisome. ... Read More »
1 responseUCP just keeps doing things Albertans never asked for
By Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2025
 Editor, I am writing this to express my dissatisfaction with the present Alberta UCP government and Premier Danielle Smith. This government continues to ignore the majority of Albertans by attempting to appease the minority base of the party. They continue to further and/or invent asinine ideas and projects even when the courts and the populace ... Read More »
20 responsesWhat does one gain by venting their negative thoughts?
By Lethbridge Herald on August 20th, 2025
Editor, Wow! Scott Sakatchâs column in the August 13 Herald was a âcomeuppance article.â Well-written, insightful, intelligent, unbiased and hard-hitting.  Finally, somebody stating the way of the world today and how people are choosing to inhabit it. It was so refreshing to read this perspective from an individual and from different points in his life. Good on ya, ... Read More »
5 responsesCOVID shot plan is typical UCP policy
By Lethbridge Herald on August 19th, 2025
Editor, Last time we had a major COVID vaccine campaign, the vaccinations were free. Now, each shot costs $100. Even health care workers – nurses, doctors, hospital staff – must pay for their own shots. Last time, vaccines were provided in pharmacies and Lethbridge has about 30 pharmacies across the city – so easy access. ... Read More »
9 responsesCarney should walk away from U.S. negotiating table
By Lethbridge Herald on August 19th, 2025
Editor, King Trump decided we were the fentanyl capital of the world, and suddenly we were! The knee-jerk response: spend $1.3billion as homage to the King. So once every two to three days you hear a helicopter fly over the same area it had done previously. We need a kazillion helicopters, a kazillion drones and ... Read More »
10 responsesPeople arenât angrier, they just feel more entitled to express it
By Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2025
Editor, I disagree with Scott Sakatchâs assertion in his Aug. 13 column that people are âmore angry.â In the past, many people became annoyed or frustrated, but either kept it to themselves, or expressed their discontent in honest and polite ways. Now, people are encouraged to express their slightest annoyance in the form of personal ... Read More »
7 responsesSelf-regulation isnât regulation, itâs the perfect rigged game
By Lethbridge Herald on August 13th, 2025
Editor, Re: Herald Friday Aug 8 front page article, â Province Ignoring Science on Mining, says MLAâ: Thanks to MLA Rob Miyashiro for pointing out how our energy industry âSelf-Regulatorsâ are selling out the public, in exchange for six figure salaries at the top. Salaries funded by the persons they pretend to âregulateâ. What could ... Read More »
5 responsesSexually explicit material shouldnât be in school libraries
By Lethbridge Herald on August 9th, 2025
Editor, Re: School library book ban an effective distraction, August 6, 2025. Trevor W. Harrison, a retired political sociologist at the University of Lethbridge, has a problem with Alberta schools protecting children from viewing explicit sexual material, i.e. pornography. Why? It is self evident why this would be a good thing, but obviously it is ... Read More »
13 responsesMunicipal councils must stand up to provinceâs top-down restrictions
By Lethbridge Herald on August 9th, 2025
Editor, I want to begin by thanking Deputy Mayor Rajko Dodic for his objection to the province over downloading the expense of equipping Lethbridge city police with body cameras. I also agree with Mr. Dodic that municipal councils are being treated like children. We now have a new minister of municipal affairs, Mr. Dan Williams, ... Read More »
8 responsesFreedom of speech has limits, especially on a public stage
By Lethbridge Herald on August 8th, 2025
Editor, Letâs be honestâCanadians arenât intrinsically Nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character flaw. If kindness were really our default setting, we wouldnât have had to enshrine a Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a Constitutional obligation to make our government(s) âdo ... Read More »
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