March 29th, 2024

Letters to the Editor

The public needs to take on the role of independent fact-checker

By Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2023

Editor: In the past two weeks new reports about the pandemic became confusing. On the one hand, the Fraser Institute report concludes that the actions taken to combat the COVID pandemic were hugely harmful to our country.  On the other hand, The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) concludes that it was the circulation of COVID ... Read More »

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Announcer volume too loud

By Lethbridge Herald on February 9th, 2023

Editor: The ridiculous loud volume from announcers at the Lethbridge Hurricanes games should be investigated as there is no other reason than that the person doing the job is in love with the sound of his own voice! Patrons should have the right to converse with each other between periods without having to yell at ... Read More »

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Death an inevitable part of life that should be celebrated

By Lethbridge Herald on February 9th, 2023

Editor: On Jan. 4, Mr. John Warren passed away by “Medical Assistance in Dying.” Three days later on Jan. 7. the Lethbridge Herald published the obituary and his letter to the editor. In the letter he was promoting the environmentally friendly ”green burial” and announced that he would be interred at the green cemetery near ... Read More »

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Cor Van Raay pathway facing needless obstacles

By Lethbridge Herald on February 9th, 2023

Editor:  The Cor Van Raay Link Pathway is a planned multi-use pathway connecting Lethbridge and Coaldale. I understand it is being funded by provincial grants and private donors. Although the project has received full support from both the City of Lethbridge and the Town of Coaldale, there are a small number of property owners and ... Read More »

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An angel who can weld saved two stranded newcomers to the city

By Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2023

Editor: I never knew that angels know how to weld.  On Thursday night my husband and I were in our box truck towing our camping trailer when we had a catastrophic failure.  The frame of the box truck broke – the tail hitch and, therefore our trailer, were dragging along the road.  A few minutes ... Read More »

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We can’t afford to whitewash Canada’s history of genocide

By Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2023

Editor: For the benefit of Frances Widdowson, the definition of “genocide” is “the intentional destruction of a particular group through killing, serious physical or mental harm, preventing births, and/or forcibly transferring children to another group.”  All of these actions were taken against Canada’s Indigenous population, particularly the Plains First Nations, and they constitute genocide, both ... Read More »

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Opinions should be carefully weighted before adopted as belief

By Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2023

Editor: Black and white opinions seem to occupy right-wing views and their uncomplicated, straight forward positions often help the supporter to see those positions as being righteous.  The very fact that what appears to be obvious as it relates to the observer’s culture, religion or background, supports a dedication to those views. The danger, however, ... Read More »

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Other Albertans could use the monthly support more

By Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2023

Editor: This is a copy of an email I sent to our premier: Dear Premier Danielle: Here are three situations where people are receiving the $100/month gift: A. A couple of seniors with no mortgage or car payments making $120,000 per year from pensions. B. A family of four that includes two children earning $175,000 ... Read More »

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Canadians have become addicted to self-indulgence

By Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2023

Editor: Once upon a time “information was power.” Generally, that information was used to increase knowledge and understanding of how things worked.  Those with the greatest understanding of how things worked could use it to control the proletariat. No longer! You don’t need to possess information at all. All you need now is the ability ... Read More »

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Former MRU professor shouldn’t be given a platform

By Lethbridge Herald on February 1st, 2023

NOTE: The event was cancelled but the letter  still has merit. Editor:  The Department of Indigenous Studies vehemently condemns the anti-Indigenous rhetoric routinely disseminated by former MRU professor Frances Widdowson and deplores the fact that she is being given a platform to legitimize that discourse on our campus.  Widdowson has left us in no doubt ... Read More »

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Preston Manning has no credibility to chair COVID-19 review

By Lethbridge Herald on February 1st, 2023

Editor: Danielle Smith has allowed Preston Manning to fleece Albertans, doubly.   Manning is collecting his parliamentary pension, and has been since he left office in 2002. It is based on his salary earned in the last five years – 1997 to 2002.   How is he qualified to chair the panel about COVID-19 measures when he ... Read More »

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