Letters to the Editor
Keeping chickens in an urban setting poses no health risk to humans
By Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2023
Editor: At a public hearing in front of city council on November 28th with regards to an order against me for having chickens, the question came up from counsellor Dodic regarding the reasons for why a bylaw prohibiting chickens in urban backyards was ever enacted. I’ve made no secret of having chickens in my ... Read More »
5 responsesNDP could have saved taxpayers a billion when in office
By Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2023
Editor: Are you concerned or confused with everything regarding electricity cost now and in the future? All these discussions about increasing the carbon tax and net- zero carbon electricity grid. I certainly am. Up until recently I purchased my power from the City of Lethbridge. My bill went from an average of $0.03/kWh in 2016 ... Read More »
15 responsesHumans must exercise responsibility to benefit from freedom
By Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2023
Editor: It’s the holiday season. Eat and drink and be merry. No matter how different our traditions are, we enjoy the bond of family and friends that bind us as the members of one human family. We are not alone. It would be a sad day if I had to celebrate with just one same ... Read More »
3 responsesUsing weapons isn’t the proper way of settling differences of opinions
By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2023
Editor: I am a legal gun owner and I’m absolutely appalled at the recent gun crimes that are being shown on TV that are happening in our country. It seems to me that right now people who are at odds with others think that guns are the answer! Nothing is further from the truth. Guns ... Read More »
1 responseCreation of an independent Palestinian state needed
By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2023
Editor: Over thousands of years, ethnicity, religion and nationalism has driven most conflicts. This has certainly been the case in Palestine since 1917. During the Jewish – Roman wars (66-135 AD), Judea was conquered and Jerusalem destroyed. Most Jews left Israel and migrated to Babylon and countries across the Mediterranean. Over the ensuing centuries, many ... Read More »
16 responsesWood-burners need to use their stoves properly to prevent energy loss
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2023
Editor: Do you remember Trudeau saying that the carbon tax would be revenue-neutral? Gullible citizens believed they would get more than they paid into the scam. Then Trudeau pulled the bait-and-switch just like he did when you were told to register your duck-hunting shotguns and hunting rifles. Wise people saw through that scam and did ... Read More »
8 responsesWill war in Ukraine lead to an era of technological repression?
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2023
Editor: Ukraine has now been fighting their own Third World War for nearly two years, but it is not just the tanks, guns and ammunition that are essential to their defence. Technology plays an absolutely crucial role as well. Specifically, Elon Musk’s Starlink (a division of his SpaceX), and Clearview AI have become indispensable. Soon after Russia invaded and immediately targeted essential infrastructure, Musk deployed his Starlink satellite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City needs to stop giving financial support to the Exhibition
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023
Editor: It was mind-boggling to watch online the entire city council discussion pertaining to the Lethbridge Exhibition requesting funds from the city taxpayers again, on an emergency basis. This latest ask follows the ask from March 17, 2023 for $4.6 million to complete the centre. As I watched the discussion and the variety of reasons ... Read More »
5 responsesExhibition management needs to solve their own problems
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023
Editor: With regard to the Lethbridge Exhibition CEO seeking financial help from the City of Lethbridge: Gross incompetence is the only way I can explain the handling of the expansion costs for the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. To have under budgeted $6,742,315.72 in construction costs and not addressing additional operating expenses of $400,000 is irresponsible ... Read More »
1 responseHub will cost us for years
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023
Editor: It didn’t take long. The Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre has asked the city for $ 6.75 million or a grant of $ 2 million. When this project was first announced, our mayor stated that the new centre would never cost the taxpayers a single cent. What happened Mayor Hyggen? Anyone with half a ... Read More »
1 responseUCP policy is all about money and the economy
By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2023
Editor: Taylorism is the plastic wrap of our century. Scientific management, so beloved by Conservatives of all stripes, from Preston Manning, Harper and Kenney; to the Obergs, Denings and Horners of the UCP. Some see elements of Ayn Rand’s economic rationalism, followed by Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Reagan and the University of Chicago spin-off, University ... Read More »
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