Letters to the Editor

Taxpayers will endure the ‘Grand Experiment’ costs

By Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2026

Editor, Amusingly, after the UCP Government decided Lethbridge among other cities would be the pilot program for the Southern Alberta Rehab Facility and funded numerous social services to destroy our downtown, they now want to reduce Ambulance costs? Costs that are directly related to their “build it and they will come” drug facilities experiment? Recently ... Read More »

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A reasonable request to Alberta government on coal mining

By Lethbridge Herald on March 31st, 2026

History can be a good teacher, to provide a perspective on coal mining in the Eastern Slopes. A synoptic review of every open pit coal mine, from 1970 to 2024, showed these operations in mountain and foothill settings, with steep and challenging terrain features were subject to repetitive acute and chronic slope, road and settling ... Read More »

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Health care system improvements should be a proirity

By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2026

Dear editor, In regards to MAiD.This is not about what is morally right or wrong. I lost someone very dear to me through MAiD. I think before we go putting restrictions on MAiD we need to fix the health care system. This person that was so dear to me and still young at heart and ... Read More »

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ADAP will make life brutish and short

By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2026

Dear editor, I have been reading updates about the province’s ADAP program and the disabled community’s reaction to it. I think about my son. It would be wonderful to believe in the province’s fantasy of training disabled people to work fulfilling jobs. However, training has already been available for the disabled for decades now. Also ... Read More »

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LFES’s legacy now being threatened

By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2026

Dear editor, For over a century, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES)has set the global standard for integrated emergency care. Today, that legacy is under direct and unacceptable threat. The Province, through EHS-Alberta, has issued the City a deadline of May 30, 2026: accept a cut-rate contract or be forced into a competitive bidding process. ... Read More »

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A Challenge for Separatists

By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2026

Editor: There are many reasons for Albertans to be unhappy with Ottawa. In fairness, I imagine there aren’t too many of our sister provinces and territories who are thrilled with Ottawa either. For over two years, Danielle Smith has thrown gasoline on the embers of separation. Encouraging Albertans to believe the Canadian dream is unsalvageable. ... Read More »

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Funding cuts impacting Alberta Heritage

By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026

Editor, I am writing in my capacity as the President of the Lethbridge Centre of the Archaeological Society of Alberta, one of the six ASA centres in the province. The recent provincial budget brought with it devastating news for Alberta Heritage. Three of the Provincial Heritage Organizations, including my society, the Archaeological Society of Alberta, ... Read More »

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Forward thinking is key for water protection

By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026

Editor, In response to Mike Young’s recent plea for the development of Grassy Mountain, I would like to offer a perspective grounded in modern science and global economic shifts. The Evolution of Science We cannot argue with the prosperity coal brought to previous generations of immigrants seeking a better life. However, those generations lacked the ... Read More »

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Don’t dismantle a world-class legacy: Protect Lethbridge’s integrated EM

By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2026

Editor: The provincial government’s recent move to overhaul ambulance contracts through a new RFP process should sound an alarm for every resident of Lethbridge. While the province claims this is about ”efficiency,” we risk losing a system that is not only a part of our heritage but a global leader in life-saving care. Lethbridge Fire ... Read More »

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Proposed coal mine would be detrimental to water supply

By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2026

Editor: The CEO of Northback recently wrote to the Herald, extolling the wonderful things that might come from developing a coal mine in the East Slopes. As an executive earning at least six figures, he can be expected to be positive about his project. As a retired rural physician, I can be excused for being skeptical ... Read More »

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Open letter to Premier Smith

By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2026

Editor: When Premier Peter Lougheed’s government established the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program in January 1979, it was so that those unable to earn enough to live, could have an assured income. In contrast to Bill 12 (Dec. 22, 2025) they were not “permanently unemployable”. AISH was specifically designed separate from the ... Read More »

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