October 31st, 2025

Opinions

Albertans need to step up and protect our water

By Lethbridge Herald on October 29th, 2025

Doreen Barrie For the Herald The Alberta government will be paying millions of precious tax-payer dollars to two Australian coal companies, Evolve Power and Atrum Coal, which claimed de facto expropriation due to changes in provincial coal policy. We can expect further payouts to others that have sued the government on similar grounds. (That companies ... Read More »

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UCP continues to show pattern of disrespect

By Lethbridge Herald on October 25th, 2025

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA This week, the Alberta Legislature opened its fall session with a Speech from the Throne. But instead of offering solutions to the pressing issues facing Albertans, the UCP government chose confrontation over collaboration, particularly in its handling of the teachers’ strike and its treatment of municipalities. The speech made clear ... Read More »

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Wyant Report demands public inquiry

By Lethbridge Herald on October 24th, 2025

David Carpenter For the Herald In at least one significant aspect, it was similar to the Alberta Next propaganda meetings. You had to wade all the way through Premier Smith’s response, which she insists holds her and her government purer than the driven snow, before you get to the link to Justice Raymond Wyant’s actual ... Read More »

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Election nights have changed, not for the better

By Lethbridge Herald on October 22nd, 2025

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor At the risk of sounding like an old codger (yeah, I know, that ship sailed a long time ago), I can’t help waxing nostalgic whenever election time comes around. Back in the late 1990s-early 2000s, during my first go-round in journalism, election night was always an exciting time. We’d all come ... Read More »

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Reality bites B.C.’s Keystone Kops premier

By Lethbridge Herald on October 22nd, 2025

Doug Firby Troy Media David Eby’s record as premier is unravelling under the weight of his own decisions—from ferry contracts with China to a ballooning deficit and rising job losses. Voters are noticing. The British Columbia premier is now facing harsh political realities, many of them the result of his own decisions. Let’s start with ... Read More »

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There is a burnout crisis among care workers

By Lethbridge Herald on October 21st, 2025

Carole Estabrooks & Janice Keefe Quoi Media Canada’s primary healthcare crisis has garnered news headlines and political attention, but an equally alarming crisis is ongoing in long-term care (LTC). More than five years after COVID-19’s deadly sweep through LTC homes — exposing long-standing deficiencies in funding, infrastructure, infection control, staffing and working conditions — many ... Read More »

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Albertans with disabilities deserve better

By Lethbridge Herald on October 18th, 2025

Bean Gill Quoi Media Alberta’s new disability program isn’t about empowerment — it’s about stripping support from the people who need it most I never thought I would have to keep justifying my existence to the government, but that’s exactly what it feels like in Alberta today. The United Conservative Party, under Danielle Smith’s leadership, ... Read More »

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Gratitude: little things mean a lot

By Lethbridge Herald on October 17th, 2025

Al Beeber Leave It To Beeber On the Thanksgiving weekend, while attacking the vines, shrubs and roses with a rented hedge trimmer before the onset of wintry weather, I spent time thinking about the meaning of the holiday. I also tried not to get distracted lest I hit my leg with the trimmer as I ... Read More »

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Crowsnest Pass expansion has devastating effect on trees

By Lethbridge Herald on October 17th, 2025

David McIntyre For the Herald While window shopping in The Pass I felt the pain of fractured glass Saw reflecting scenes of senseless loss Quests for wealth that ignored their cost I learned of a revered and treasured tree’s recent death before I knew its life was on the line. The tree, huge for its ... Read More »

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Beebs is ready for Halloween season

By Lethbridge Herald on October 11th, 2025

Al Beeber Love It To Beeber Spoiler alert: Christmas stuff is filling stores already. Yes, it’s that time of year – and maybe has been for a few weeks – that even before Thanksgiving and Halloween have come and gone, we consumers are being reminded it’s soon time to stock up on gift bags, paper, ... Read More »

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Strengthening Lethbridge’s voice in Edmonton

By Lethbridge Herald on October 11th, 2025

Nathan Neudorf Lethbridge East MLA Over the past six years as MLA for Lethbridge-East, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with residents, businesses, and local governments across both the city and surrounding counties. In southern Alberta, the relationship between urban and rural communities is far more collaborative than some may realize. Families from the ... Read More »

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