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Everyday delays are quietly killing productivity

By Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2025

Perry Kincaide Troy Media Canada’s productivity is declining—but not only for the reasons economists usually cite. The real drag on our economy isn’t just tax policy, innovation gaps or labour shortages. It’s something far more ordinary yet universally experienced: the staggering amount of time Canadians waste every day just waiting. Every year, the average Canadian ... Read More »

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Lowering selenium standards is denying science

By Lethbridge Herald on August 14th, 2025

Lorne Fitch For the Herald A friend of mine had failing grades in university. He said it wasn’t that his grades were poor, it was the impossibly high standards he was expected to meet. It would seem coal mining companies feel similarly aggrieved over water quality standards for selenium released by ripping mountains apart. Selenium ... Read More »

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‘Build, baby, build’? Not without workers

By Lethbridge Herald on August 13th, 2025

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood Troy Media Mark Carney’s “build, baby, build” agenda is facing early headwinds. Indigenous groups are bringing legal challenges against efforts to sidestep their rights. Environmentalists are sounding alarms over new fossil fuel infrastructure amid ever-worsening, climate-induced wildfires and floods. And, all the while, Trump’s tariff tantrums south of the border are shaking and ... Read More »

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‘Drill, baby, drill’ is an outdated idea these days

By Lethbridge Herald on August 12th, 2025

Jory Cohen Quoi Media “Drill, baby, drill!” is a quote most of us attribute to President Donald Trump during his inaugural address in January of this year, but it first made headlines in 2008 as a Republican campaign slogan. While the environmental benefits of renewable energy production relative to fossil fuel energy generation are hard ... Read More »

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A shared commitment to our classrooms

By Lethbridge Herald on August 9th, 2025

Nathan Neudorf MLA Lethbridge East As families across Lethbridge prepare for the return to school, it’s a good time to reflect on the vital role education plays in shaping our communities — and the people who make it all possible: our teachers. Over the past decade, the role of the teacher has changed dramatically. Today’s ... Read More »

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Building Canada Act creates legal black holes

By Lethbridge Herald on August 8th, 2025

Jocelyn Stacey Quoi Media Newly elected Prime Minister Carney, along with several provincial premiers, have made the claim that conditions of “urgency,” “necessity” and “unprecedented crisis” justify initiating legislative grants of sweeping discretionary powers to the government to act in times of emergency. U.S. threats to Canadian sovereignty and chaotic tariffs have been layered onto ... Read More »

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Federal benefit could have helped people on AISH, but it doesn’t

By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2025

Rene Plaizier and Bruce McKay Inclusion Lethbridge The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new monthly federal payment of $200 that is a small but much needed boost for most Canadian adults with disabilities. But not for Albertans. Why? The government of Alberta claims that Alberta’s Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) provides the highest ... Read More »

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School library book ban an effective distraction

By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2025

Trevor Harrison For the Herald Alberta’s education minister, Demetrios Nicolaides, has announced standards for determining what age-appropriate books will appear in school libraries. Students in any grade will not be able to see materials showing explicit sexual content, defined by the province as detailed and clear depictions of sexual acts, including masturbation, penetration and ejaculation. Only students ... Read More »

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Language is more than just communication

By Lethbridge Herald on August 5th, 2025

Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Never look down on people who speak broken English. They are learning. Respect people who are learning a new language. As they learn, they already know two languages albeit imperfectly. Language learning is hard for adults. Normally we learn to speak before we reach puberty. It requires determination, energy, ... Read More »

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Canadians demand and deserve bail reform

By Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2025

Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP “If you want to commit a crime, come to Canada.” These were the harrowing words spoken by the mother of Laura Furlan after her daughter was brutally murdered in a Calgary park by Christopher Ward Dunlop. Fifteen years later, on February 16, 2025, Dunlop claimed another life—that of Judy Maerz—in the ... Read More »

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There’s value in connecting with neighbours

By Lethbridge Herald on July 31st, 2025

Rachel Savage, Albana Isai & Paula Rochon Quoi Media Your neighbour can be a lifesaver, in good times and in bad. Whether shoveling your sidewalk, lending a missing ingredient for that favourite recipe, recommending a new local restaurant or offering a friendly wave to start your day, these small gestures often offer much-needed support. Research ... Read More »

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