Opinions

To oppose is to defend: Why accountability matters in Parliament

By Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2025

FROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas Member of Parliament for Lethbridge When Canadians think of Parliament, the focus is often on the governing party or the Prime Minister. Yet, one of the most important – and often overlooked – pillars of our democracy is the Loyal Opposition. The term Loyal Opposition originated in the United Kingdom. ... Read More »

How stupid does the premier think we are?

By Lethbridge Herald on July 4th, 2025

GUEST OPINION David B. Carpenter Have you stopped beating your wife? It’s a simple question, just answer yes or no.  This is the classic example of a loaded question, either requested answer to which makes one guilty of an unproven assumption.  Most people smile because they know where the question ends up. I don’t imagine ... Read More »

Canada’s relationship with the U.S more than about politics

By Lethbridge Herald on July 4th, 2025

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Today marks Independence Day in the United States. While the relationship between the governments of Canada and the U.S. have become fractured over tariffs, our two countries still share a strong personal bond that has existed for centuries and will undoubtedly continue to exist long into the future. That is due not only to ... Read More »

Christian church won’t die, but it will change

By Lethbridge Herald on July 2nd, 2025

Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Will the church die? I say “no.”  But it will be much smaller with committed people. On December 7th,1941, without declaration of war, the Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Navy Base in Pearl Harbor and decimated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. As a countermeasure, in February 1942 the Canadian Parliament invoked the ... Read More »

We need to focus on connection, not division

By Lethbridge Herald on June 28th, 2025

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA As we approach Canada Day, I find myself reflecting on what it truly means to be Canadian—especially in a time when unity is being tested by forces of division.  Recently I had a long conversation with a constituent who had lived in a country that separated from the U.S.S.R. He ... Read More »

By Lethbridge Herald on June 27th, 2025

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor Next week is Canada Day and plans are all set for a big July 1 party! The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) have partnered to host the community celebration of Canada’s 158th birthday. There also events at Galt Gardens. The main entertainment stage and food truck alley (with more ... Read More »

Alberta should turn its attention to the south

By Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2025

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor For decades now, Alberta’s economic development has been focused on the north, with the Fort McMurray and Cold Lake oilsands and the Duvernay and Montney formations driving public and private investment.  It worked out very well for our province. But as the global economic and political order shifts, it is time ... Read More »

Collaboration can be Canada’s superpower

By Lethbridge Herald on June 20th, 2025

Andrea Nemtin Quoi Media Canadians have recently elected a Prime Minister known for being ‘nice’ — not as a weakness, but as a reflection of a deeper national strength. At a time when global politics is increasingly marked by division, short-term thinking and zero-sum narratives, Canada has a different path available to us — one ... Read More »

The trade-off in ‘new’ journalism

By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2025

Nick Kossovan For the Herald I write a Substack newsletter called The Art of Finding Work, offering pragmatic job search advice which currently has over 23,500 subscribers; therefore, I have a vested interest in the monetization of content provided via a subscription-based model and why Substack’s current street-level ads announcing “Media isn’t dead. It’s on Substack.” ... Read More »

Racialized workers hit hardest by market downturn

By Lethbridge Herald on June 17th, 2025

Katherine Scott Troy Media Low-wage workers in Canada are facing growing job insecurity as the economy weakens. With affordability top of mind for many Canadians, the growing divide between high- and low-income earners is becoming harder to ignore. Racialized workers—those who are Indigenous, Black or other people of colour—make up a growing share of this ... Read More »

Keeping your summer – and budget – cool

By Lethbridge Herald on June 14th, 2025

Nathan Neudorf Lethbridge East MLA Summer in Alberta is one of the best times of the year, and a great opportunity to make sure that your costs aren’t rising with the warmer temperatures. As air conditioning is becoming increasingly more common in homes across both our city and province, summer energy use is rising. In ... Read More »