Commentary

Editor, Last time we had a major COVID vaccine campaign, the vaccinations were free.  Now, each shot costs $100.  Even health care workers – nurses, doctors, hospital staff – must pay for their own shots. Last time, vaccines were provided in pharmacies and Lethbridge has about 30 pharmacies across the city – so easy access.  [...] Read More »

Editor, King Trump decided we were the fentanyl capital of the world, and suddenly we were! The knee-jerk response: spend $1.3billion as homage to the King. So once every two to three days you hear a helicopter fly over the same area it had done previously. We need a kazillion helicopters, a kazillion drones and [...] Read More »

Editor, I disagree with Scott Sakatch’s assertion in his Aug. 13 column that people are “more angry.” In the past, many people became annoyed or frustrated, but either kept it to themselves, or expressed their discontent in honest and polite ways.  Now, people are encouraged to express their slightest annoyance in the form of personal [...] Read More »

Editor, Re:  Herald Friday Aug 8 front page article, “ Province Ignoring Science on Mining, says MLA”: Thanks to MLA Rob Miyashiro for pointing out how our energy industry “Self-Regulators” are selling out the public, in exchange for six figure salaries at the top. Salaries funded by the persons they pretend to “regulate”.  What could [...] Read More »

Editor, Re: School library book ban an effective distraction, August 6, 2025. Trevor W. Harrison, a  retired political sociologist at the University of Lethbridge, has a problem with Alberta schools protecting children from viewing explicit sexual material, i.e. pornography.  Why? It is self evident why this would be a good thing, but obviously it is [...] Read More »

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor I want to begin this month by addressing the many, many calls, texts and emails I have received since the Whoop-Up Drive incident on August 6. As our experts continue to analyze, monitor and plan next steps, on behalf of Lethbridge City Council, I want to thank our residents for their [...] Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »