Commentary

Editor, Alberta has always been a province that builds, and Northback wants to continue that legacy. Alberta proudly embraces its natural resource sector. From crude oil to natural gas, wheat, canola, forest products, beef and more, Alberta has an impressive history of producing natural resources and supplying them to Canada and the world. It is [...] Read More »

All Albertans are subject to the legal treaty agreements made between Alberta’s original peoples and Canadian settlers, who were then subjects of the British Crown. These treaties are not simply historical agreements; under Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, the treaty rights of Indigenous peoples are recognized and affirmed as part of the supreme [...] Read More »

Editor,  Mr. Ken Moore comments regarding the current Government in the March 4th edition of the Herald were spot on, and I totally agreed with his column until I got to the end of his column when he stated that Albertans are smarter than this. To that I would say “are they really?”. Lets just [...] Read More »

Editor, Dear Premier,   This is an open letter requesting clock sanity!  British Columbia is adopting a permanent and constant clock time.  Saskatchewan has long been on a single permanent time.  In 2021, Albertans were given the chance to vote on two options, when we should have had a third choice.  The result was a [...] Read More »

Editor, As wildfires, protracted drought, and water shortages threaten lives throughout the headwaters of the Oldman Watershed, politicians hide behind water coolers. They emerge to prescribe the clearcutting of forests surrounding selected communities. Then, with a slippery smile, they announce a cunning, attention-diverting plan. The cryptic fix: the envisioned creation of four-season resorts within Alberta’s [...] Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March 17, a strange transformation happens across Canada. Otherwise sensible adults put on novelty shamrock glasses, beer turns suspiciously green, and people with names like “Dave from Red Deer” suddenly insist they are one-sixteenth Irish on their mother’s cousin’s side. Welcome to St. Patrick’s Day — the one [...] Read More »

MORNING JOE- Joe Manio, Lethbridge Herald In case you weren’t paying attention, yesterday was Friday the 13th. And if you didn’t cancel any plans, avoid ladders or spend the day hoping not to encounter any black cats… congratulations. For generations, this date has carried a reputation somewhere between “mildly unlucky” and “absolutely cursed.” Some people [...] Read More »

AT THE LEGISLATURE- Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf  Budget 2026, Focused on What Matters, delivers several important commitments for Lethbridge and the South Zone, particularly in health care, education, and the infrastructure that supports our region’s growth. At a time when costs are rising and global economic pressures are affecting every province, our government has [...] Read More »

For many in our province, the word “Liberal” has become synonymous with a federal approach that is out of touch, expansionist, and fundamentally indifferent to our economic realities. It is a sentiment that has fueled understandable frustration and, for some, a desire to reconsider our place within the federation. But as we approach a pivotal [...] Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March we participate in an unwanted archaic ritual. Clocks leap forward, sleep schedules implode and coffee sales spike. “Spring Forward” arrives like a bureaucratic prank…leaving parents negotiating with overtired children, shift workers recalculating paycheques and the rest of us wondering why we’re still pretending this charade makes sense. [...] Read More »