Letters to the Editor
It takes some effort but you can free yourself from anger
By Lethbridge Herald on August 23rd, 2025
Editor, Scott Sakatch’s column talking about angry people (Aug. 13) was interesting. I think COVID shutting everyone in for almost two years continues to spill out residue with regard to loss, loneliness, lack of family celebrations etc. Sometimes spouses or family members have health issues that take their toll on the family and very worrisome. ... Read More »
2 responsesUCP just keeps doing things Albertans never asked for
By Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2025
 Editor, I am writing this to express my dissatisfaction with the present Alberta UCP government and Premier Danielle Smith. This government continues to ignore the majority of Albertans by attempting to appease the minority base of the party. They continue to further and/or invent asinine ideas and projects even when the courts and the populace ... Read More »
16 responsesWhat does one gain by venting their negative thoughts?
By Lethbridge Herald on August 20th, 2025
Editor, Wow! Scott Sakatch’s column in the August 13 Herald was a “comeuppance article.” Well-written, insightful, intelligent, unbiased and hard-hitting.  Finally, somebody stating the way of the world today and how people are choosing to inhabit it. It was so refreshing to read this perspective from an individual and from different points in his life. Good on ya, ... Read More »
6 responsesCOVID shot plan is typical UCP policy
By Lethbridge Herald on August 19th, 2025
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 »
8 responsesCarney should walk away from U.S. negotiating table
By Lethbridge Herald on August 19th, 2025
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 »
9 responsesPeople aren’t angrier, they just feel more entitled to express it
By Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2025
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 »
7 responsesSelf-regulation isn’t regulation, it’s the perfect rigged game
By Lethbridge Herald on August 13th, 2025
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 »
5 responsesSexually explicit material shouldn’t be in school libraries
By Lethbridge Herald on August 9th, 2025
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 »
13 responsesMunicipal councils must stand up to province’s top-down restrictions
By Lethbridge Herald on August 9th, 2025
Editor, I want to begin by thanking Deputy Mayor Rajko Dodic for his objection to the province over downloading the expense of equipping Lethbridge city police with body cameras. I also agree with Mr. Dodic that municipal councils are being treated like children. We now have a new minister of municipal affairs, Mr. Dan Williams, ... Read More »
8 responsesFreedom of speech has limits, especially on a public stage
By Lethbridge Herald on August 8th, 2025
Editor, Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically Nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character flaw. If kindness were really our default setting, we wouldn’t have had to enshrine a Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a Constitutional obligation to make our government(s) “do ... Read More »
7 responsesWhat was the province’s thought process on the Grassy Mountain coal deal?
By Lethbridge Herald on August 7th, 2025
Editor, Who greased Grassy Mountain? Most of the grease was applied by an Alberta cabinet minister who, after incongruously declaring Grassy Mountain’s rejected coal mine proposal an advanced project, used his acknowledged multiple failures to acquire a driver’s licence as rationale for giving Northback the keys to renewed opportunity. What’s changed within Grassy Mountain’s heavily-researched ... Read More »
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