Letters to the Editor
Do you really want permanent Daylight Saving Time?
By Lethbridge Herald on December 26th, 2020
Because of the pandemic, the Government of Alberta decided to postpone a decision on whether to move to permanent Daylight Savings Time. I expect this conversation will begin again once the pandemic becomes less front of mind. I encourage all Albertans to take a quick look outside between 7:30 and 8 o’clock any morning, and ... Read More »
2 responsesPandemic measures are painted using a broad brush
By Lethbridge Herald on December 26th, 2020
The Problem The government can only paint with a broad brush and so when they shut the economy down they do exactly that and close all businesses even those that are perfectly safe and could remain open. The result is frustration and resentment at the unfairness as well as deeper economic losses and ultimately more ... Read More »
3 responsesCrack down on China’s emissions
By Letter to the Editor on December 24th, 2020
Re: carbon tax – China emits 33 per cent of emissions, the U.S. is at 15. They have the jobs; why not cut China off of oil, minerals, food, etc. till they adjust to all the other countries. They want to be number one and they don’t care about anyone. Rick Meyer Lethbridge... Read More »
9 responsesProtect the foothills from strip-mining
By Letter to the Editor on December 24th, 2020
Re: strip-mining the foothills. Within the debilitating fog of the COVID-19 pandemic it is all too easy to assume that much of the rest of the world has stopped churning along. It has not. Malign forces are still scheming ways to maximize profit at the expense of the general well-being. The miasma of the virus ... Read More »
5 responsesSeeking answers regarding Legacy Park
By Letter to the Editor on December 23rd, 2020
After waiting for over 20 years for a northside park like Henderson Park and Nicholas Sheran Park, work finally began on Legacy Park. Building a park in our semi-arid conditions requires three key components to be successful. The area must be graded to provide proper drainage, the site must have a properly designed and installed ... Read More »
2 responsesIf we can’t pull together during a pandemic, we’re in trouble
By Letter to the Editor on December 23rd, 2020
As I sit and watch the news about all the protests that are going on by people screaming that their rights are being trampled on by the new rules about wearing face masks, I become very afraid. All I see are ignorant, selfish people who have absolutely no regard for anyone else’s rights and are ... Read More »
3 responsesCanada should send Wanzhou packing
By Letter to the Editor on December 23rd, 2020
Meng Wanzhou will get off on a technicality. Her defence lawyers will find a loophole – there’s always a loophole. Then our sorry judicial system will drag out that old standard response again – “we’ll plug that loophole so this will never happen again.” Get on with it and send her packing. Bring back the ... Read More »
1 responseWhere is our Heritage Fund?
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2020
Inside Wednesday’s (Dec. 9) paper Geoffrey Capp wrote on the need for Trudeau to admit his many failures. My only concern is that you people continually bad-mouth Trudeau, yet never do you say anything bad about provincial or federal Conservative leaders. Where is our billions in oil money that your intellectually stimulated leaders were supposed ... Read More »
20 responsesBone-headed stunts don’t help matters
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2020
Yesterday (Dec. 12) my son and I were driving south down Mayor Magrath and two tractors holding four idiots were blocking all three lanes. We followed them for about 15 blocks in the lineup of cars, and I was about to ask my son to call the police when I saw flashing lights in the ... Read More »
9 responsesParents need money, not daycare
By Letter to the Editor on December 19th, 2020
The national daycare plan announced recently claims to address a need for child care. But did this government not also create that financial pressure? If we taxed households at lower rates, if we funded kids directly, then kids would not be in poverty and parents would have a wide range of choices of how to ... Read More »
3 responsesLet’s light up the holiday season
By Letter to the Editor on December 18th, 2020
By this late point in 2020, I think it’s safe to say that most of us are all sick and tired of COVID talk, Trump talk, not to mention dark and lonely nights of boredom. Living in a fairly small condo on the edge of Lethbridge’s west side, I can certainly attest to feeling a ... Read More »
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