Letters to the Editor
Albertans want reliable and affordable electricity
By Lethbridge Herald on October 12th, 2023
Editor: Re: “No one wants blackouts.” Canadians want reliable and affordable power which does not contribute to climate change. Decades ago, nobody imagined that Alberta would develop technology to extract oil from the oil sands in northern Alberta. Equally, technological solutions will be found for the challenges of renewables. Scientists and engineers of today are ... Read More »
4 responsesFarmers market vendors and customers weren’t considered in building design
By Lethbridge Herald on October 11th, 2023
Editor: The architects of the new exhibition building obviously did not have a clue what the farmers market was about. The main door is the furthest distance from the parking lot. The vendors’ door is on a slope that causes problems. Vendors have a nightmare to unload all the goods through one door before the ... Read More »
2 responsesFlexibility gives us time to think more and avoid needless quarrel
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2023
Editor: The importance of accuracy and precision is exaggerated. It often causes needless disputes, divisions, and quarrels. We waste countless hours fighting over trivial differences that cause break-up of communities and relationships. Fighting could be deadly when it comes to customs, ideologies, policiesand religious doctrines. People have killed each other over clothes, hair, and other ... Read More »
1 responsePension plan pull-out could be an ‘oops’
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2023
Editor: I am an American and should not comment on Canadian affairs, however in September we spent a night traveling through Lethbridge and I happened to read a copy of the Herald. The specific article that caught my attention was an article about a proposal for Alberta to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan. ... Read More »
7 responsesUCP shouldn’t be tampering with the great pension plan seniors depend upon
By Lethbridge Herald on September 27th, 2023
Editor: I am very alarmed at the thought of the Alberta UCP government taking over our CPP. Alberta has a population of about four million which is not large enough to sustain a pension plan like CPP. Canada’s population is just over 40 million so has been able to sustain the CPP introduced in 1965. ... Read More »
22 responsesEstonia’s capital shows what a Canadian city could be like
By Lethbridge Herald on September 27th, 2023
Editor: Recently I visited my son and his family in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, I visit once a year and this time I noticed a few things that I should have caught before. First, They have an abundance of parks along with state of the art playgrounds for children and exercise areas for ... Read More »
2 responsesCanadians should not have the right to undermine another’s government
By Lethbridge Herald on September 27th, 2023
Editor: Should a Canadian citizen be permitted to promote the formation of a new country within the borders of a neighbouring country? Should he be allowed to join with others, and demonstrate using signs proclaiming the name of this new state? It should not be surprising that the leadership of this neighbouring country would view ... Read More »
2 responsesMiddle of a business district the wrong place for a shelter
By Lethbridge Herald on September 23rd, 2023
Editor: In response to the letter to the editor regarding turning the old Save On Foods store into a homeless shelter. Before making that kind of statement, you need to spend some time on 2 A Ave N. Do more than one walk. go at different times of the day. The merchants along there didn`t think ... Read More »
4 responsesLetter on E.coli issue at Calgary daycares not based on facts
By Lethbridge Herald on September 23rd, 2023
Editor: In response to the letter to the editor on Saturday, Sept. 16 from Stan Adamus: First of all, editor, this was one person’s unsubstantiated opinion, with no proof in fact of corporate greed. I am totally amazed that you published this drivel. Secondly of all, Mr. Adamus should go to most of our large ... Read More »
2 responsesThe time has come for a regional water and wastewater authority
By Lethbridge Herald on September 22nd, 2023
Editor: One of the many benefits of modern society is the convenience and peace of mind that come from public utilities: clean water and lights that work seemingly without effort for decades. The reality however is that essential services are subject to failure if mismanaged. Just as bad as planning to fail is failing ... Read More »
11 responsesEach of us has to come to terms with the inevitability of our own deaths
By Lethbridge Herald on September 22nd, 2023
Editor: I read in the Globe and Mail today ( Sept. 16, 2023) that a survivor of the Moroccan earthquake felt he was blessed by God that none of his family was killed. This while many of his neighbours died and the King of Morocco kept silent in his Paris mansion (80 million Euro dollars) ... Read More »
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