Letters to the Editor
COVID complacency
By Letter to the Editor on July 29th, 2020
The Director-General of the World Health Organization recently said that the COVID-19 pandemic will probably get “worse and worse,” because known counter measures are not applied strictly enough, especially in the Americas. It is a known phenomenon without a fancy name. People, animals and plants get used to adverse circumstances, adapt accordingly and accept the ... Read More »
2 responsesBill 21 could threaten Albertans’ right to fair hearing
By Letter to the Editor on July 29th, 2020
I >am a retired >police officer and >court agent operating out of Medicine Hat. >I recently became aware of >the proposed Alberta Administrative Penalties Act that the UCP are trying to sneak through under Bill 21. I also note that this bill has already had second reading. > With this new legislation traffic court would ... Read More »
4 responsesUCP stuck in a two-dimensional world
By Letter to the Editor on July 27th, 2020
The difficulty with the UCP is they inhabit a two-dimensional world. Their world exists only with tax and money. The human element is missing, and they have difficulty including real people in their concepts of value. Cosmologists have a similar problem describing additional dimensions to people stuck in the world of four dimensions; it is ... Read More »
20 responsesProtect others by wearing a mask
By Letter to the Editor on July 27th, 2020
Ignorance is bliss, right? When it comes to COVID-19 that is not an excuse. Please educate yourself. In case you are still confused about whether you should wear a mask or not, perhaps I can help. When the newest coronavirus arrived here in Canada, it was recommended that only those with symptoms should wear a ... Read More »
3 responsesFront garbage pickup doesn’t make sense
By Letter to the Editor on July 27th, 2020
I totally agree with Lori Bauman (July 4 letter to the editor) and other comments in regards to opposition to the front-lane garbage pickup. For 60-plus years back alleys were designed and constructed for garbage pickup and utilities. It makes no sense to move garbage bins and recycle bins to the front. I was told ... Read More »
3 responsesU of L data breach needs to be treated as a serious incident
By Letter to the Editor on July 25th, 2020
This letter is to inform the public of a breach of confidential health data by the University of Lethbridge Health Centre. On July 13 I was sent an email that informed me that my confidential personal data including my full name, birth date and Personal Health Number was put into an unencrypted and unprotected Excel ... Read More »
2 responsesProvince cosying up to coal-mining industry
By Letter to the Editor on July 24th, 2020
The Kenney government has just opened up a good swath of the First Range and the foothills to open-pit coal mining and a lot of the mining companies holding options on the coal in them thar hills are Australian. And that’s worrying. As these things go, successive Australian governments, state and federal, have fallen into ... Read More »
8 responsesPolicing must be supported and improved
By Letter to the Editor on July 23rd, 2020
I have been observing the behaviour of people for a while and in the aftermath of COVID-19 and the recent deaths of innocent black people, the response by the people has been stark, decisive, violent and the emotional binge by a few has hurt their own community. The new cry now is “defund the police ... Read More »
4 responsesUCP spending money in bid to sway voters
By Letter to the Editor on July 22nd, 2020
Have you ever stopped to wonder why the UCP has suddenly become so interested in southern Alberta, and especially Lethbridge? Just today, July 10, I read that the UCP has announced a $20-million grant to the University of Lethbridge to upgrade its heating and cooling centre. Good for them! We must keep our university staff ... Read More »
7 responsesHarm reduction still an effective strategy
By Letter to the Editor on July 22nd, 2020
Like myself, I suspect many citizens of Lethbridge were alarmed by the finding of misappropriated funds within ARCHES, and the subsequent withdrawal of provincial funding to their supervised consumption site (SCS). As an RN who has worked for a number of years in harm reduction, I am reeling for our clients and their families in ... Read More »
18 responsesIs the COVID cure worse than the pandemic itself?
By Letter to the Editor on July 20th, 2020
Today, the cloth mask is seen everywhere. In reference to stopping airborn droplets, they are useful, but do not hinder the passage of viruses (as stated on many face mask boxes). As a matter of fact, Canada’s Dr. Theresa Tam unequivocally stated in March “putting a mask on an asymtomatic person is not benefical, obviously ... Read More »
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