Letters to the Editor
COVID-19 discussion must include basic facts
By Letter to the Editor on June 19th, 2020
Several recent letters to the editor have argued for a loosening of the COVID-19-related restrictions. Those letters have also generated a number of online comments, many in support of that argument. In one especially memorable online comment, the anonymous contributor argued the restrictions amounted to unnecessary government overreach because the death rate from COVID-19 was ... Read More »
1 responseQuick judgments aren’t always fair
By Letter to the Editor on June 19th, 2020
I am writing in response to the article Greg Bobinec wrote on June 8. The comments about Lethbridge Conservative MP Rachael Harder are assumptions. It is her job to represent all people, not just one group over another. So I believe she couldn’t have said anything else and been true to her calling, “all lives ... Read More »
5 responsesUCP’s old playbook isn’t working in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on June 18th, 2020
The UCP playbook is old, worn and tattered. The prologue is missing – think the Lougheed era. And yet again Albertans are on the edge of being subjected to that worn-out game plan, just like the repeating theme in Harlequin Christmas movies. We will be told that oil and gas is king and that we ... Read More »
6 responsesShort-term rules are there for long-term safety
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2020
I am writing to respond to the letter from Cathy Riley, of Bow Island, in the Thursday, June 4 paper. You may think rural Alberta shouldn’t have to follow the COVID-19 rules because you don’t have any cases. All it takes is for a member of your community to go to a city (to shop, ... Read More »
7 responsesGun debate centred on wrong conversation
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2020
In all the recent debate about gun control, it strikes me that we have often been having the wrong conversation. The cause of the largest number of gun deaths in Canada and the U.S. by far is suicide. Having a firearm handy makes suicide easier and less likely to be reconsidered, and almost certainly successful. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thanks to those working in essential services
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2020
In honour of National Public Service Week June 14-20, this message is to all our essential-service workers, front-line responders, health-care workers in hospitals, clinics and long-term care homes, public service workers, clerks in grocery stores, drug stores, maintenance workers, farmers, ranchers, the transport industry, meat packing plants, food processing plants, and members of the Canadian ... Read More »
2 responsesCan’t retailers get better surveillance photos?
By Letter to the Editor on June 13th, 2020
Re: “Police looking to pick up scent of perfume thieves,” Lethbridge Herald June 4. Looking at the grainy picture accompanying a short explanation about how two very clever thieves who managed to rob four separate Shoppers Drug Marts on the same day of $13,000 of product, I wondered how Musk’s Space X from hundreds of ... Read More »
1 responseStop the cuts to education in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on June 13th, 2020
To the Government of Alberta: Right now, educators in Alberta are facing two major crises. The first of these is global: the impact of COVID-19. Those of us who have not lost our livelihood are grateful for our jobs. Nevertheless, educators are having to change everything about their work. They are redesigning classes, rethinking assessments, ... Read More »
6 responsesAlberta should expand its provincial park system
By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2020
We write to express alarm and concern at the intention of our provincial government to partially close 20 provincial parks and to hand off management of 164 others to private interests. We have camped several weeks each summer for the last 50 years with modest equipment in provincial parks across the Prairies. We are not ... Read More »
2 responsesThink about the safety of others and wear a mask
By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2020
Bill Murray, actor and comedian, will never be more articulate, insightful and correct than when he penned the following words: “I will wear a mask and stand in the boxes six feet apart not for me but for you. I want you to know that I am educated enough to know that I could be ... Read More »
4 responses‘Intellectuals’ opposing Alberta recovery plan
By Letter to the Editor on June 11th, 2020
Among the 265, 21 academia from the University of Lethbridge recently signed and sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau regarding their recommendations for economic recovery planning for Alberta and Canada, March 2020. You can read the whole article online but I extracted a few direct quotes from the letter to show you that in ... Read More »
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