Letters to the Editor
If people can golf, they can garden
By Letter to the Editor on May 14th, 2020
I drove by the community garden location and was surprised that not one person was to be seen digging, planting, weeding, etc. Why not? The powers that be must have ruled that it would be unsafe and dangerous for folks to be outside in the sunshine and getting healthy exercise. Never mind that wholesome, nutritious ... Read More »
2 responsesCanada should forget UN seat bid
By Letter to the Editor on May 14th, 2020
Canada should withdraw its candidacy for one of the two seats in the June 2020 election of the UN Security Council for 2021-22. Ordinarily candidates are nominated well in advance so that no election is needed. For the 2020 vacancies Ireland announced in 2005, Norway in 2007. Belatedly, in 2016 Canada launched a hurried, expensive ... Read More »
1 responseRoaster doesn’t have facts straight about Trudeau’s reno
By Letter to the Editor on May 13th, 2020
Re: “Two-faced Trudy … doing an $8.6-million reno on our dime…” Trudeau does not own the Harrington Lake cottage. It has belonged to the Government of Canada since 1959 and every prime minister since then has spent time there. To be very clear, public money is being spent on public property. Public money is not ... Read More »
2 responsesDeer cull would not be justified
By Letter to the Editor on May 13th, 2020
Donald Trump could not have said it better. I am referring to Al Barnhill’s attempt to justify a deer cull within the city (April 30 letter to the editor). That deer do indeed carry disease, chronic wasting disease (CWD) and Lyme disease (LD), is not in question. But here is the thing. CWD can only ... Read More »
2 responsesNewspaper offers comfort
By Letter to the Editor on May 13th, 2020
Re: Lethbridge Herald Maybe you’re a lifeline to some of us – to feel the actual paper; to read the words; to do the puzzles; to feel a sense of hope that things will go on; that there are real people out there. No amount of online or TV or radio or even phone calls ... Read More »
2 responsesCity needs to rein in loose spending
By Letter to the Editor on May 9th, 2020
When will “reality” set in? I reference the rampant desire of our city council to spend “taxpayer” dollars on totally discretionary projects. Save the efforts of (sometimes) a “troika” of city council members, our city council appear and act oblivious to where this coronavirus (COVID-19 and other nomenclatures) is and could take us. During this ... Read More »
9 responsesTime to support switch to healthy food
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2020
Massive slaughterhouse closures are driving U.S. consumers to plant-based meat products, as sick workers pay the price. Tyson Foods, JBS USA and Smithfield Foods, the largest meat processors, have closed 17 plants, devastating rural communities and threatening the nation’s meat supply. Production is already down by 25 per cent. In reaction, U.S. sales of plant-based ... Read More »
5 responsesFacts show fossil-fuel industry will be around for a long time
By Letter to the Editor on May 8th, 2020
Dale Johnson’s letter to the editor of April 3 was an interesting opinion on the fossil-fuel industry in Alberta and the world. However, many of his “facts” are only a further expression of opinion. He says that sales of electric vehicles are increasing “exponentially.” An example of exponential growth can be seen in the present ... Read More »
34 responsesCity needs to rethink its development strategy
By Letter to the Editor on May 7th, 2020
In recent weeks, as businesses have shifted from retail locations to delivery services, I have had the immense pleasure of driving throughout the city and exploring all the different neighbourhoods of Lethbridge. What an incredibly diverse and interesting city, but why is it so spread out? Developments to the west and north are massive maze-like ... Read More »
2 responsesWhy shortages if farmers are having to dump products?
By Letter to the Editor on May 7th, 2020
In the news lately it has been stated that dairy farmers have had to dump their milk to dispose of it. Yet when you go to some grocery stores there is a limit of two four-litre jugs of milk when you want to purchase it. The egg department is totally devoid of large eggs, forcing ... Read More »
4 responsesLeaders should listen to warnings about zoonotic diseases
By Letter to the Editor on May 7th, 2020
It is so unfortunate that even though zoonotic disease specialists raised the red flag on the news of a Chinese doctor warning of his suspicion of a SARS-like pneumonia in his patient, his concern was dismissed and as we now know, he contracted the disease and died. Health ministers should be cognizant of the fact ... Read More »
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