Letters to the Editor
Seeking 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 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 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 responsesThere are other victims of drug crisis besides the addicts
By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2020
As I watch a certain segment of the population of Lethbridge spin their various agendas, I feel that I need to address one of the more serious problems we have been facing in recent years. I most certainly appreciate and respect those of our city who want to help what they consider our most vulnerable ... Read More »
14 responsesRemembering those on both sides of conflict
By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2020
Most soldiers on both sides of conflict sincerely believe that they are fighting for a good cause. That’s why it’s important to remember and honour all soldiers who went to war. My uncle Mitsugu fought the U.S. Army, for example. I will never demonize him just because he fought under the wrong flag. He was ... Read More »
1 responseUCP government continuing to play the blame game
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
The blame game is always on the lips of those that are currently in power (re: “Throne speech missed the mark: Kenney,” Sept. 25 Herald). This Conservative government has no defence to offer for the mismanagement of the Heritage Fund since the retirement of Premier Lougheed in 1985. Mr. Kenney is very good at passing ... Read More »
4 responsesTaking exception to protester’s remarks
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Re: Antimask protest at city hall I agree with Councillor Parker that Mr. Mein and his followers have a right to protest; however, they do not have the right to break the law. They should have been wearing masks inside city hall and, because they didnÕt, should have been fined. I take exception to the ... Read More »
11 responsesRestaurants, hotels key part of tourism
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
In the Sept. 17 Lethbridge Herald, guest columnist Sylvain Charlebois, in noting the importance of restaurants and hotels to the economy and particularly to tourism and recovery of the economy, stated “if we use restaurants and hotels as bait, consumers will buy more than just a meal or a hotel stay — boosting the overall ... Read More »
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