February 23rd, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Using weapons isn’t the proper way of settling differences of opinions

By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2023

Editor: I am a legal gun owner and I’m absolutely appalled at the recent gun crimes that are being shown on TV  that are happening in our country. It seems to me that right now people who are at odds with others think that guns are the answer!  Nothing is further from the truth. Guns ... Read More »

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Creation of an independent Palestinian state needed

By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2023

 Editor: Over thousands of years, ethnicity, religion and nationalism has driven most conflicts. This has certainly been the case in Palestine since 1917. During the Jewish – Roman wars (66-135 AD), Judea was conquered and Jerusalem  destroyed. Most Jews left Israel and migrated to Babylon and countries across the Mediterranean.  Over the ensuing centuries, many ... Read More »

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Wood-burners need to use their stoves properly to prevent energy loss

By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2023

Editor: Do you remember Trudeau saying that the carbon tax would be revenue-neutral? Gullible citizens believed they would get more than they paid into the scam.  Then Trudeau pulled the bait-and-switch just like he did when you were told to register your duck-hunting shotguns and hunting rifles. Wise people saw through that scam and did ... Read More »

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Will war in Ukraine lead to an era of technological repression?

By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2023

Editor: Ukraine has now been fighting their own Third World War for nearly two years, but it is not just the tanks, guns and ammunition that are essential to their defence. Technology plays an absolutely crucial role as well. Specifically, Elon Musk’s Starlink (a division of his SpaceX), and Clearview AI have become indispensable. Soon after Russia invaded and immediately targeted essential infrastructure, Musk deployed his Starlink satellite ... Read More »

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City needs to stop giving financial support to the Exhibition

By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023

Editor: It was mind-boggling to watch online the entire city council discussion pertaining to the Lethbridge Exhibition requesting funds from the city taxpayers again, on an emergency basis.  This latest ask follows the ask from March 17, 2023 for $4.6 million to complete the centre. As I watched the discussion and the variety of reasons ... Read More »

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Exhibition management needs to solve their own problems

By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023

Editor: With regard to the Lethbridge Exhibition CEO seeking financial help from the City of Lethbridge: Gross incompetence is the only way I can explain the handling of the expansion costs for the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. To have under budgeted $6,742,315.72 in construction costs and not addressing additional operating expenses of $400,000 is irresponsible ... Read More »

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Hub will cost us for years

By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2023

Editor:  It didn’t take long. The Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre has asked the city for $ 6.75 million or a grant of $ 2 million. When this project was first announced, our mayor stated that the new centre would never cost the taxpayers a single cent.  What happened Mayor Hyggen?  Anyone with half a ... Read More »

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UCP policy is all about money and the economy

By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2023

Editor: Taylorism is the plastic wrap of our century. Scientific management, so beloved by Conservatives of all stripes, from Preston Manning, Harper and Kenney; to the Obergs, Denings and Horners of the UCP. Some see elements of Ayn Rand’s economic rationalism, followed by Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Reagan and the University of Chicago spin-off, University ... Read More »

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Albertans need to be careful who they elect to lead them

By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2023

Editor: So, it seems that our radio-talk-show-hostess Premier has publicly admitted that her proposal to quit the Canada Pension Plan was intended to start a national conversation on her province’s grievances!  She also claims that the “federal government continues to …disadvantage us in so many ways and are now actively trying to destroy our (energy) ... Read More »

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UCP policy is all about money and the economy

By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2023

Editor: Taylorism is the plastic wrap of our century. Scientific management, so beloved by Conservatives of all stripes, from Preston Manning, Harper and Kenney; to the Obergs, Denings and Horners of the UCP. Some see elements of Ayn Rand’s economic rationalism, followed by Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Reagan and the University of Chicago spin-off, University ... Read More »

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Chickens on hearing agenda

By Lethbridge Herald on November 24th, 2023

Editor:  Today urban backyard hens are legal in over a dozen cities and towns in Alberta. I did some simple research by calling and looking up the administration of a handful of these cities – Edmonton, Calgary, Airdrie, Red Deer and Grand Prairie with one simple question; “How many complaints have you received regarding backyard ... Read More »

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