Letters to the Editor
Why are property taxes so high in Lethbridge?
By Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2025
Editor, I would like to ask a question to our elected officials and City management. Why are our property taxes so high in Lethbridge? I did my own personal synopsis in the major municipalities in Alberta. Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Medicine Hat, all gathered from friends that reside in their respective communities. ... Read More »
17 responsesTrump has inadvertantly brought Canada together
By Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2025
Editor, An open Letter to Donald Trump. You have mused recently about absorbing our country into the United States while disrespectfully referring to our Prime Minister as a Sate Governor. We know your aspirations have nothing to do with welcoming the people of Canada as “cherished” citizens of the U.S. Your lust is for our ... Read More »
8 responsesUCP must admit it made a mistake on coal policy
By Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2025
Editor, Re: Minister Neudorf “challenged” by coal mining regulation. The challenge: A huge financial penalty for opening and then flip- flopping after a public outcry over a picturesque, rugged area of the eastern slopes for extracting the dirtiest form of energy on the planet. A watershed whose importance cannot be overstated in the southern part ... Read More »
7 responsesLet Montana know you feel unwelcome
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
Editor, I just sent an email to the mayor and nouncil of Kalispell Montana as well as one of the senators of the state. I basically stated that after years of vacationing in Montana, a place where I felt like a neighbour, Trump’s statements made me realize that they don’t care about us and I ... Read More »
19 responses‘Self-regulated’ is a rigged game for AER
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
Editor, Because of possibility that the Alberta Energy Regulator may allow a foreign company to open a mine on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, home of headwaters that flow across Canada to the Hudson Bay. And because of a self-regulatory process in Alberta, which allows such industrial-mining activities to police themselves and to ... Read More »
3 responsesAlbertans can’t afford Nathan Neudorf
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Editor, Like many southern Albertans, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read MLA Nathan Neudorf’s remarks to the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce in the Lethbridge Herald (Jan.30, 2025). Did he really say: “so do you want to choose coal mining with higher than ever regulatory thresholds for any environmental infrastructure’s or do people want ... Read More »
21 responsesWho benefitted from Trump’s botched meeting with Zelenskyy?
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Editor, It is difficult to understand what the intended outcome was in the clearly staged White house meeting with President Zelensky last week. Because it was so public, it was meant for someone\’s eyes. The tone and content of the meeting make it very unlikely that an international audience was the intended target. It’s also ... Read More »
4 responsesSaving on energy is possible
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Editor, Re: Home energy use in 2024 Lashia and I live in a 70-year-old 1,000-square-foot bungalow without exterior updates. We use natural gas to heat our water and home; electricity for the stove. A Lennox high efficiency furnace replaced the defective one in 2023 and a gas fireplace was installed in February 2024. We lower ... Read More »
2 responsesSurgery wait time is far too long
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Editor, My husband has been waiting more than two years for hip surgery. He is now using a walker and is not able to do anything he used to be able to do. We were told his surgery would be between October and December 2024. In December we were told it would be in January ... Read More »
6 responsesCutting taxes should be city’s top priority
By Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
Editor, Our house assessment went up $53,000 in just two years with no additions. Get real, Lethbridge, you money grubbing shysters! The house is decaying under my feet and needs new furnace/air conditioner. The roof has so many years on it that insurance gives you nothing for hail damage. Neighbouring houses have turned into multi ... Read More »
13 responsesThanks to council for recognizing coal risk
By Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
Editor, Kudos to Lethbridge City Council for unanimously reconfirming its commitment to protecting our water. The City of Lethbridge has joined a number of other communities in the region to express concerns about water quality being adversely affected by the impacts of coal mining in the headwaters of the eastern slopes. Council’s resolution recognized the ... Read More »
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