April 18th, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Poilievre should put glasses back on

By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2025

Editor, Who is your favourite NHL hockey coach? Hands down mine has got to be John Tortorella, coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Not one to pull any punches. In the past when a reporter asked Tortorella a lame question, he let them have it. Very honest and entertaining. But he calmed down, probably been told to ... Read More »

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MLA Neudorf can’t have it both ways on coal

By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2025

Editor, Re; Nathan Neudorf and Grassy Mountain Coal: In Friday’s Herald, the CEO of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce reiterated MLA Neudorf’s statement “the agriculture and food processing sectors cannot be sacrificed for another industry”.  Note that Neudorf did not say “I oppose open pit coal mining and will not allow our watershed to be ... Read More »

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Letter lacked context of MLAA Neudorf’s statement to Chamber

By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2025

Editor, The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is committed to fostering informed discussions on matters that impact our business community. We appreciate engagement on issues of economic policy and government communication; however, it is essential that information from our events is accurately represented when referenced in public discourse. In the March 6, 2025, letter titled “Albertans ... Read More »

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Renewed plan to achieve waste reduction in city applauded

By Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2025

Editor, In the decade since targets for waste diversion were first set by Lethbridge City Council in 2013, waste generation going to the landfill has declined by approximately thirty percent, from 1,190 kg/capita to 838 kg/capita, across all sectors – residential, construction/demolition and industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI). These gains are largely attributable to recycling and organics composting ... Read More »

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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 »

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Trump 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 »

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UCP 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 »

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Let 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 »

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‘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 »

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Albertans 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 »

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Who 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 »

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