Letters to the Editor
Many continue to remember the sacrifices of those who served Canada
By Lethbridge Herald on November 24th, 2023
Editor: Another Remembrance Day has passed and hopefully our war veterans can continually be memorialized and remembered throughout the year. Many companies, service groups, entities and individuals continue to remember the sacrifices our vets gave us to enjoy the freedom we have. Service groups such as the AN&AF Club and the Legion have year-round functions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health changes a big mistake
By Lethbridge Herald on November 22nd, 2023
Editor: Re: Health care reorganization in Alberta: It’s called throwing the baby out with the bath: AHS already has a zone structure and Primary Care Network (PCN) boards across Alberta to allow for local decision making. It has taken awhile but there has been much local stakeholder input and communication taking place, allowed to flourish ... Read More »
6 responsesProvincial government has a double standard on energy affordability issues
By Lethbridge Herald on November 22nd, 2023
Editor: The UCP government has expressed its concern and disagreement regarding the changes the federal government has announced to temporarily removing its carbon tax on home heating oil. As reported in a statement to Postmedia, Treasury Board and Finance Minister Nate Horner called on the federal government to make carbon tax exemptions for all fuel ... Read More »
8 responsesSome real help needed for the downtown homeless
By Lethbridge Herald on November 16th, 2023
Editor: I am addressing what i consider out of control chaos in downtown Lethbridge. At this moment, I should be a retired woman enjoying life. I was invited back to my previous workplace to work with the staff as I still have experience to share. On February 2, 2022, when I was the first to ... Read More »
4 responsesWho is the real terrorist when it comes to the Canada Pension Plan?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 15th, 2023
Editor: It has been a long time since my last letter, but I am tired of reading nonsense comments. Somebody wrote about the UCP taking a most democratic approach. It made me laugh. When we do not understand a concept, is better to keep our fingers quiet. Rich countries are democratic when they can do ... Read More »
7 responsesAlberta trying to stick foot in sovereignty door
By Lethbridge Herald on November 15th, 2023
Editor: As June and I were walking home from SACPA on Thurs. (Nov. 2 ), she asked: “Could I say no to the Alberta Pension Plan (if it were to come about) and demand that I stay in the CPP?” We think the answer is yes. We have always paid into the CPP and we ... Read More »
14 responsesUCP advertisements constitute harassment of Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2023
Editor: The UCP government needs to stop the harassment of Albertans. First, we get full page ads with an ‘over the rainbow’ fairy tale about the proposed APP and what proportion of the CPP assets they claim belong to Alberta. Then, we get phone calls to attend ‘town hall’ meetings, followed by cards in the ... Read More »
8 responsesLeaving the Canada Pension Plan concerning for many Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2023
Editor: As a staunch Canadian (immigrant as child), and a long-retired federal civil servant of 30 years, I dread the possibility of an Alberta Pension Plan eroding the security currently provided by the Canada Pension Plan to me and millions of fellow-Albertans! However, while in the Nov. 3 Herald, on page A4, MLA for Taber-Warner ... Read More »
2 responsesClearing up misinformation about the CPP
By Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
Editor: On October 15, as a member of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, I received the following email from CARP Calgary – it contains a lot of information that is relevant to the decision the UCP are asking Albertans to make regarding the Canada Pension Plan. I am asking everyone who reads the Lethbridge ... Read More »
23 responsesLiving as friendly neighbours the only path to lasting peace
By Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
Editor: With gratitude we remember the war dead and strive for peace. My heart bleeds hearing the carnage in Gaza and Israel. Israelis and Palestinians are both Semitic people: Children of Abraham according to the Biblical legend. They both greet “Shalom” in Hebrew and “Salaam” in Arabic: PEACE! I have friends in both communities. They ... Read More »
6 responsesLives of those who have gone before us shouldn’t be erased from time
By Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023
Editor: In our city cemeteries there are dozens of unmarked grave sites. The wooden crosses at the cemeteries, through the course of time, have detriorated. Some are over 100 years old. However, they did stand tall and had inscriptions on them at one time. The city gained ownership of St. Patrick’s cemetery in 1909. By ... Read More »
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