Letters to the Editor
Please help fire victims
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2023
For the past five years we had to inhale the pollutants of forest fires from BC. Presently wildfires broke loose in Northern Alberta in the areas of Fox Creek, Rainbow Lake, Valleyview, and others. Mankind must be more aware of how to put out hot coals completely before they leave the park after camping Soak ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta can’t afford to lose more family doctors
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2023
Editor: Resuscitation is in your hands. Every Albertan will access healthcare at some point and our tax dollars are meant to ensure the system is there when we need it. As family doctors, we signed up to care for patients over a lifetime: we want to be there for you when you need our help. ... Read More »
8 responsesOil and gas subsidies great for Albertans who own stock porfolios
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2023
Editor: Thank you UCP for not only maintaining but also increasing the value of our fossil fuel companies by not requiring them to pay their land leases, municipal taxes or the costs for the clean up of the ongoing pollution of their tailings ponds and orphan wells. By providing these UCP subsidies, my share prices ... Read More »
3 responsesCommunity well-positioned to mitigate dog waste problem
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2023
Editor: Lethbridge has approximately ten thousand dogs who produce a thousand tonnes of poop a year. Where does all this poop end up? Since dogs don’t use flush toilets like humans do, the large majority of poop is scooped up from backyards, boulevards or public green spaces by pet owners and deposited in plastic bags ... Read More »
2 responsesWasting more money won’t solve the city drug crisis
By Lethbridge Herald on May 20th, 2023
Editor: Re: Drug Addictions panel seeking solutions at SACPA session, Lethbridge Herald May 17th. At this forum we heard from numerous people connected in various ways to what many in this community judge to be a crisis. Evidence of this is hard to deny. A month ago Sgt Ryan Darroch of LPS, confirmed this stating ... Read More »
7 responsesA better economy means a better future for all Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on May 19th, 2023
Editor: I’m all for a fair fight. If you have an opinion, state it clearly and honestly in proper context. The prominent tip of the spear campaign by the Alberta NDP quotes 17 words spoken by Danielle Smith months ago in a one-on-one interview discussing health spending accounts. The NDP must have said, “now we’ve ... Read More »
24 responsesUCP has developed a bad habit of fighting the province’s most needed citizens
By Lethbridge Herald on May 19th, 2023
Editor: Government is for providing public services but the UCP is blind to that. All they can do is cut, cut, cut. Health, education, environment, and now we’re learning they eliminated the forest fire RAP-Attack crews and cut our wildfire protective services when we need them most. The UCP has developed a bad habit of ... Read More »
5 responsesEnough NDP on Page 1
By Lethbridge Herald on May 13th, 2023
Editor: We at this home are almost persuaded to cancel our subscription to this paper for it’s blatant support of the NDP party! No matter what the issue may be you give the NDP candidate from the west side of your city preference to what she might think on the front page. Even if the ... Read More »
34 responsesDrug dealers should be in prison, not on the street
By Lethbridge Herald on May 13th, 2023
Editor: Through Canadian statistics I have found that from 2009 to 2021 across Canada there have been 2,510 people killed through either gun violence or accidents or suicides. That’s all of Canada. Yes all deaths are sad and maybe could have been prevented! That does not warrant the extreme so -called gun control that’s been ... Read More »
13 responsesFrank Slide being threatened by twinned superhighway
By Lethbridge Herald on May 13th, 2023
Editor: Is there nothing so rare or sacred that it can escape an engineer’s frantic push to pave paradise? Society recently commemorated the 120th anniversary of the Frank Slide, a rock avalanche that cascaded from the eastern face of Turtle Mountain and claimed the lives of more than 90 known victims. The Frank Slide, North ... Read More »
4 responsesRecycling and composting systems save valuable farmland
By Lethbridge Herald on May 12th, 2023
Editor: Southern Alberta has some of the most productive soil in the world. Garbage is placed in landfills – and that land can no longer be used for agriculture. Having recycling and composting minimizes the size of landfills and saves farmland. Another big plus? In Calgary, folks can pick up loads of free ... Read More »
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