Letters to the Editor
Recycling 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 »
1 responseCampaign signs have no business on public property
By Lethbridge Herald on May 12th, 2023
Editor: Why do we allow political campaign signs on public property? This property should be neutral ground. If not, the group with the most signs gets the most visibility. Why would we as taxpayers allow for this situation to occur? On private property, people can display signs if they so wish. As for billboards in ... Read More »
20 responsesDriving unfortunately is a necessity when a person lives in Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on May 10th, 2023
I read with interest Kelti Baird’s letter about transportation. I grew up in England, one uncle had a car. We all walked miles, whatever the weather. At the age of 4 every other day I walked to the town with my mum and bought groceries. I was loaded with a couple of bags for the ... Read More »
3 responsesLetters misinforming Herald readers about laboratory services here
By Lethbridge Herald on May 6th, 2023
Editor: Re: Lab appointments for blood tests. There are two labs in Lethbridge. One on the south side, the other on the north side. My blood requisition was faxed to the north location and I did not need to make an appointment, but could do a “walk-in “ – I chose the latter. The person ... Read More »
8 responsesSafe care being provided for all expecting mothers in the area
By Lethbridge Herald on May 6th, 2023
Editor: We want to reassure you that safe obstetrical care remains available in Lethbridge and area. For a variety of reasons, a number of obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) physicians are no longer available to work or have left the City of Lethbridge over the last year. Recently, there has been concern raised in the community ... Read More »
5 responsesNewspapers should be exempt from proposed fees
By Lethbridge Herald on May 5th, 2023
Editor: I am writing this note to all the Albertans who are receiving a printed version of a newspaper. Our Alberta government is proposing a fee on your newspaper. This comes in the form of development of a Provincial Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework. They are looking at including your newspaper in this framework. That ... Read More »
3 responsesAnother supervised consumption site would be a catastrophe
By Lethbridge Herald on May 5th, 2023
Editor: In 2017, with the support and encouragement of our federal Liberal government, our elected NDP government led by Rachel Notley and supported by Lethbridge’s two NDP MLAs Marie and Shannon, opened the Supervised Consumption Site (SCS). At the time it became the busiest drug consumption site in North America. A majority of city council ... Read More »
24 responsesLong wait for lab appointment makes for an election choice
By Lethbridge Herald on May 3rd, 2023
Editor: Recently, my nurse practitioner ( I am one of about 40,000 Lethbridge citizens without a doctor) gave me a requisition for a routine blood test at one of our local medical labs. When I asked which lab I should go to, I was told here are only two in Lethbridge! I was also given ... Read More »
18 responsesAlberta electorate getting a chance to give itself a headache
By Lethbridge Herald on April 29th, 2023
Editor: I have long had an empirical turn of mind and therefore firmly believe in evidence-based analysis. It is a fool’s game to plunge in without having first tested the proverbial waters. Likewise it is futile to claim knowledge without some basis of tested fact. You may have heard, for instance, that it hurts to ... Read More »
14 responsesMulti-modal transportation use should be encouraged
By Lethbridge Herald on April 29th, 2023
Editor: I write once again to respond to a bad take published in your Commentary section regarding Mr. Scott Harvey’s letter published April 14 “Adding parking and bike lanes will be a waste of money.” Mr. Harvey states that in his 39 years of driving in Lethbridge, he has never seen such poor states of ... Read More »
8 responsesJournalists need to provide balanced coverage
By Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2023
Editor: You can’t make these things up and if it wasn’t so serious it would be funny. The Herald, front page news: “Premier limits questions with election looming.” Then all the “talking heads” go on to say how terrible this is. I have watched hundreds of political press conferences and all politicians limit the questions ... Read More »
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