November 7th, 2024

Letters to the Editor

We need to make illegal drugs socially unacceptable

By Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023

Editor: Drinking and driving have become socially unacceptable, and if you are intoxicated and injure or kill someone while driving, you are going to jail, plus more. You will still face stiff consequences if you are caught before you hurt or kill somebody. Smoking is socially unacceptable by the public, and when someone is smoking ... Read More »

20 responses

Wind and solar power alone can’t provide energy security

By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023

Editor: Re: World needs to mitigate and adapt to climate change. James Byrne in his speech to SACPA (March 24 Herald) stated renewable energy, wind turbines, solar panes, big grid batteries will replace fossil fuel usage in Alberta. It has been demonstrated that wind, solar and battery back-up cannot be relied on to provided reliable ... Read More »

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Canada is a carbon sink so we shouldn’t be paying a tax on it

By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2023

Editor: It’s true that there were vehicles back in the 1980’s and 1990’s that made better mileage.  My parents had a Geo that also made 60+ miles per gallon. But like all good things it was discontinued as well.  My letter was dealing with the so-called modern vehicles.  When the so called new laws came ... Read More »

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It’s up to each of us if we want to help our neighbours

By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2023

Editor: After reading Alvin W. Shier’s letter on March 24 wanted to say I agree with you. It can be overwhelming all the different agencies asking for help. However, please bear in mind that during the last few months the UCP have waged a slash- and-burn prgram against nonprofits.  So many have had to reduce ... Read More »

3 responses

Lack of interpretive centre at Milk River to welcome tourists embarrassing

By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2023

Editor: We are disappointed and embarrassed over the treatment of visitors to our province. When our guests are finally approved to enter our country from the United States by our customs officers, the overall intimidating – at times – barrage of questions designed to ensure the legitimacy of their entry and anxiety of the experience ... Read More »

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Lyrics of the national anthem should remain as they are

By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2023

Editor: I read recently in the Lethbridge Herald that singer, Jully Black, changed the lyrics of Canada’s National Anthem from “O Canada, our home and native land” to “Our home on native land” when she sang before the NBA celebrity basketball game in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The fact isthe only time the lyrics can ... Read More »

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Tipping expectations are getting out of hand

By Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2023

Editor: Has tipping and other forms of panhandling gotten out of control? That’s the question I pondered on my way home recently from a quick trip to the grocery store. Inside the main doors on both sides of the lobby were tables set up with a single person at each soliciting for completely different agencies. ... Read More »

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Endgame of health-care privatization complex

By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2023

Much concern has been expressed over UCP plans to increase the private delivery of health care.   To be fair, our health-care system already comprises a mix of public and private delivery, so it is not simply a matter of increased privatization.  To appreciate what is happening, and what is at stake, we need to ... Read More »

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Herald didn’t deserve reader’s accusation of bias

By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2023

Editor: After reading March 16th Lethbridge Herald I felt I needed to come out in defence of the Herald.  You were chastised by Tom Burns for promoting, in his view, Rob Miyashiro, and he concluded that this confirmed that the Herald was a socialist newspaper and this proved it.  However, on the second page of ... Read More »

8 responses

Creative solutions called for to deal with deer population

By Lethbridge Herald on March 18th, 2023

Editor: I have a modest proposal for improving the lives of the growing deer population in our city.  Taking the lead from friends and neighbours who already treat them as pets, by lovingly putting out food during harsh winter conditions and by planting attractive garden plants for them to eat in summer, I suggest the ... Read More »

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How do we prepare for an all-electric future here?

By Lethbridge Herald on March 18th, 2023

Editor: All my years in the recycling industry and plastic product manufacturing was energy and resources directed in sync with the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. In my mind it was a way of life to sustain a way off life. I believe we now need to refocus – the three Rs should ... Read More »

6 responses