Letters to the Editor
Cheap goods will always cost people more in the long run
By Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2025
Editor, There are ten houses on the south side of our street. Eight of them have a two-car garage. Only two of them are used for cars. The rest are storage space for tools but mostly for junk that eventually end up in landfill site People have too many clothes which are still in good condition but ... Read More »
1 responseSmith needs a lesson on the Constitution
By Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2025
Editor, Our premier appears to be conceptually challenged when it comes to the location of sovereignty in Canada (as recent letters by the Crisfields and Peter Haney have made clear). Because the Constitution of 1982 and the British North America Act of 1867 before it were so laden with language distributing legislative powers and authority ... Read More »
20 responsesTrump told Americans what he would do before the election
By Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2025
Editor, Americans are accusing President Trump of betrayal when they only have themselves to blame. Millions of misguided Americans believed that Trump, despite all the warnings, would bring down prices and create good jobs. Were Americans really listening? Trump told them what he would do, he told them what he was like, yet millions of ... Read More »
6 responsesAll of us failed Domenic Ricakby
By Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2025
Editor, On Dec. 26, 2024, the day after Christmas, Domenic Rickaby, a 13-year-old child, was found dead in our City of Lethbridge. As more details emerge, it appears he was denied life saving measures by his birth mother, Blanche Isobel Irene Fick, who has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide ... Read More »
3 responsesAnti-science UCP is a danger to Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2025
Editor, We have a UCP government which is anti-science, anti-vaccine, and pro-open pit coal mining – a deadly combination. The UCP panders to its base as opposed to doing what is best for all Albertans. The UCP should be taking actions supported by scientists and engineers, by medical doctors and other health care professionals. But ... Read More »
36 responsesCUPE is fighting on behalf of Alberta’s students
By Lethbridge Herald on February 27th, 2025
Editor, Why are CUPE education sector workers on strike? Public education is at stake. This is why so many Albertans are working together to take a stand. Alberta’s public education system has the lowest per student funding in the country (public includes Catholic and Francophone school boards). Investments in public education have been systemically lowered over ... Read More »
1 responseSmith equates Alberta with Texas
By Lethbridge Herald on February 26th, 2025
Editor, Quoting from Alberta Hansard’s record of Dec. 7, 2022, Premier Smith said, in part, “I don’t know why it is they felt that they needed to suck up to Ottawa. It’s not like Ottawa is a national government. The way our country works is that we are a federation of sovereign, independent jurisdictions. They ... Read More »
13 responsesCarpenter letter hit the nail on the head
By Lethbridge Herald on February 26th, 2025
Editor, Once again, David Carpenter has provided the residents of Alberta with a thoughtful, factual response to a very important issue: Premier Smith’s trip to Florida to lobby Mr. Trump for Alberta’s fossil fuel industry. A premier trying to directly negotiate with a U.S. president is a flagrant disregard of federal/provincial jurisdiction. Ms. Smith is ... Read More »
5 responsesA state governed by market transactions, not democratic principles
By Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2025
Dear Editor, Mr. Harper is back in Alberta to help the UCP government manage the Heritage Trust Fund. Mr. Harper’s stated utopian dream is the neo-liberal strong state which enforces markets. A state governed by market transactions, not democratic principles. I believe it is in our interests as citizens to inform ourselves in order to ... Read More »
21 responsesNow is the time for Premier Smith to ask the RCMP to investigate
By Lethbridge Herald on February 21st, 2025
Dear Editor, The UCP have been huddled for the last week planning how to divert attention away from the AHS scandal and select their scapegoat. No one believes for a moment that a Deputy minister, a bureaucrat, would act independent of the Minister or Premier’s wishes. It will be musical chairs within government to see ... Read More »
17 responsesStand up, exercise some ethics and integrity
By Lethbridge Herald on February 19th, 2025
Dear Editor, Clearly Energy Minister Brian Jean does not operate from a position of ethics and integrity. Following is a review of facts and time line of the now infamous Grassy Mountain: 1976 –The Lougheed-led provincial government, after consultation with various parties, including constituents/stakeholders, imposed a moratorium on coal mining in the Eastern Slopes. January ... Read More »
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