Letters to the Editor
Height and age rules for diving board at city pool are unfair
By Lethbridge Herald on October 28th, 2022
Kids all over the world like jumping off the three-metre diving board. That’s not available to kids in Lethbridge at Stan Siwik family pool. There are new regulations in place that say if you aren’t a certain height or age (age 13) (height 1.35 m) you can’t jump off. The Lifesaving Society guidelines are being ... Read More »
2 responsesCouncil needs to make life in Lethbridge more affordable
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2022
Editor: So the city wants to increase property taxes over the next four years by 15 per cent. As it is, we have some of the highest property taxes in Alberta. The only things new I have noticed are all the new city vehicles and the revitalization of the downtown core, which most people avoid ... Read More »
22 responses‘Vulnerable’ should refer to people in city who don’t feel safe
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2022
Editor: I have four concerns: 1) If 70 per cent of the homeless in Lethbridge are Indigenous, why is the Blackfoot Confederacy not helping them be re-housed in Indigenous communities where they could be supported by their cultures? Then Lethbridge would have enough services to help the other 30 per cent. If that isn’t going ... Read More »
24 responsesPremier continuing a UCP tradition
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2022
Editor: So Danielle Smith is targeting Alberta Health Services as the source of Alberta’s pandemic misfortunes. The new premier continues in the UCP tradition of misunderstanding, mismanaging and misrepresenting Albertans’ pandemic experience. She and this government continue to refuse to take some responsibility for the recurring COVID catastrophes of the past two-and-a-half years including over ... Read More »
7 responsesProgress can impact us in negative ways
By Lethbridge Herald on October 21st, 2022
Editor: One day, my mother’s old rotary telephone died. The new one in her room of the senior’s home was with push buttons. Mom could not handle the new gizmo though it was supposed to be easier to use. She stopped calling me at an ungodly hour like 3 a.m. I thought she had no ... Read More »
4 responsesOpinions can be expressed without showing disrespect to others
By Lethbridge Herald on October 19th, 2022
Editor: As I’ve watched and listened to world events near and far over the last few years, I’ve tried hard to make sense of it all. In my 75+ years on this earth, I don’t recall a time when people seem so far apart and sometimes downright nasty when it concerns their personal views of ... Read More »
5 responsesWhat is the actual benefit from federal carbon taxes
By Lethbridge Herald on October 19th, 2022
Editor: On April 1, Justin Trudeau and all of the MPs and senators got a raise of 6.1 per cent. For Trudeau, that meant an increase of $21,604 per year (more than some people make in an entire year). This increase is to adjust for rising living costs. Average wages for workers increased by 3.77 ... Read More »
4 responsesAppointment of Rachael Thomas to heritage critic a disappointment
By Lethbridge Herald on October 19th, 2022
Editor: It was with dismay I read the recent news that Rachael Thomas, Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, was appointed the new Conservative critic for Canadian Heritage. How can one critique Canadian heritage and culture when they themselves (are) so outside of our country’s culture? Ms. Thomas is anti-abortion, voted against banning the dangerous practice ... Read More »
7 responsesConsumption of animals for food needs to stop
By Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2022
Editor: I just learned about World Day for Farmed Animals, coming up on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s birth date). It has been around since 1983 and is meant to memorialize the billions of animals abused and killed for food each year. Like many, I always considered farm animals only as a source of food. But after ... Read More »
48 responsesService from southside city recycling centre exemplary
By Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2022
Editor: I have been helping clearing brush at my daughter’s acreage near Home Depot. We have been piling the branches in the field. But yesterday, we decided to try taking them to the recycling depot on the southside. We crammed as much as we could into the back of my 1951 Willys truck. As I ... Read More »
3 responsesLetter arguing against COVID stats misses the mark
By Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2022
Editor: With Jack Derksen’s letter to the editor two weeks ago arguing against my COVID statistics, and Jill Skriver’s letter Sept. 14, there are just so many mistakes and flaws in their positions that I have to respond. Checking statistics this morning from Johns Hopkins University, Florida has 80,647 deaths for a population of 22 ... Read More »
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