Letters to the Editor
The criticisms of Canada’s prime minister justified
By Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
Editor: “Politics is full of children,” veteran British PM Margaret Thatcher once quipped. We’ve just seen some really thin-skinned ones overreact (April 1) to a retweeted criticism of Justin Trudeau by our MP Rachael Thomas. The tweet itself, by EU Parliamentarian Mislav Kolakuši, is deadly accurate. “Dictator”?! Let the Liberals recoil! Yet Trudeau himself told ... Read More »
18 responsesLessons learned from the U of L strike/lockout
By Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
Editor: As an institution dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and creative work, the members of the University of Lethbridge community should review their experiences as a consequence of the university’s recent strike/lockout. Such a review is important especially in light of the many financial and career negative impacts the strike/lockout imposed on ... Read More »
3 responsesTrudeau and Singh don’t want Alberta to stay in Canada
By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2022
Editor: It didn’t take long for our sort of freshly minted federal government to vigorously renew its attacks on the oil industry and therefore Alberta. As an Albertan, I get the message. Trudeau/Singh incorporated don’t want Alberta to remain in Canada. Destroying the oil industry is official federal policy. Devastating the Alberta economy and the ... Read More »
16 responsesSupply chain an excuse for price gouging
By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2022
Editor: I have watched large corporations making obscene profits under the guise of supply chain shortages due to the pandemic. One lumber company in B.C. posted earnings in 2021 of 800 million dollars, up from 219 million in 2020. That’s why we’re paying $10 plus for an eight-foot 2×4. Oil companies posting record profits. I’m ... Read More »
5 responsesRed Cross and donors to Ukraine relief effort deserve thanks
By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2022
Editor: The war with Ukraine by Russia prompted me to contact the Canadian Red Cross and initiate a month-long fundraiser to end on March 31, my 80th birthday. This fundraiser towards Ukraine disaster relief was initiated on March 1. By March 29, $15,600 has been reached, raised at my site http://www.redcross.ca/UkraineCrisis/80thBirthday [1] . Early on, ... Read More »
2 responsesDoris Lessing words serve as perfect synopsis about socialism
By Lethbridge Herald on March 31st, 2022
Editor: The March 24th letter titled “The political circus will be leaving town” I thought must be some snippet of a greater paradoxical howler for the comedy group, perhaps the one following said “circus”. For alas, the paradox (albeit not provincial) is that our federal shifty lefty Liberals and hard-core lefty NDP never much in ... Read More »
7 responsesUCP made the right decision switching to mail-in balloting
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2022
Editor: It would be a lie to say I wasn’t looking forward to what was sure to be the drama-fest of every political junkie’s dreams. I’m sad to miss out on the drama in person – but I’m glad. It was the right move for the UCP to cancel the Red Deer meeting and switch ... Read More »
9 responsesIt’s critical to take great care of our universities
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2022
When I was a kid my grandfather had a pocketknife that I thought was the greatest thing in the world. It was a genuine Swiss Army Knife with all kinds of weird and wonderful tools that folded in and out of it. He never had much money, and that knife must have been a pretty ... Read More »
9 responsesUkraine needs a new kind of no-fly zone to help its forces
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2022
Editor: What on earth could Putin’s purpose be with the invasion and bombardment of Ukraine? Apparently, he wants to annex Ukraine as he did with Crimea. Will children love their abusive father more for slapping them in the face day by day? Abuse does not foster love. Ukraine’s president pleads for a no-fly zone and ... Read More »
15 responsesInvestigation needed into who is lying to the public at the U of L
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2022
Editor: M Bryson Brown submitted a letter to your paper stating and I quote: “Their (administration) response to our strike was to continue refusing to negotiate, while lying to the public, claiming that we were the ones who refused to negotiate.” I have a simple solution: The public pays these people their wages, administration is ... Read More »
11 responsesCrowsnest Pass residents have the chance to create a better future
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2022
ditor: I fell in love with greater Crowsnest Pass, my beloved home, the second I saw it. Still wearing the grit of its black years, the community, while wounded, lay cradled between spectacular mountain ranges and looked up to a sublime—one of a kind—quintessential power peak. Rain washed away the grit and grime, and sunlight ... Read More »
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