Letters to the Editor
When today’s youth inherit the earth, will they know what to do?
By Lethbridge Herald on June 19th, 2024
Editor: I worry for the youth of today, because I’m one of them. As an 18-year-old I have not been on this Earth for very long, but in my short tenure as a living being I have borne witness to things that shake me to the core. My generation has been granted many gifts by ... Read More »
9 responsesCanada needs to reduce government and household debt
By Lethbridge Herald on June 15th, 2024
Editor: Government and household debt is out of control. Most of the provinces and federal government use borrowing to balance their budgets. The federal government has an annual deficit of $40 billion and a total net debt of $1.4 trillion. Interest payments are a major consequence of debt accumulation. Federal interest payments are expected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retiring postal clerk has seen many changes over the decades
By Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
Editor: Hi! My name is Jim and I have been an employee at the downtown post office since June 10, 1981. The last 33 of those years were spent as a simple seller of stamps at the front counter. My last day of work will be June 10. I have seen so many changes over ... Read More »
6 responsesDo you want to let life control you or do you control life?
By Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
Editor: So is life a circle where we all end up back where we started from? Or is it linearlike a control lever that moves forwards and backwards throughout your life until you reach the end of the line? The beginning and ending of life are similar. We all start with a blank page and ... Read More »
1 responseSalaries and pensions more important to UCP than serving Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on June 2nd, 2024
Editor: Are you pleased with what is happening in this great province? Well, I for one, am not! We have a premier that wants to tear us apart, even though the people of this province have risen up in numerous protests, letters, e-mails, etc. But still she wants to dictate her wishes upon our population. ... Read More »
9 responsesSurveillance of MLA by police not acceptable behaviour here
By Lethbridge Herald on June 1st, 2024
Editor: Almost seven years ago, two Lethbridge Police officers, on their own initiative, placed one of our elected MLA’s under surveillance. Both officers were eventually found guilty of discreditable conduct and violating The Police Act. In addition, one was found guilty of neglect of duty while the other was found guilty of corrupt practice, deceit ... Read More »
44 responsesHomeless man now hopeless thanks to support cutback
By Lethbridge Herald on May 29th, 2024
Editor: I am doing some work with the homeless right now, and I have somebody who is on income support getting $580 a month to live on for the entire month. The maintenance enforcement program just got hold of him, and said that they were going to take away his Class One driver’s license if ... Read More »
11 responsesWestJet change compromises air access to Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on May 29th, 2024
Editor: After reading the May 15th article that outlined how WestJet plans to reduce flights to and from Lethbridge, effective Oct. 27th, I was disappointed and very puzzled. It was reported that WestJet is “committed to ensuring that air access in these communities remains supported to achieve their economic and tourism objectives.” Currently there are ... Read More »
8 responsesHumanity will be extinct if it continues on the same path
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2024
Editor: Transporting live horses by air to supply fresh horse meat to Japan is provoking consternation among animal lovers. A commentator on CBC Radio says that it shows ignorance of the city dwelling animal loving romantics about the food. I, too, was like those animal lovers, not particularly interested to know how meat comes to ... Read More »
1 responseGovernment spends while Albertans struggle to make ends meet
By Lethbridge Herald on May 22nd, 2024
Editor: I simply could not remain silent after reading the column by Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf dated May 1, “Empowering Albertans to take control of their finances”. In this self serving column, one can clearly see through Mr Neudorf’s disingenuous concern for Albertans in his announcement therein of a government created website generously offering ... Read More »
52 responsesThe time of the dictators is just a shot away
By Lethbridge Herald on May 21st, 2024
Editor: Next month it will be eight years since I retired from teaching. Life now is a mixture volunteering, music, church activities and a continuing study of politics and history. But I am not totally out of teaching: I often get contracts from the University of Lethbridge to observe student teachers, and this spring ... Read More »
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