Letters to the Editor
COVID problems must be someone else’s fault
By Letter to the Editor on September 30th, 2021
Editor: I must take issue with people who blame Dr. Hinshaw and other officials for the COVID situation. As seems popular today many people don’t want to take responsibility for their actions. After all it must be someone else’s fault, right? As was reported on Sept. 23, all new COVID admissions to ICU are unvaccinated ... Read More »
13 responsesTrying to get exemption card time-consuming
By Letter to the Editor on September 30th, 2021
Editor: I am unable to access my “exemption card”, aka “vaccine passport”, which was supposed to be available to me on Sept. 20. Two attempts to access it online were met with the warning that it was not available and continued attempts to try to access it would be blocked. I contacted the pharmacy where ... Read More »
4 responsesCapitalist system is unfair and socially unjust
By Letter to the Editor on September 30th, 2021
Editor: My stomach churned when I watched Richard Branson and three others, fly in his own spacecraft, for an exciting three days of weightlessness. All the poverty stricken, miserable human faces arose up in my consciousness and haunted me. Is it moral for someone to waste billions of dollars for a mere, fleeting pleasure while ... Read More »
9 responsesThose who died in Afghanistan will be remembered
By Letter to the Editor on September 29th, 2021
Editor: Toward the early 1970s, the American public was getting tired of the war in Vietnam. Returning soldiers met suspicious eyes. I didn’t think it was right: they were drafted and had no choice but to join. A cousin of mine was a cabin attendant of the airline that carried the servicemen back and forth ... Read More »
3 responsesCanadians sell themselves short with Conservatives
By Letter to the Editor on September 29th, 2021
Editor: Ralph Nader wrote a book called “A salute to Canada, and Canadian Achievement'” How many Canadians have read it? It should be on school reading lists. It might inspire us to ask: Why do we insist on selling ourselves short? Nader lists hundreds of Canadian achievements like our Avro Arrow jet fighter-fastest in the ... Read More »
1 responseRestrictions exemptions should not apply to youth
By Letter to the Editor on September 29th, 2021
Editor: The University of Lethbridge 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sports and Wellness should allow youth ages 12-17 to attend their dance classes, swim club, private swimming lessons, climbing wall classes etc. following the Youth Sport Policy for COVID-19 as laid out by the Alberta government. Currently, the U of L is “taking a holistic ... Read More »
2 responsesUCP provincial policing plan leaves a bad taste
By Letter to the Editor on September 29th, 2021
Editor: The RCMP has just ratified a new wage and benefits package which has them owed some millions of dollars in back pay. So, now, the UCP government is claiming that that back pay is a reason to look at establishing a provincial police force. Say what? Let’s look at the math. To begin with, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charter freedoms aren’t absolute
By Letter to the Editor on September 18th, 2021
Editor: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, Section 1 – The rights and freedoms in the Charter are not absolute. They can be limited to protect other rights or important values. For example, freedom of expression may be limited by laws against hate propaganda or child pornography because they prevent harm to the ... Read More »
22 responsesCOVID chart raises questions
By Letter to the Editor on September 18th, 2021
Editor: For the past six weeks your COVID-19 daily update has shown the number of cases in Lethbridge increase dramatically, but the chart has always shown that no one is in the hospital, or the ICU. On Monday night Sept. 13 I asked Mayor Spearman in a public Facebook message if this was true. “No. ... Read More »
1 responseCritics ignoring what Trudeau has done in his time in office
By Letter to the Editor on September 17th, 2021
Editor: The leaders of all the political parties are bombarding us with much negative information about Trudeau. That is a normal political behaviour at the time of elections . According to them he has not done much for Canada during all the years he has been our PM. Let us use our own analytical mind ... Read More »
11 responsesBlame for COVID crisis rests on the government
By Letter to the Editor on September 17th, 2021
Editor: After watching the train wreck in Alberta with the UCP government’s death squad group of Jason Kenney, Deena Hinshaw and Tyler Shandro and their handling of the COVID-19 crisis, I would like to give a huge shout out and thank you to all the doctors, nurses and support staff, for standing firm and doing ... Read More »
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