Letters to the Editor
Canada can do more
By Letter to the Editor on November 4th, 2021
Editor: Oct. 17 was International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. I spent part of the morning walking in the park with my friend and enjoying the last of the fall foliage. We walked an enjoyable five kilometres simply for the exercise. In low income countries, 14 million women and more than 3 million children ... Read More »
3 responsesCity of Lethbridge employees can’t mess with the sunshine
By Letter to the Editor on November 4th, 2021
Editor: My wife and I moved to Lethbridge 1 1/2 years ago from the west coast for family reasons and here are a few observation. A lot is being said about the revitalization of the downtown and enormous amounts of money are being spent on fixing the streets downtown, yet the nice large park downtown is still ... Read More »
5 responsesThoughts about those who fought for freedom
By Letter to the Editor on November 4th, 2021
Editor: My brother Joe left for Hamilton, Ontario at the age of 18 to join the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, where he took his training to prepare him to fight for his country and king, before travelling to England in 1939. Sometime ago I read Brian Hancock’s letter to the editor when he said, ... Read More »
2 responsesWar dead on the other side must be remembered
By Letter to the Editor on November 4th, 2021
Editor: We don’t talk much about those war dead who fought against us. We must remember them regardless of the sides of the conflict they were on. Here are my stories including some who fought on the wrong side: In April, 1948, I lived in Japan in a fishing port city of Numazu at the ... Read More »
1 responseDirty energy needs to be cleaned up
By Letter to the Editor on October 30th, 2021
Editor: It is strange that all the hoopla, rhetoric and chest pounding pundits we have seen and heard about, who are advocating clean energy – wind, solar, nuclear, etc. forget that we still need “dirty energy” in order to get there. We still need investment in oil, natural gas and coal – yes coal – ... Read More »
29 responsesThe right questions weren’t asked on time change referendum
By Letter to the Editor on October 30th, 2021
Editor: It’s very sad that having given Albertans a say on the long standing controversy of Daylight Saving Time (DST), Jason Kenney and the UCP party managed to screw it up by simply not asking the right questions. The final tally shows that of those who voted, 49.8 per cent wanted to stay on DST ... Read More »
5 responsesProposed U of L salary cuts affect the whole city
By Letter to the Editor on October 30th, 2021
Editor: From its inception, the University of Lethbridge has been about community. Over 50 years ago, a small community joined together and pressured the provincial government until they relented, giving rise to the University of Lethbridge. The ivory tower is a myth: we are not cloistered away beneath books and lab equipment, although we enjoy ... Read More »
15 responsesPromoting false narrative on equalization is unethical
By Letter to the Editor on October 29th, 2021
Editor: A vote against equalization is a vote against quality free public education in Canada, the best determinant of upward mobility. Provincial equalization payments help ensure per student education funding is similar across the country. In 1974 revenues for school taxes were brought into the complicated equalization formula. In 1982, Canada amended the constitution to ... Read More »
9 responsesGuilbeault appointment to environment and climate portfolio an insult to Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on October 29th, 2021
Editor: The appointment of Steven Guilbeault by Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change is most assuredly a slap in the face to all Albertans. Guilbeault, arrested at a Greenpeace demonstration against Canada’s role in climate change, is passionate and committed to his cause. If Albertans are not as passionate and committed ... Read More »
19 responsesBusinesses that protect customers deserve thanks
By Letter to the Editor on October 29th, 2021
Editor: Dealing with COVID-19 has been a frustrating journey for everyone with all the lock downs, open for summer, multiple waves, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. I have learned a lot during this pandemic about human nature. I have seen businesses such as Costco in Lethbridge, follow all the health rules and enforce them when people tried ... Read More »
17 responsesBig Hydro will become the new king
By Letter to the Editor on October 29th, 2021
Editor: La Presse newspaper once dubbed Guilbeault “the green Jesus of Montreal” and now he is the Environment and Climate Change Minister. Guilbeault once worked for Greenpeace and is known world wide for his activism. This is the rebuttal to the West’s rejection of “Liberal flexible and geographical sensitive set of values.” The first square ... Read More »
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