April 24th, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Residential school victims all had names

By Letter to the Editor on July 28th, 2021

Editor: Statues of dead white people are falling down and some people say “You can not cancel history.” I agree. History must not be forgotten. Every historical figure should be remembered. But the question is who should be honoured?  Some must not be forgotten but without honour.  Hitler must never be forgotten but never honoured. The problem is ... Read More »

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Education minister needs to listen to Alberta parents

By Letter to the Editor on July 28th, 2021

Editor: How about Jason Kenney’s idea to disenfranchise some taxpayers and just let the constituents who are currently policed by the RCMP vote on whether to keep the RCMP? By that logic, only parents would have a say on whether to proceed with the 2021 Draft Curriculum. Instead, Minister LaGrange is trying to silence and ... Read More »

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Eat seaweed, not animals to reduce emissions

By Letter to the Editor on July 22nd, 2021

Editor: Re: “Sustainability, stock, and seaweed: changing cattle feed to combat climate change” (July 19). The seaweed isn’t always greener. We don’t need to resort to desperate measures like feeding cows seaweed-an unnatural food for grazing land-dwellers-in order to reduce methane emissions. The answer is already in front of us: Just don’t eat animals. According ... Read More »

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Rachael Harder voted the right way on conversion therapy bill

By Letter to the Editor on July 21st, 2021

Editor: I don’t see why people are upset with M.P. Rachael Harder for voting against Bill C6 concerning conversion therapy. She seems to be, along with a few others, to have the brains to see this bill for the ungodly crazy legislation that it is. Here we have a loving mom and dad convincing their ... Read More »

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Police shouldn’t be investigating police

By Letter to the Editor on July 21st, 2021

Editor: With regard to the article in the Herald dated July 15 clearing police of any misconduct dealing with the storm trooper incident: I view this incident a little different than our police chief and the Medicine Hat police. We still have police investigating police. The brothers in blue are going to protect each other ... Read More »

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Lethbridge seems to be welcoming

By Letter to the Editor on July 21st, 2021

Editor: My wife and I have been in Lethbridge for five days on a house hunting trip as we are moving to Lethbridge from Southern Ontario. We have been very impressed with the city – it’s clean, well-kept, wide roads in good condition, nice parks, and more – and it’s close to interesting sights. But ... Read More »

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People who fell victim to inhumanity often forgotten

By Letter to the Editor on July 21st, 2021

Editor: Statues of dead white people are falling down and some people say “You can not cancel history.” I agree. History must not be forgotten. Every historical figure should be remembered. But the question is who should be honoured. Some must not be forgotten but without honour. Hitler must never be forgotten but never honoured. ... Read More »

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We have a better chance of water replenishment

By Letter to the Editor on July 17th, 2021

Editor: In January 2014, I visited the Hoover Dam as I had done off and on since 1983. It was built in the 1930’s and was filled to a level of 1221.40 ft above sea level – FSL (Full Storage Level) right after the construction was concluded in 1935. The lake/reservoir level is currently about ... Read More »

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Maybe England deserved to lose

By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2021

Editor: Like many ex-pats I spent a good deal of time watching most of the games from the UEFA Euro 2020 competition. Being born in England and having watched the 1966 World Cup win by England on an older grainy TV the year before my family and I emigrated, I was naturally excited to see ... Read More »

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Gone but never to be forgotten

By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2021

Editor: On July 7, Mel Godlonton passed away. He was a loving, caring Great grandpa, grandpa, father and friend. His wit and humour were always displayed in his many “Toasts” & Letters to the Editor in the Lethbridge Herald. He was very proud of our city and always looked for the good in every situation. ... Read More »

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Moral ground lies buried at residential schools

By Letter to the Editor on July 15th, 2021

Editor: The exceedingly measured tone of Mr. Giesbrecht’s letter to the editor, “Burning churches not the solution”, is truly a triumph of both compartmentalization and rationalization. From the calm plateau of a spectator, he decries further vandalism and/or violence against church buildings, or more accurately, the religious ideas they represent, probably seeing this as profound ... Read More »

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