Letters to the Editor
Transparency needed in the Blood Tribe
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: Canada has recognized the failure of honouring the Blackfoot and other tribes’ Treaty 7, Sept. 22, 1877, which was the provision of cattle to families of the Blood Tribe. The Blood Tribe Treaty Entitlement Cattle Claim requires Blood Tribe members to vote at a referendum to accept the Settlement Agreement and Trust Agreement. This ... Read More »
2 responsesMosque offers sympathies to human trafficking victims
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: We at the Lethbridge mosque would like to express our deepest sympathies to the victims and the families of the victims of the recent trafficking ring arrested by the Lethbridge police. Like most who heard the news, we felt a mixture of shock and revulsion. Yet we are also concerned about the anti-immigrant and ... Read More »
13 responsesDoctors and nurses needed more than Kenney
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: For over 50 years, I have had the comfort of knowing that should I require the services of a doctor, I could pick up the phone and book an appointment. Those days for both my wife and I are about to come to an end. Our doctor, a truly fine man and physician, is ... Read More »
11 responsesTrudeau must go
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: I can forgive Justin for wearing black face as a drama teacher…chalk it up to immaturity. But I will not overlook two major faux pax: He tried to force his Attorney General to overlook criminal charges against a Liberal supporting company. And now he forces us into a early election because he sees a ... Read More »
8 responsesLTC exists to create transparency in city
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: In a recent letter to the editor, the author took issue with the Lethbridge Transparency Council (LTC), volunteering her preferred adjectives including “cheap runs deep,” “mansplainers,” “arrogant,” and “right wing.” The suggestion was of an underground organization surreptitiously working to unseat our council. How that caricature arose we cannot even surmise. The LTC has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election quiz may surprise voters
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: Now that the federal election has been called, there will be many folks claiming their undying devotion to a certain party. “I’m a conservative through and through,” some will boast. Others might state; “I believe that the NDP fit me to a tee.” You get the idea. I’d like to hopefully open your eyes ... Read More »
3 responsesRezoning bylaw prompts concerns
By Letter to the Editor on August 19th, 2021
Editor: Once again it seems Mayor Spearman and his gang of enablers (Campbell, Carlson, Coffman, Crowson, Miyashiro and Parker) are at it again. Foisting yet another half-baked plan, full of unspecified objectives, on a public that is losing patience with substance abuse schemes, is not aging well. A few concerns about the Bylaw 6275 for ... Read More »
11 responsesKenney’s actions come as no surprise to conservatives
By Letter to the Editor on August 19th, 2021
Editor: My senior conservative friends and I aren’t surprised that this phony conservative, Liberal turned Reformer in Jason Kenney would deliberately try to kick out the RCMP for daring to investigate his corrupt party while we watch more and more fines being levied against their members by Elections Alberta. Â None of us, including our retired ... Read More »
4 responsesLetter about daycare was offensive
By Letter to the Editor on August 19th, 2021
Editor: What an offensive letter about daycare from Beverly Smith of Calgary. She seems to be describing some fantasy childcare in 1950’s Soviet Russia, not the modern, regulated daycares in Alberta today. Virtually all day care staff have completed post-secondary education like the Lethbridge College Early Childhood Education Diploma. As a community, we all benefit ... Read More »
5 responsesNathan Neudorf’s column muddies the waters
By Letter to the Editor on August 19th, 2021
Editor: I agree with MLA Nathan Neudorf’s opening statement in his Aug. 13 column from the Legislature that “in southern Alberta water truly is one of our most precious resources, and its safety, protection, and allocation are a key priority for all of us.” Unfortunately the rest of his column muddies the waters. The column ... Read More »
3 responsesClimate change likely to move quicker
By Letter to the Editor on August 18th, 2021
Editor: Last week, the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” an assemblage of the leading experts on the subject,”all but demanded that nations band together to immediately cut emissions.” (NYTimes, Aug. 10). What was new was their acknowledgment that we had already gone beyond the first point of no return; that permanent damage had been done; ... Read More »
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