November 7th, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Harder comments have cost her the respect of artists

By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021

Editor: An open letter to the Honourable Rachael Harder, MP. Many of us in the arts community have shown tolerance to your wildly inaccurate objections to Bill C-10, and even been lightly amused by your confusion between the Charter of Rights and The Broadcast Act. However, your latest proclamations regarding Canadian artists, particularly in Quebec, ... Read More »

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Light nuisance bylaw would be a win for all

By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021

Editor: Spring and summer are seasons we most associate with birds, bees and the beauty of nature. The problem is we’re seeing far fewer of these and other creatures with each passing year. Driving species to decline or extinction is alarming not only because the beauty of nature is vanishing before our eyes but our ... Read More »

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Censoring speech on social media unacceptable

By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021

Editor: Regarding the legislation of censoring freedom of speech on social media – this is unacceptable! When a government decides to change the law in order to give themselves an advantage, this is when the leaders of that government should stop, look back at history, and realize their greed, their desire for power, and their ... Read More »

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Arts centre aspirations too big for a city of this size

By Letter to the Editor on June 10th, 2021

Editor: In a June 2 Herald article, councillors Carlson and Campbell make a case for a new Performing Arts Centre (PAC). I have partaken of the performing arts all of my life. I had a spouse and raised a child both of whom are amateur performing artists. I do not need to be convinced that ... Read More »

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Cost of name changes would be prohibitive

By Letter to the Editor on June 10th, 2021

Editor: It is my belief that the special interest groups within our city are passing their own agendas onto the citizens of Lethbridge through the media with total disregard of how their “wants” will be funded or how they will affect the greater population. Such is the case of Ms. Digout requesting that the name ... Read More »

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Pope needs to apologize for the residential schools

By Letter to the Editor on June 10th, 2021

Editor: On June 1, 2021 the Lethbridge Herald carried a front page photograph of children’s shoes laid on St. Patrick’s Church steps. As a Catholic, I am ashamed. And angry. I can no longer excuse the Pope’s refusal to apologize for residential school atrocities. Since the very definition of sin is an offense against truth ... Read More »

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Be wary when hiring contractors

By Letter to the Editor on June 10th, 2021

We had a contractor from Lethbridge build our patio. When he was done, I had a nightmare with a leaky roof. Initially, I asked him to build a wooden flat roof, but he insisted on an incline metal roof. The part of the fascia that connects the patio roof was too high and the roof ... Read More »

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Where is Lethbridge’s third bridge?

By Letter to the Editor on June 9th, 2021

Editor: Missing in action from the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) currently before Council is any urgent priority for a third bridge to connect the west side of Lethbridge to the rest of the city. Council has selected the site for the Chinook Trail River Crossing, but the CIP only proposes $4,000,000 for preliminary design work, ... Read More »

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Climate change a battle everyone must fight

By Letter to the Editor on June 9th, 2021

Editor: In the June issue of Harper’s magazine, Greg Jackson presents a penetrating essay on how the world must deal with climate change. He refers to it as a fight and uses the USA’s response to its involvement in the Second World War. It is his contention that the same total response to the climate ... Read More »

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We need to take action to help today’s aboriginal children

By Letter to the Editor on June 9th, 2021

Editor: Instead of more studies about what was wrongly done in the past to these children, we could take action to save the ones living today. One current area of neglect is fetal alcohol syndrome. Back in the Klein days, a Calgary child psychiatrist, Dr. O’Malley, was conducting fetal alcohol clinics that had a two-year ... Read More »

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Carbon tax designed to reward efficiency

By Letter to the Editor on June 9th, 2021

Editor: Is it dishonest to only tell half the truth? On June 4, The Herald published a letter from Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation that accused the Liberals and Conservatives of dishonesty. One can argue about this point, but by only talking about the tax side of the federal carbon tax system, Terrazzano ... Read More »

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