Letters to the Editor
Recruiting new physicians a priority in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Recently, media reports have covered staffing challenges in Fairview, Boyle, St. Paul, Elk Point, Rocky Mountain House, and Westlock. Staffing challenges are not new to rural Albertans, who are familiar with the longstanding challenge of recruiting doctors to their communities. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has hit us hard. Doctors are not immune to the virus and ... Read More »
7 responsesProvince’s vaccination lottery raises a red flag
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: I am very angry with the premier for using my tax dollars to encourage people to get a vaccine that isn’t really a vaccine as we know it. Read the science offered by the companies like Moderna or Phizer. I, along with a few others, have been doing homework and researching this COVID shot, ... Read More »
49 responsesReview process in Alberta needs to be revised
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: The Grassy Mountain Joint (federal/provincial) Review Panel, in response to a wealth of input from from Albertans and Canada’s multidisciplinary science community, has made a decision. It rejected all the applications Benga Mining made for its Grassy Mountain Coal Project, determining the proposed project’s “… significant adverse environmental effects on surface water quality and ... Read More »
2 responsesWe won’t learn from history if we destroy it
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Thank you for this thoughtful appropriately timed editorial article. I agree. I can understand why residents would rather not have a statue in their community when the actions of the subject don’t coincide with values that we hold dear with hindsight. I believe these statues should be carefully removed without paint and disfigurement, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge deserves an apology for comments
By Letter to the Editor on June 23rd, 2021
Editor: Lethbridge should be demanding an apology from the Senior Medical Director of the Blood/Kainai! She is quoted as saying in a local paper “The closure of Lethbridge’s Supervised Consumption Site led to nearly 100 deaths of Blood Tribe members in the months that followed.” That, from Dr. Esther Tailfeathers who is the Senior Medical ... Read More »
3 responsesHundreds of attacks go unreported
By Letter to the Editor on June 19th, 2021
Editor: For every anti-Muslim attack that gains national coverage, there are hundreds of lesser ones that go unreported. According to Stats Canada, there was a sharp increase (by 253 per cent) in anti-Muslim hate-crimes from 2012 to 2015. There was another jump in 2019. The experience of prejudice by Albertan Muslims is very real, whether ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why no SCS on the reserve to help addicts?
By Letter to the Editor on June 19th, 2021
Editor: The CMO for the Blood Reserve has confirmed what most Lethbridge residents have known for sometime: she stated in the local news that the reason that the Blood reserve experienced 91 deaths last year is because the SCS in Lethbridge closed. Personally I do not believe that, unless of course the CMO is saying ... Read More »
8 responsesRepealing mask bylaw would be unwise
By Letter to the Editor on June 18th, 2021
Editor: The proposal that the City of Lethbridge, or any other municipality for that matter, should repeal its temporary mask bylaw simply because the province reaches its defined vaccination threshold and repeals its masking requirement, would be a bad public policy decision. Such a decision must not take place in a geographically uniformed vacuum; it ... Read More »
1 responseCity mask bylaw is a powerful tool
By Letter to the Editor on June 18th, 2021
Editor: Councillor Hyggen has once again attempted to quash the city’s mask bylaw. His previous argument alongside two other councillors, was that a provincial wide mask mandate negated the usefulness of a local mandate. With the provincial government poised to lift the mask bylaw in early July, Hyggen’s argument is now moot. He cites low ... Read More »
40 responsesLTC seems intent on unseating an elected government
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2021
Editor: We keep seeing letters from the “Lethbridge Transparency Council” which seems to be a right-wing political action group intent on unseating what they obviously perceive to be an overly progressive or left-wing municipal council. Firstly, a “council” is defined as “an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted,” or “the elected administrative ... Read More »
10 responsesSongwriters want an apology from Harder
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2021
Editor: On June 9, The Lethbridge Herald published remarks by Lethbridge MP and Official Opposition Critic for Digital Government, Rachael Harder. Ms. Harder’s comments have rightly received widespread condemnation from the Canadian creator community. The Songwriters Association of Canada shares this outrage and demands that Ms. Harder publicly apologize in the House of Commons and ... Read More »
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