Letters to the Editor
Transgender issue needs more voices heard
By Lethbridge Herald on April 12th, 2024
Editor: They’re still protesting, almost two months after Danielle Smith announced restrictions on transgender procedures. But the activist fringe is not on the winning side of this argument. Katie DeLucia-Burk (March 22) seems to assert morphology is guided by self-image: “they’re not fighting against their body, their bodies (sic) working with them.” The body actually ... Read More »
26 responsesThoughts on forgiveness and reconciliation
By Lethbridge Herald on April 10th, 2024
Editor: We saw the excellent staging of “Jesus Christ Superstar” produced by the University of Lethbridge Drama Department. I was moved. Judas Iscariot was superbly acted and sung by a talented female artist. Watching to see how Judas was agonized in deciding to betray her beloved master was excruciatingly painful. Should we condemn the Judas-like ... Read More »
39 responsesBiblical passages open to scholarly debate
By Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2024
Editor: Once again biblical quotes are used to justify a couple of on-going debates – seemingly with no end in sight. Favourite interpretations of biblical thought consistently refer to several (certainly not “over and over again”) passages ranging from the Hebrew bible to the New Testament, Leviticus and Romans being all time favourites. “Interpretation“ being ... Read More »
61 responsesBible makes clear God’s position on gay relationships
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
Editor: The following letter may have a Bible-based response, but, Mr. Mitsui, your long letter to the editor of March 23 opened that door. If vandalism to your home would be legalized in the name of self-expression, would you be angry because your long-held view of ownership was ”now dismissed as obsolete”? Or because the ... Read More »
94 responsesNDP needs a leader who will take action on the climate
By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2024
Editor: The Alberta NDP have moved away from climate action in the last two elections, running on a platform of increasing Alberta’s carbon emissions. Scientists tell us this is a policy of planetary destruction. Shannon Phillips, a former Environment Minister, likes to point out that while she oversaw an expansion in oil production, we’ve been ... Read More »
52 responsesPedestrian safety in the city needs to be respected by drivers
By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2024
Editor: It is beyond frustrating the number of times I have encountered a disrespectful driver while crossing the street in the Lethbridge. I walk every morning and just this year, I have had to dodge, stop or quickly get out of the way of vehicles entering the crosswalk on five separate occasions. Just this morning ... Read More »
12 responsesUrban cycling won’t be safe until everyone accepts the culture
By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2024
Editor: As an avid cyclist who has ridden over 40,000kms on the roads around Lethbridge in the last 13 years, I am dismayed and alarmed with what appears to be increasing public hostility to bikes and cycling, especially in the city proper. There are likely many reasons behind this hostility. An over-arching one is ignorance ... Read More »
22 responsesAnonymous attacks on councillor Dodic gutless and nasty
By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2024
Editor: Members of our city council are elected officials chosen in a democratic process by voters in a series of actions where the majority rules. Prior to being elected they create a platform that hopefully will woo a majority of the constituents. They propose amendments to existing laws or introduce new motions to be voted ... Read More »
3 responsesAlcohol tax should be raised
By Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2024
Editor: In the Herald’s Feb 27 edition there was a letter from Peter Watts of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre complaining about proposed tax hikes on beer. This is a terrible approach. Taxes on beer should be raised significantly. Beer is a carcinogen. Most Canadians want to see lower rates of chronic disease. The ... Read More »
1 responseCity council needs to show support for the new bike lanes
By Lethbridge Herald on March 16th, 2024
Editor: I am writing in support of the downtown bike lanes along 4th Avenue and 7th Street South, and for continued development of a cohesive and connected network of safe cycling infrastructure within the city of Lethbridge. I am dismayed by councillor Dodic’s motion to tear up the existing bike lanes and put a halt ... Read More »
33 responsesMedical teaching school at U of L a positive step
By Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
Editor: In southern Alberta, members of the rural medical community, and indeed the populace at large, have been heartened by last week’s 2024 provincial budget announcement of a $43-million allocation for a Rural Medical Teaching School at the University of Lethbridge. While we wait for further details to emerge on the vision for this initiative, the ... Read More »
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