Letters to the Editor
All politicians involved in the Eastern Slopes coal mining issue will be reviled in 30 years
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Editor: Open letter to Minister Nixon and MLA Neudorf: It is impossible to create new open-pit coalmines in the Eastern Slopes without using water that currently flows out of the mountains and across southern Alberta. You are making clever and deceitful use of definitions to make it appear that you are following your own regulations ... Read More »
3 responsesCurriculum a notch on the bedpost of UCP failure
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Editor: MLA Lagrange has almost half a page in the Lethbridge Herald touting the merits of her curriculum. Apparently she will pay attention to the suggestions the teachers and community offer during the piloting of said curriculum. Of course that won’t happen. Minister Lagrange is a dutiful UCP. This curriculum was constructed without a curriculum ... Read More »
4 responsesCanada must act with integrity to help poorer countries
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2021
Editor: Even in the midst of the third wave of COVID in most parts of the country, we must ensure the poorest countries of the world get access to the vaccines as fast as we do. We will not be able to open up the world again until all people everywhere are protected. One barrier ... Read More »
3 responses‘Socialism’ term being used unfairly
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
Editor: In Alberta, the term “socialism” is used to demonize or insult political opponents. I find the ways people use the word in Canada is often ridiculous. “NAZIS” stood for “National Socialism” in German. Labels like “socialism,” “terrorism” and “democracy”are so elusive that they can be meaningless. Recently, Mr. Maxim Bernier, the leader of the ... Read More »
6 responsesAlberta addressing shadow pandemic
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a devastating mark on communities across the province. Daily, we are reminded of the importance to remain vigilant and safe by complying with public health measures. While this is helping fight the spread of COVID-19, this inevitable isolation is leading to increased rates of domestic violence. The United Nations has ... Read More »
6 responsesThe right to ignore a bylaw doesn’t exist
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
Editor: Recently, I and four other masked customers encountered a person in an aisle of a local hardware store who was not following the mask by-law imposed both by the City of Lethbridge and the province of Alberta. When I asked him why he was not following the order, he indicated that he was acting ... Read More »
6 responsesTime to get the noisy ‘green’ buses off city streets
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
Editor: Now that his worship Spearman is leaving, would it be possible to convince one of our leaders to seriously look at the money poured down the toilet by Lethbridge transit. These noise-polluting, road-wrecking, house-jarring “green” fuel-wasting empty buses must be taken off the road. Kurt Veer Lethbridge... Read More »
10 responsesDid UCP voters know what they were doing?
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: Did anyone in Alberta who voted for the UCP in the last election realize that they were voting in a dictatorship? First they cut funding to the secondary education facilities across Alberta. Then they went after the public service workers. They reduced the number of teacher aides in classrooms. Now they are arbitrarily changing ... Read More »
8 responsesHard-working hospital workers deserve the full support of Albertans
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: I just recently spent 10 days in the Chinook Regional Hospital and one at Foothills. I would like to express thanks to all of the dedicated workers who look after our health needs. They work under stressful conditions due to COVID-19 as well as lack of support from Alberta Health and the UCP government. ... Read More »
3 responsesDemocracy demands participation
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: We experience liberty and freedom as a positive, both public and private. Education for liberty in democracy must be public rather than private. Liberty in public cannot be determined by competition or accumulation, as in wealth. When the market is believed to do the work of democracy, our culture is perverted, and the character ... Read More »
9 responsesK-6 curriculum focuses on teaching essential knowledge and skills to Alberta students
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
As the Minister of Education. my role has been guided by a simple phrase: do the right thing for the right reason. I know we have taken the right steps with the Kindergarten to Grade 6 draft curriculum, and put Alberta students on a path to success. After years of declining student academic performance in ... Read More »
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