Letters to the Editor
Lethbridge seems to be welcoming
By Letter to the Editor on July 21st, 2021
Editor: My wife and I have been in Lethbridge for five days on a house hunting trip as we are moving to Lethbridge from Southern Ontario. We have been very impressed with the city – it’s clean, well-kept, wide roads in good condition, nice parks, and more – and it’s close to interesting sights. But ... Read More »
3 responsesWe have a better chance of water replenishment
By Letter to the Editor on July 17th, 2021
Editor: In January 2014, I visited the Hoover Dam as I had done off and on since 1983. It was built in the 1930’s and was filled to a level of 1221.40 ft above sea level – FSL (Full Storage Level) right after the construction was concluded in 1935. The lake/reservoir level is currently about ... Read More »
7 responsesMaybe England deserved to lose
By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2021
Editor: Like many ex-pats I spent a good deal of time watching most of the games from the UEFA Euro 2020 competition. Being born in England and having watched the 1966 World Cup win by England on an older grainy TV the year before my family and I emigrated, I was naturally excited to see ... Read More »
2 responsesGone but never to be forgotten
By Letter to the Editor on July 16th, 2021
Editor: On July 7, Mel Godlonton passed away. He was a loving, caring Great grandpa, grandpa, father and friend. His wit and humour were always displayed in his many “Toasts” & Letters to the Editor in the Lethbridge Herald. He was very proud of our city and always looked for the good in every situation. ... Read More »
3 responsesMoral ground lies buried at residential schools
By Letter to the Editor on July 15th, 2021
Editor: The exceedingly measured tone of Mr. Giesbrecht’s letter to the editor, “Burning churches not the solution”, is truly a triumph of both compartmentalization and rationalization. From the calm plateau of a spectator, he decries further vandalism and/or violence against church buildings, or more accurately, the religious ideas they represent, probably seeing this as profound ... Read More »
15 responsesScience shows the benefits of masks
By Letter to the Editor on July 10th, 2021
Editor: In response to Mr Baiton’s Letter to the Editor of July 7, entitled “Mask mandates sparked by fear, not science” I presume he is referring to a review article published by authors at the Chicago School of Public Health in July of 2020. That is a year ago and shortly after the pandemic really ... Read More »
8 responsesPolice need to crack down on noisy motorcycle exhaust pipes
By Letter to the Editor on July 10th, 2021
Editor: Another Street Wheelers weekend upon the city of Lethbridge and it is a welcome event – two days of watching and listening to cars. What does the city police do? Announce they wiil be watching for stunting and noisy cars. Noisy cars? Have the citypolice ever enforced Alberta Highway Traffic Act 61(1)? Not that ... Read More »
16 responsesBurning churches not the solution
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2021
Editor: Before vaccines and antibiotics were invented, many children died in families, orphanages and in residential schools. I’m certain that you can find unmarked graves anywhere in Canada, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous because grave markers don’t last forever. That is not a tragedy. The real tragedy is that Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their ... Read More »
8 responsesMayor deserves thanks for grilling mine operators
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2021
Editor: Thanks are in order to our mayor for the grilling he gave the coal mining fast talkers when they came to Lethbridge. They had believed that a little unsubstantiated reassurance would suffice to change Albertans’ negative regard for coal mines in our eastern mountain slopes. It seems Aussies suffer under the illusion that Canada ... Read More »
2 responsesAccountability needed for Covenant Health
By Letter to the Editor on July 9th, 2021
Editor: Should somebody else’s religion be the final determinant of the nature and quality of services you can receive from your publicly funded health care system in Alberta? Does your answer change if it was the Premier’s religious beliefs that limited your choice? Does any elected politician in Canada have the right to impose their ... Read More »
5 responsesCalgary vandals damaged plaque recalling internment
By Letter to the Editor on July 8th, 2021
Editor: Those who vandalized a Ukrainian Catholic church in Calgary also damaged a historical plaque recalling the victims of Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920. Thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans were unjustly branded as “enemy aliens” and many were forced to do heavy labour, including in the national parks at Banff and Jasper. ... Read More »
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