Letters to the Editor
Hundreds 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!Repealing 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 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 »
12 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 responsesWest Lethbridge priorities need to be assessed
By Letter to the Editor on June 17th, 2021
Editor: When we moved to Lethbridge in 1967, there was a common community understanding that the third bridge land reserve was in the City master plan just north of Tudor Estates. Mark Lenchucka’s letter clearly shows the City’s priority planning in the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) with single occupancy automobile being the last priority. And, ... Read More »
6 responsesA thank you would be nice for customers
By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021
Editor: This is an open letter to all of the owners, managers, and supervisors, of 99 per cent of the businesses in this city. Why is it, that when I come into your business, and spend my hard-earned money, that I don’t get a thank you from, you, the owner, or your employee?? Instead, I ... Read More »
2 responsesLight 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 »
5 responsesLethbridge needs to be considered relative to similar sized cities
By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021
Editor: There has been much controversy about the need for a performing arts centre in Lethbridge. Most recently, the focus has been on the fact that we are not Calgary, so why would we try to emulate Calgary? We are a city of almost 100,000 and the Yates’ seating is 474. Perhaps it would be ... Read More »
2 responsesHarder 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 »
1 responseFailure not an option in climate battle
By Letter to the Editor on June 12th, 2021
Editor: Still reeling from the ravages of the First World War, the 1929 financial crash, and the Great Depression, the Canadian economy of 1939 was in the ditch: industry on life support, agriculture impoverished, shipbuilding comatose, unemployment at a runaway 17 per cent, national treasury empty, military feeble, political system futile. Yet by the Second ... Read More »
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