Letters to the Editor
City should support businesses that support community
By Letter to the Editor on December 16th, 2020
As a concerned resident and taxpayer in Lethbridge, I was reviewing the City’s draft budget for 2021-22. In the document, I came across the recommendation to reduce or eliminate print advertising that informs citizens, changes such as rezoning applications. Here is the wording in the draft budget. “The City of Lethbridge spent $99,123.08 in 2019 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Speed trap seems like a cash grab
By Letter to the Editor on December 12th, 2020
On a recent Sunday I was caught in a speed trap near the town of Monarch going from Highway 23 to Highway 3 going towards Lethbridge. A number of sheriff cars were parked and the officers were pulling cars over one after another and giving speeding tickets. Apparently another officer with a laser gun a ... Read More »
4 responses‘Not in my area’ views don’t provide needed help
By Letter to the Editor on December 12th, 2020
Dear Mr. Jarvie and people in the Lakeview neighbourhood, I can understand that people in that area are not happy but this is an issue that we have in our society, “not on my front steps.” 2020 especially will push many people to and over the edge of society. Help is needed, and I am ... Read More »
5 responsesAlberta gov’t inaction caused the problem
By Letter to the Editor on December 12th, 2020
Jason Kenney suggests criticism of his government handling the COVID crisis is Alberta bashing. Balderdash, Premier, it’s your inaction that made us the highest number of cases in the country, especially if you look at number per capita. Not only that, you alienated our doctors, nurses and other frontline workers at a time when they’re ... Read More »
5 responsesWhere’s the enforcement of COVID restrictions?
By Letter to the Editor on December 11th, 2020
Where is our local enforcement of the newest COVID restrictions? Is concern for public safety something that is optional for our police now? It is clear that many retailers are not abiding by or demonstrating that they care about the 25 per cent occupancy rule. Big-box stores in particular. Parking lots are still jammed, no ... Read More »
2 responsesPST should not hinge on ideology
By Letter to the Editor on December 10th, 2020
I found the guest column by Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation (Lethbridge Herald, Dec. 2) somewhat disturbing. Whether or not Alberta should implement a provincial sales tax (PST) should be, of course, a matter of serious debate, but it should not be a matter of choosing ideology over reason, and Mr. ... Read More »
4 responsesShrinking gov’t is not the way to faster results
By Letter to the Editor on December 10th, 2020
In a Dec. 4 column, Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder first complains that rapid tests and vaccines aren’t being approved fast enough, and then in the very next paragraph suggests that the solution to our problems is to shrink government. How does Ms. Harder imagine that approvals of medical tests, vaccines and drugs happen? You couldn’t ... Read More »
1 responseChallenging Albertans to show we can overcome
By Letter to the Editor on December 9th, 2020
I want Alberta to give itself a challenge against the rest of Canada to show Canada that we Albertans are the best and can overcome anything. Put our private beliefs aside and just for a month obey the AHS guidelines and see what happens. How dare Ontario say, “You think we are bad, look at ... Read More »
3 responsesUCP needs to tighten the pandemic rules
By Letter to the Editor on December 9th, 2020
How long is the UCP going to insist that we will survive this pandemic with the current rules? Jason Kenney, please get off your high horse and break the spread of the virus! Shut down the bars and other social venues. Now! The vaccine will not help till next year. I am angry! Gerhardt Hartman ... Read More »
14 responsesResponsible governments can admit they’re fallible
By Letter to the Editor on December 9th, 2020
In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, the federal government and some provinces believed it was right to tear First Nations children from their families, confine them to residential schools and strip them of their identities and culture. Finally, they realized it was wrong. We’re going to be dealing with that legacy ... Read More »
1 responseUCP inaction putting Albertans at risk
By Letter to the Editor on December 5th, 2020
Recently, the UCP put the lives of Albertans at risk by refusing to implement effective health measures for the prevention of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Health professionals and experts have provided the government with advice on the best actions to take, which was not followed. The consensus among health professionals is that the ... Read More »
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