Opinions
A full-time career in news is coming to an end
By Lethbridge Herald on December 20th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor Nearly 45 years ago, my newspaper career officially started after a telephone interview with Jim Cumming, whose family owned the Fort Frances Times and Daily Bulletin in a small northwestern Ontario town I’d heard of only because a journalism school classmate at the Southern Alberta Institute ... Read More »
1 responseWriting to discover helps people express themselves better
By Lethbridge Herald on December 20th, 2024
DAN O’DONNELL My column last week was about the new movie, “The Conclave,” starring Ralph Fiennes. And about how humans can use writing to transcend time by leaving notes to the future. And about how it is often the things that are not meant for posterity, like receipts and business documents, that are nevertheless the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SAMP a unique partnership with much promise
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2024
Dr. Richard Buck SAMP Partnerships, collaborations, years of advocacy and a mountain of behind-the-scenes work have created the framework of the new Southern Alberta Medical Program (SAMP), of which I am fortunate to have been appointed Regional Lead. Recently, my appointment was announced on the heels of the landmark Memorandum of Understanding that was signed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A season of gratitude, hope and togetherness is upon us
By Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2024
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – MLA for Lethbridge East Dear friends and neighbours, As Christmas approaches, it’s a time to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward with hope to the opportunities ahead. This season, more than ever, we are reminded of the strength and resilience of our Lethbridge community. During ... Read More »
2 responsesSome Christmas memories painful
By Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor Today is Friday the 13th. Go figure, the supposedly most unluckiest day is happening at Christmas time. Well, maybe the temperature will plummet so the chances of crossing the path of a black cat or walking under a ladder will be reduced. Anyone buying a mirror ... Read More »
3 responsesFuture generations can learn from documents written for the present
By Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
Dan O’Donnell The movie, The Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, takes place in the Vatican after the death of a pope. The character played by Fiennes, Cardinal Lawrence, is Dean of the Conclave, meaning the person responsible for organising the vote for the pope’s successor. I’m a big fan of what you might call Vatican movies. ... Read More »
3 responsesShedding light on the Green Slush Fund scandal
By Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2024
FROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas – Conservative MP for Lethbridge If government officials funneled $400 million of your tax dollars into their own pockets, you would have heard about it, right? Not quite. With conflicts of interest, shady transactions, and secret memos, the Green Slush Fund fiasco has all the makings of a news-worthy story. ... Read More »
10 responsesSuccess of the University of Lethbridge facing a real threat
By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2024
Dan O’Donnell One of the greatest stories in the University of Lethbridge’s 57-year history is how it rose to become a strong research university. When the U of L was founded in 1967, it was to stop the “brain drain” that saw talented young people leave for university elsewhere. Established initially at Lethbridge Community College ... Read More »
2 responsesCouncil facing tough choices on LDE
By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing Editor City council on Tuesday in what is its final meeting of 2024 unless an emergency arises will be faced with making some hard and potentially expensive choices about the Lethbridge & District Exhibition. And thanks to the financial situation of the LDE which was detailed in ... Read More »
5 responsesUCP government paving paradise with all-season resorts
By Lethbridge Herald on December 5th, 2024
LORNE FITCH Bill 35, the All Season Resorts Act, is proposed by the UCP government as an answer to a question Albertans have never asked. As such, the legislation is an insiders game of plunking upscale hotels and facilities on public land, including Alberta Parks, irrespective of existing regional plans, protected areas or critical wildlife ... Read More »
11 responsesIt’s better for all of us to engage with people who aren’t like us
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2024
Dan O’Donnell I have a friend who recently moved back to Lethbridge from Victoria. Like a lot of professionals from Western Canada, she had moved out to the island for the mild winters, ocean views, and a comfortable lifestyle among other reasonably well-off retirees: cafes, long walks, and great bookstores. But now she was back. ... Read More »
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