Opinions
Pop-up site not the solution to city’s opioid crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on October 1st, 2020
The latest quarterly report from the government of Alberta shows a startling increase in overdoses and overdose-related deaths in the City of Lethbridge, and the entire South Zone, over the first six months of 2020. As of June of this year 36 individuals have died due to overdoses in the South Zone, with 21 of ... Read More »
1 responseRemembering great battle of 1870
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on October 1st, 2020
Historical site offers tourism potential for Lethbridge David B. Carpenter PIITA POOT-TA (FLYING EAGLE) Oct. 25 of this year will mark the sesquicentennial of the “The Battle of Belly River,” the last great inter-tribal battle to be fought in the world. To put this in perspective, this was only three years after Canadian confederation and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commitment to community extends beyond a century
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 30th, 2020
Hon. Nathan Cooper, MLA SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA “Insomuch as the fruits of the soil are at the basis of the material prosperity of any country, the glorious heritage to which the people of this province have been called justifies a boundless confidence in its future.” These were some of the first ... Read More »
2 responsesDrug tent another black eye
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 30th, 2020
Brian Hancock PUBLISHER AND ADVERTISING MANAGER, LETHBRIDGE HERALD Stunned. That’s how I, and many people I spoke to, felt on Saturday morning when I got the word that we have an illegal drug shoot-up tent in Lethbridge. This attention-seeking stunt will be shut down and people arrested, I thought, but no. Whether you are in ... Read More »
3 responsesCan peaceful protest still succeed?
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Non-violent revolutions aren’t achieving the same success they once did The old calculation was simple and brutal: if you want to overthrow a tyrant, you must use violence. There was an occasional exception, like Gandhi’s use of non-violent protest to gain India’s independence, but people wrote that off as being due to the fact that ... Read More »
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By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 25th, 2020
As much as it pains me to report, I must admit that summer has drawn to a close. The signs I wrote about last month in this column have become ever-more apparent: the shocks of yellow and orange in our trees have become full blooms of colour lining our streets, and leaves have begun to ... Read More »
3 responsesCanada’s reliance on oil imports
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 24th, 2020
Country’s importing of foreign oil won’t change any time soon Mark Milke and Lennie Kaplan CANADIAN ENERGY CENTRE When forecasting future oil consumption around the world, many people have opinions and agendas. Forecasts rooted in facts and technological capabilities are more rare. An example of an informed opinion comes from Vaclav Smil, professor emeritus of ... Read More »
8 responsesFirst Nations ready to work with oil, gas
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 23rd, 2020
Progress being made toward economic reconciliation Karen Ogen-Toews COUNCILLOR, WET’SUWET’EN FIRST NATION In communities across Canada, people are coming together in a wide range of activities intended to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens closer together. It’s a welcome start but it falls far short of meaningful “reconciliation” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. “Reconciliation is about ... Read More »
2 responsesNeedle debris a prickly problem
By Lethbridge Herald on September 19th, 2020
The ARCHES-run supervised consumption site is closed, and needle debris continues to be a concern in the city. Many in the community suggested the problem might go away once the SCS closed, and there is no doubt ARCHES in its earlier incarnations was distributing large quantities of clean needles to local drug users to prevent ... Read More »
13 responsesBoris Johnson’s cunning plan
By Lethbridge Herald on September 19th, 2020
PM trying to fix unfixable problem of Brexit and Irish border “I’ve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel,” said Blackadder’s sidekick Baldrick in the BBC’s brilliant historical comedy series “Blackadder.” In fact, he said “I have a cunning plan” in almost every episode, but the ... Read More »
1 responseWorking to keep EMS dispatch local
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 18th, 2020
Next week, I will be heading to Calgary to meet with the mayors of Alberta’s other mid-sized cities, then on to Edmonton to meet with Health Minister Tyler Shandro regarding our goal of retaining our local EMS dispatch. On Aug. 4, Alberta Health Services announced that it will discontinue its contract with the City of ... Read More »
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