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Privatizing Canada Post would be a mistake
By Lethbridge Herald on June 7th, 2025
Simon Enoch Troy Media Calls to privatize Canada Post resurface with every labour dispute—but for rural and remote communities, that would mean higher costs, reduced service and a deep erosion of a vital national lifeline. As strike action looms, some will again argue that privatization is the solution. The current contract dispute between Canada Post ... Read More »
2 responsesAlbertans must push back against separatism
By Lethbridge Herald on June 6th, 2025
Bill Whitelaw Troy Media Talk of Alberta breaking away from Canada is no longer just background noise. It’s getting louder, more organized, and too many reasonable Albertans are staying quiet. Their silence only emboldens the “manifest destiny” crowd. The voices pushing for Alberta’s separation need to hear an important truth: the vast majority of Albertans ... Read More »
4 responsesConservatives campaign on the wrong issues
By Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2025
Brock Eldon C2C Journal Pierre Poilievre’s loss in Canada’s 2025 federal election wasn’t merely a matter of strategic mistakes or media bias. It marked another chapter in a half-century pattern of cultural retreat by Canadian conservatives. While conservatives talk economics, the left seizes culture—and with it, the future. As a Canadian expatriate returning after a ... Read More »
4 responsesDamning research on selenium continues to pile up
By Lethbridge Herald on June 3rd, 2025
Lorne Fitch For the Herald Another piece of research has just revealed the contamination of trout and mountain whitefish in Crowsnest Lake with selenium, derived from the legacy Tent Mountain coal strip mine (Fish remain high in selenium long after mountaintop coal mines close, GOA 2025). Scientists from the government of Alberta have confirmed that ... Read More »
6 responsesHow to live with the idea of death
By Lethbridge Herald on May 31st, 2025
Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald We will all die. I wonder how the garish narcissist of the South would cope with such idea as his own death. Last two years at the church, I was a part of the discussion group about “death and dying.”  We met once a month. From the outset, we ... Read More »
5 responsesNDP deserved to lose its party status, period
By Lethbridge Herald on May 30th, 2025
Michael Taube Troy Media Rules are rules. That, in a nutshell, is why the NDP wasn’t granted official party status in the House of Commons on Monday. Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals, to their credit, made the right decision. Let’s examine why. The 1963 Senate and House of Commons Act passed an amendment ... Read More »
8 responsesBlame culture has fractured trust in each other
By Lethbridge Herald on May 29th, 2025
Faith Wood Troy Media We didn’t lose trust in each other overnight. It happened slowly, over decades, as we shifted from a culture of responsibility to one of blame. Now, in a world drowning in outrage, mistrust has become the default setting. Everywhere you look, on social media, in politics, in the news, the tone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deciphering Smith’s bows to the separatist crowd
By Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2025
Trevor Harrison For the Herald Since becoming UCP leader and, later, Alberta premier, Danielle Smith has subtly and not so subtly pushed for independence. Her stated patriotism for Canada has been late in coming and mostly lukewarm. More telling are her recent moves making it easier for a small but vocal group within Alberta to ... Read More »
6 responsesSpring session saw several troubling bills pass into law
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA After some very long nights in the Legislature in May when the government kept invoking closure of debate and pushing bills through to Third Reading, we came to the end of the Spring Session of the Alberta Legislature on May 14. This session was my first since being elected at ... Read More »
9 responsesBoreal forests could be key to climate goals
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2025
Troy Media Editorial Board Canada’s boreal forests may be far more resilient to climate change than previously believed, with new research showing they contain billions more trees than past estimates, potentially boosting Canada’s natural defences in the fight against global warming. Spanning from Yukon to Newfoundland, the boreal forest is one of the largest intact ... Read More »
4 responsesHousing is more unaffordable than ever
By Lethbridge Herald on May 22nd, 2025
Lee Harding Troy Media If it feels like housing is getting more unaffordable, it’s because it is. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy and Chapman University’s Center for Demographics and Policy have released the 2025 edition of the Demographia International Housing Affordability report, authored by Wendell Cox. It confirms what many homebuyers already suspect: affordability ... Read More »
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