Opinions
Split the EU in order to save it?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 12th, 2020
Germany won’t go along with idea of a two-speed EU In Brussels this week, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British prime minister Boris Johnson will jump. He’s there now, dithering over whether to cave in to the European Union’s terms for a post-Brexit free-trade deal. Most people reckon it’s his last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A challenging Christmas looms
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 11th, 2020
Focusing on the positives can help us get through these times This Christmas season probably won’t look like any other Christmas we can remember, nor could we have ever foreseen our present circumstances. Festive gatherings, Christmas markets, carollers and concerts, all the things we would usually associate with the holiday season just aren’t on the ... Read More »
4 responsesSupportive housing is the solution, not the problem
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 11th, 2020
We need to reframe the conversation about supportive housing in this city. It is the solution to the problem of homelessness and vagrancy, not the source of the problem. Somehow in recent debates about The Mustard Seed’s proposal to rezone the Ramada Hotel into a permanent supportive housing facility that fact has become muddled or ... Read More »
14 responsesFeds’ pandemic pandering
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 10th, 2020
Ottawa’s COVID assistance leaving the working class behind Dedicated CBC radio listener that I am, it was hard to hear through the why-everyone-in-Alberta-is-going-to-die narrative that launched the national morning news throughout last week. But thanks to my heritage, I have an ear for loose change. In her fiscal update, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tossed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Understanding COVID vaccines
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 9th, 2020
News of vaccines under development to combat the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has provided us with the first sense of optimism for a future beyond the pandemic. We should be positive and hopeful in response to this news and we can expect more SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the next few months. About 48 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ethiopia: war in Tigray
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 5th, 2020
Prime minister’s approach has unleashed ethnic and sectarian violence “Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack at a rally in Meskel Square in the capital, Addis Ababa. How was he to know that just 30 months after saying that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pandemic recovery plan
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 4th, 2020
We need a ‘Made in Canada’ plan to get the country back on track economically How should Canada look to recover? With nearly one year of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, it seems appropriate to reflect on where we have been and where we are going. When it comes to implementing next steps there ... Read More »
19 responsesMore MLAs should oppose PST
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 3rd, 2020
Albertans didn’t elect the United Conservatives so they could have their turn reaching deeper into our pockets and UCP MLAs need to remind Finance Minister Travis Toews of that fact because he keeps flirting with the idea of a provincial sales tax. “The timing is the question here,” said Toews on Nov. 13, referencing a ... Read More »
8 responsesTackling web giants up to feds
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 2nd, 2020
Gov’t should make levelling digital playing field a priority Weekly newspapers in communities from coast to coast dot the nation’s landscape like a media mosaic. From the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of Georgia, small-town journalists are on the job telling the stories that matter most, stories that remain part of the vital fabric ... Read More »
1 response‘Oil rich’ isn’t what it used to be
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 28th, 2020
“The only officials present were American and Saudi,” tweeted the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, but he was lying. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu really did fly in to Saudi Arabia to spend a few hours with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP efforts a hindrance, not a help
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 27th, 2020
Since I last had the opportunity to write this column, I’ve noticed so many of our neighbours setting up their Christmas lights and holiday displays a bit early this year. There can be no doubt that we are all exhausted by the challenges this year has brought, and many of us are doing our best ... Read More »
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