Opinions
‘Two-state solution’ still dead
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 22nd, 2020
The deal to open diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, announced by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, opens no new vistas for a “just peace” between the Israelis and the Arabs. It just repackages the existing reality. There wasn’t any possibility of an independent Palestinian state in the ... Read More »
2 responsesIntegrated fire and EMS essential
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 21st, 2020
Have you or someone you love received life-saving service from Lethbridge Fire and EMS? If so, you already know the value that our integrated service and local dispatch provides. If not, let’s hope you never have to find out. The City of Lethbridge operates a fully integrated Fire and EMS Service. This means firefighters and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alta. gov’t committed to protecting ecologically sensitive areas
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 20th, 2020
Jason Nixon Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks There have been a number of false claims and misinformation circulating about the Alberta government’s commitment to conservation recently. Albertans can and should have a debate on government policies, but that debate ought to be based on truth. For example, I recently saw an opinion piece in ... Read More »
4 responsesCity waste and recycling, not so huge a success
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 19th, 2020
Lethbridge Transparency Council Is it time to recycle the recycling program? The Lethbridge Transparency Council (LTC) took a critical look at the City-operated “Curbside Recycling Program” (CRP). The program was introduced in the City of Lethbridge on May 1, 2019. >We found that, overall, the CRP has successes but not in a positive way for ... Read More »
3 responsesMoving forward after SCS
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 15th, 2020
The anticipated shuttering of the ARCHES-run supervised consumption site at the end of the month brings to a close an experimental and, at times, divisive chapter in the history of Lethbridge. While it is undeniable that the SCS was opened with good intentions with the hopes of addressing an overdose crisis in the city, it ... Read More »
4 responsesBlast raises anger in Lebanon
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 15th, 2020
Citizens fed up with miserable existence under country’s ‘warlords’ Beirut has been living with car bombs and air raids on a sporadic but continuing basis for so long that it would probably make sense to rebuild this time with shatterproof glass. The torrent of broken glass falling from a thousand shattered buildings probably accounted for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planning for Alberta’s recovery
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 14th, 2020
The past six months or so has truly changed the world in ways that we haven’t necessarily seen for decades. > The COVID-19 pandemic, a complete collapse on the price of oil as energy demands drop drastically and the global recession as a result of all of these combined factors. We in Alberta are resilient ... Read More »
3 responsesThe game no one wants to play
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 13th, 2020
Data has forced the conclusion about climate change Marc R. Roussel UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE Imagine a game in which two players take turns, player one adding a cup of water to a bucket, and player two removing a cup. Averaged over time, the amount of water in the bucket stays the same. At some point, ... Read More »
18 responsesThe price of progress
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 12th, 2020
Monica Field In the words of John Prine, describing Paradise, Kentucky: Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. I have ... Read More »
1 responseAn October Surprise in the U.S.?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 8th, 2020
Trump’s rush to open economy also revived pandemic An “October Surprise” in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately. He might try to cling to office even if he loses the vote, but it would be a lot easier and neater if he ... Read More »
11 responsesStrike three! You’re out!
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 7th, 2020
Strike one, strike two, strike three – you’re out! The two words you don’t want to hear while you’re up to bat. But when it comes to the prime minister, these two words are more than appropriate. Justin Trudeau’s first ethics strike took place when he used more than 200,000 taxpayer dollars to pay for ... Read More »
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