Opinions
Poor child at the government table?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2020
Lethbridge has actually received its fair share of funding from the province If you spend any time at all listening to certain political voices on social media, a concerning narrative emerges with regards to our city. A picture is painted of Lethbridge, the poor child, at the government table, fighting for scraps of any remaining ... Read More »
6 responsesTreating addiction crisis on the front lines
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2020
Stacey Petersen and Kim Turgeon CO-CHAIRS, ALBERTA ADDICTION SERVICE PROVIDERS Dear Albertans, We are the Alberta Addiction Service Providers, representing detox, addiction treatment, harm reduction, peer supportive housing and recovery operators across Alberta. We work on the front lines serving thousands of Albertans day in and day out in their recovery, seeing firsthand the hardship ... Read More »
2 responsesHarm-reduction efforts fill important role, too
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2020
Jason Laurendeau, Caroline Hodes and Dustin Fox In the middle of multiple pandemics (COVID-19, an opioid crisis, and ongoing systemic racism in policing), it has come to our attention that the publisher and advertising manager for The Herald has made the decision to wade into a complex issue such as supporting drug users with an ... Read More »
7 responsesPatient safety at core of AHS dispatch decisions
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Darren Sandbeck ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES Recently AHS Emergency Medical Services (EMS) announced plans to consolidate EMS dispatch services. The work done by four municipally-run satellite sites — Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer and the Municipality of Wood Buffalo — will be consolidated into one of the three AHS EMS dispatch sites: the Northern Communications Centre (NCC, ... Read More »
3 responsesThrone speech a disaster
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2020
On Aug. 18, Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament. He justified this extreme action by claiming he needed to present Canadians with a bold vision and a solid plan for economic recovery by delivering a throne speech on Sept. 23. The speech was an absolute disappointment! It was like being promised a five-course meal at a nice ... Read More »
2 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 »
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 »
4 responsesRestaurants and the economy
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 17th, 2020
Governments have failed to help hospitality sector Sylvain Charlebois PROFESSOR, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY The best way to get an economy going again is to get to Canadians’ wallets by way of their stomachs. But it’s a long road. Up to 25 per cent of restaurants in Canada have closed for the season and perhaps for good. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy sector needs support
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 16th, 2020
Country must re-establish itself as an energy superpower Joseph Quesnel RESEARCH ASSOCIATE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Canada needs renewed federal leadership to support our energy sector, given its importance to the entire economy. And all provinces and territories must come together in this effort. If not, Canada will continue to see the sector fall ... Read More »
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