Opinions
How are fax machines like coal mines?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 3rd, 2020
Province making a mistake to invest in the past Stephen Legault Recently Premier Jason Kenney and his Minister of Environment, Jason Nixon, announced that they would be removing restrictions on the development of fax machines, explaining that while much of the world has long since made the transition to email or cloud-based computing, there is ... Read More »
1 responseWard system worth considering?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on September 2nd, 2020
Back in November city council’s Open and Effective Government Committee brought forth a proposal that a ward system should be examined in the city. A ward system is common in larger cities where city councils want to ensure local communities and neighbourhoods are having their specific concerns heard by the decision makers. The idea is ... Read More »
6 responsesECOWAS: defending democracy
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 29th, 2020
West African organization dealing with coup in Mali In what is probably the poorest region of the world, West Africa, there is an unsung success story. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) doesn’t just work for economic integration; it tries to defend democracy and prevent war among its member states, and often it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gov’t not supporting Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 28th, 2020
After a very hot August, I am begrudgingly beginning to accept the signs that fall is on its way. Whether it’s the earlier sunsets, the slight chill in the air in the mornings, or the yellow shocks beginning to accent the tops of the generations-old trees in my neighbourhood, I am reminded that summer is ... Read More »
8 responsesBills are assembly’s bread and butter
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 27th, 2020
Hon. Nathan Cooper, MLA SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA Alexander Rutherford, Alberta’s first premier, introduced the first bill in the province on March 19, 1906 about the Treasury Department and Auditing of Provincial Accounts. Since then countless bills have been debated, discussed, amended and repealed as Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta ... Read More »
2 responsesAlberta needs more clean-energy projects
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 26th, 2020
Robert Tremblay ALBERTA PARTY Alberta is in desperate need of economically viable energy construction projects. Clean energy sources, such as solar and wind, have absolutely cratered in price over the past decade. Prices for on-shore wind have come down 70 per cent and prices for photovoltaic solar have come down 90 per cent, both compared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘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 »
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