Opinions
The risks of surface mining
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 22nd, 2020
Surface mining in Crowsnest Pass would threaten headwater streams Richard Quinlan I am a biologist, now retired after a diverse fish and wildlife management career in government, industry, and teaching. At one stage, I spent 12 years as a Fish and Wildlife Habitat Protection Biologist. It was a thankless job of identifying threats to fish ... Read More »
5 responsesA warning from Poland
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 18th, 2020
Presidential election victor practically a clone of Trump Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of last Sunday’s presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is practically a Polish clone of Donald Trump, who will also be seeking re-election less than four months from now – and Duda squeaked out a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doing our part to combat COVID
By Lethbridge Herald on July 17th, 2020
Wash your hands, practise physical distancing, limit gatherings and wear a mask when social distancing can’t be maintained – you have heard these words many, many times during the past several months. And you will for the foreseeable future, as well.The prevailing message is that COVID-19 is still here and we all need to do ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cut costs to reduce income taxes
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 16th, 2020
Strategy would help put Alberta back on its feet Franco Terrazzano CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION For Alberta to get back on its feet, it’ll take thousands of little things like families going out for pizza and restaurants rehiring servers to bring out those pizzas. The best thing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney can do to help those ... Read More »
2 responsesCountering CO2 emissions argument
By Lethbridge Herald on July 15th, 2020
Marc R. RousselUniversity of LethbridgeI was dismayed to read the guest column by Mr. Cosmos Voutsinos published in The Herald on June 30. I realize that the newspaper takes no responsibility for the contents of guest columns, but a few minutes of thinking and some basic familiarity with the current scale of carbon dioxide emissions ... Read More »
2 responsesOf plagues and genocides
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 11th, 2020
Infectious diseases decimated Americas’ early inhabitants Last Sunday in the city of Baltimore, they tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the harbour. According to the Baltimore Sun, the protesters who yanked it down with ropes were dedicated to removing statues “honouring white supremacists, owners of enslaved people, perpetrators of genocide, ... Read More »
1 responseProvince invests in city, region
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 10th, 2020
I feel grateful to live in and work on behalf of the great City of Lethbridge. It is the community that I have lived in, served in and raised my kids in. I have believed in the potential of this city for a long time and, since forming government, I have been hard at work ... Read More »
4 responsesRestaurants need more support
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 9th, 2020
Wage subsidy reforms can help bring 70,000 Albertans back to work Mark von Schellwitz RESTAURANTS CANADA Restaurants and other foodservice businesses are the third-largest source of private-sector jobs in Alberta. Collectively, the industry employs 150,000 people. At least this was the case before COVID-19 led to as many as 95,000 foodservice workers across the province ... Read More »
2 responsesWind, solar can’t drive recovery
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 8th, 2020
Tom Harris and Dr. Jay Lehr On Thursday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is hosting its Clean Energy Transitions Summit, an online event that IEA executive director Dr. Fatih Birol calls “the most important global event on energy and climate issues of 2020.” It will bring together high-ranking representatives of the world’s largest economies as ... Read More »
13 responsesSupporting the small business community
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 8th, 2020
Last week the Kenney government came through with massive infrastructure stimulus projects to help our region meet the post-COVID economic challenges it is facing. Both the $27.8-million grant handed out for the Exolution project at Exhibition Park and the $150 million handed out for highway twinning between Taber and Burdett were welcome, and will help ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brexit: best two out of three?
By Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2018
The five-day debate in the British parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for her. Everybody knows that she hasn’t got the votes to pass the deal, but it turned out that she hasn’t got the votes for lots of other things either. It’s a rotten ... Read More »
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