Opinions
Oil woes: The perfect storm
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 25th, 2020
For the global oil industry, it has been a double whammy. First a foolish price war between two of the world’s three biggest producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, drove the price per barrel down from almost $70 in early January to under $50 in early March. They were fighting each other for market share, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coping with challenging time
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 24th, 2020
Friends, we’re all going through a lot right now. My office has been fielding calls from constituents who have lost incomes, parents unsure of how to best educate their kids – especially those with disabilities – and many, many people struggling with anxiety around COVID-19 and all of its impacts on our community. This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What comes after the pandemic?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 23rd, 2020
Trevor W. Harrison UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE The word “war” has become the standard metaphor in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. But all wars end, eventually, and so we must turn our thoughts to what comes after. A series of articles in recent days have begun this turning. The most thoughtful of these is that of ... Read More »
2 responsesBattling a pandemic, ‘Shandemic’
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 22nd, 2020
By Southern Alberta Physicians Dear Lethbridge and surrounding community, We are in troubling times. Physicians and the community are feeling uncertain and frightened. One aspect. of this fear is the government’s health-care cuts, which have included terminating the Physician Master Agreement and implementing a new Physician Funding Framework without expert physician involvement. This has been ... Read More »
6 responsesLives and livelihoods
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 18th, 2020
Reopening the U.S. economy too soon could be disastrous Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last week. A bit over-cautious, perhaps, but in China the coronavirus does really seem to be under control – not totally eradicated, but controllable ... Read More »
9 responsesGetting through the COVID crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 17th, 2020
I’d like to start out by thanking and acknowledging the hard work of the people who have been guiding our city through this COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors, nurses, retail sector employees, truck drivers and all others; our Emergency Co-ordination Centre (ECC) team; our first responders; our police; our staff >enforcing bylaws, communicating and maintaining community ... Read More »
1 responseEnergy sector critical to economy
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 16th, 2020
COVID-19 crisis can’t be excuse to kill a key industry Mark Milke and Lennie Kaplan CANADIAN ENERGY CENTRE While the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic downturn, anti-energy activists have spotted an opportunity: to kill off Canada’s oil and gas industry – the one that provides hundreds of thousands of jobs and ... Read More »
6 responsesBrexit: 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 »
Be the first to comment!U of L, college pay plenty into City coffers
By Lethbridge Herald on October 27th, 2018
Mike Mahon and Paula Burns Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge are proud of our local roots. Each institution benefits greatly from our location and, more importantly, from the amazing support we receive from the citizens of Lethbridge and southern Alberta. In turn, we support the communities we serve in what we do. Our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protect yourself for flu season
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2018
Happy October! I have a routine every spring and fall. When it’s time to change the clocks, that’s my signal to do a few other things, too: I check the batteries in my smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, I rotate the food in my emergency preparedness kit, check the date on my fire extinguisher, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The opioid effect
By Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2018
The opioid crisis: write about it, and the reaction you get can be surprisingly cruel. Supposedly normal, ordinary people will respond with statements essentially saying those who are addicted deserve to die — and the sooner, the better. Here’s a sample from a recent CBC story on fentanyl deaths: “Western society just gets dumber and ... Read More »
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