Opinions
Feds taking the easy way out
By Lethbridge Herald on December 17th, 2020
David Clement CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER In early October Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced the province would become a leader in recycling plastics, and that Alberta’s plastics strategy would be a core component for job creation moving forward. For the casual observer of politics, this looks like an exciting development. Who doesn’t like the prospect of ... Read More »
4 responsesCOVID-19: The good, bad and deadly
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 16th, 2020
COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for the coronavirus of 2019. Evidently, it originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019. Since then, the novel, i.e., new or unique, coronavirus has spread worldwide. The Good – First and foremost, boundless credit is deserved by the doctors, nurses, technical personnel, military and numerous support staffs as well ... Read More »
1 responseSplit the EU in order to save it?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 12th, 2020
Germany won’t go along with idea of a two-speed EU In Brussels this week, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British prime minister Boris Johnson will jump. He’s there now, dithering over whether to cave in to the European Union’s terms for a post-Brexit free-trade deal. Most people reckon it’s his last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!We need to make good choices during pandemic
By Lethbridge Herald on November 14th, 2020
After weeks of soaring COVID-19 cases, the province was left with little choice when on Thursday it announced new restrictions for several jurisdictions in Alberta, including Lethbridge. While perhaps some measure of blame can be directed at the provincial government for not acting quickly enough, all one can really say in looking at the numbers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An Armenian-Azerbaijani truce
By Lethbridge Herald on November 14th, 2020
This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this week and fanning out to police the ceasefire lines in Nagorno-Karabakh are being sent there for five years renewable, and neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan will challenge them. Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the Armenian enclave in western Azerbaijan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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