Opinions
Summer’s heat is long overdue
By Lethbridge Herald on July 19th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing Editor Don’t complain about the heat to me. Just don’t. After a spring that never seemed to end, southern Alberta is finally getting a taste of summer. With daytime temperatures in the 30s – we’re supposed to get a high of 38 in coming days – we’re ... Read More »
1 responseWhen is a grizzly hunt not actually a hunt in Alberta?
By Lethbridge Herald on July 17th, 2024
LORNE FITCH “Curiouser and curiouser!” said Alice, and many of us pondering the Ministry of Forestry and Silly Stuff’s contention that the latest plan to shoot grizzly bears isn’t a hunt. No, in the double-speak we have become accustomed to it is “protection of life and property from problem wildlife.” According to Todd Loewen, the ... Read More »
8 responsesAddressing Canada’s economic challenges and Alberta’s path forward
By Lethbridge Herald on July 13th, 2024
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Thanks to the federal Liberal-NDP government’s poor policies, Canadians from coast to coast to coast are feeling the strain on their budget. While Alberta’s government is doing its part, it is clear that Ottawa needs to acknowledge how their policies are only exacerbating the ... Read More »
5 responsesCousin Mary will be missed
By Lethbridge Herald on July 12th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing editor A couple of years ago after connecting with a cousin from our B.C. Whitelaw clan – no relation that we know of yet to former Herald managing editor Bill – a couple of other family members reached out to me to introduce themselves and welcome me ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reflecting on Parliament’s spring session
By Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2024
FROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas – Conservative Member of Parliament for Lethbridge Following a busy session holding the government accountable in Parliament, it feels great to be home in Lethbridge for the summer. I look forward to connecting with many of you at parades and other summer events! There truly is no greater honour than ... Read More »
5 responsesKind readers have helped to smooth a bump in the road
By Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing Editor A couple of encounters with readers late last week and a phone call from another on Tuesday had me reflecting on this journey of journalism the last few days. I had been feeling really melancholy until these chance encounters. The first was a phone call from ... Read More »
2 responsesReflections upon the years serving Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on June 29th, 2024
AT THE LEGISLATURE Shannon Phillips – NDP MLA for Lethbridge West “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” This quotation, often misattributed to Winnie the Pooh or his author A.A. Milne, is actually from a film that came out the year I was born. I have been reflecting on ... Read More »
2 responsesWe are a country in conflict as Canada Day approaches
By Lethbridge Herald on June 29th, 2024
OUR OPINION United we stand, divided we fall. It’s a phrase we’ve often heard and one which may be appropriate to consider as Canada Day approaches on Monday. While it’s often asociated with American politics, the origins of the phrase dates back thousands of years to the Greek storyteller Aesop. A song of the same ... Read More »
2 responsesLangenberg Optical will be dearly missed
By Lethbridge Herald on June 28th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing Editor With Canada Day weekend upon us, I thought long and hard about writing a column that might be sort of fun. I considered reminiscing about the 1980s and Canada Day long weekends back in Ontario where July 1 was huge with hundreds of people congregating on ... Read More »
1 responseHillcrest mine disaster victims will never be forgotten
By Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – Managing Editor When Vinc Vohradsky and his brother Josefu left their homes on the morning of June 19, 1914 to work in the Hillcrest Mine the day probably seemed like any other for them. The 26 year-old Vinc may have bid his 25-year-old wife Francis and their two ... Read More »
1 responseNo legitimate reason for council to delay reviews
By Lethbridge Herald on June 19th, 2024
OUR OPINION It sounded like a reasonable motion presented to city council – ask administration to do a review of fee-for-service agreements with external organizations and those with Memorandums of Understanding to see if the City is getting the best bang for the taxpayer buck. As heard at council’s June 11 meeting, the official business ... Read More »
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