Commentary

Editor, It was paradoxical to read Government of Alberta (GoA) Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, Tanya Fir, issue a statement on Sept. 22, “in recognition of Gender Equality Week,” which read, in part, that: “…I want to thank the community groups, non-profits and volunteers for continuing to champion gender equality on every [...] Read More »

Editor So, two notable local politicians have made submissions to the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission, our Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf and former Lethbridge West UCP candidate John Middleton-Hope.  Both submissions are similar in that they seek to have Lethbridge carved up into three or four pieces, each of which are subsequently apportioned to surrounding [...] Read More »

Editor, On Oct. 2, the Lethbridge Herald published an Opinion by Doug Roth, Andrea Seale, and Sarah Butson, the heads of three Canadian health groups, calling for provinces to dedicate a large portion of the $32.5-billion tobacco litigation settlement to prevention and control of tobacco and nicotine use. Their arguments sound compelling, but they leave [...] Read More »

Editor, On Sept. 30, I made the mistake of checking social media first thing in the morning. I was greeted with a video from the Alberta Next panel in Calgary, where a teenager — a child – began to ask a question about the teacher strike, only for his mic to be cut.  There is [...] Read More »

Editor,  With school back in session and the leaves falling, I would like to take an opportunity to share some feel-good stories with our community.   It is an oft-spoken cliché that history will repeat itself until we learn from it, but history is not filled only with terrible lessons, but rather it is rich [...] Read More »

Shelley Robinson For the Herald Teachers cannot really talk about being on strike on social media given their union and professional guidelines, but I can as a retired Alberta teacher. I remember being on strike in Alberta (AI only researches the history of Alberta teachers’ strikes superficially, but my memory is reliable).  The most notable strikes [...] Read More »

Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP There’s a special delight every consumer knows—the moment you realize you’re paying less than you expected. Discounts are always a win, whether it’s 15 per cent off, buy one get the other half-off, or even better—buy one get one free.  As great as these discounts are— they belong in stores, not [...] Read More »

Bill Whitelaw Troy Media Alberta and Ontario are sitting on a growing environmental and financial time bomb—aging oil and gas infrastructure that’s leaking, dangerous and too expensive to clean up. Both provinces are struggling, and both need help. It’s time they teamed up and asked Ottawa to help fund a national fix. While Canada frets [...] Read More »

Doug Roth, Andrew Seale and Sarah Butson Quoi Media Humans are cursed with sometimes being short-sighted. Of course, it can be useful. Better not to be so focused on how to invent the wheel that you don’t notice the saber-tooth tiger about to eat you for lunch. But Canadian healthcare can’t afford to be short-sighted. It [...] Read More »

Gerry Chidiac Troy Media A tragic event happened on Sept. 10. A young father engaged in discussions with American university students was shot dead. The alleged killer is in custody, and the criminal investigation is ongoing. While many in Canada knew little about Charlie Kirk before his shooting, we all know him now. Acts of [...] Read More »