Commentary

Editor, I would like to thank Councillor Mark Campbell for his motion to allow the Citizens of Lethbridge Urban Chicken Club, to speak to city council. The motion was passed by a 7-2 vote and CLUCC will present to the Safety and Social Committee. CLUCC will demonstrate that a one year pilot project to help [...] Read More »

Editor, During the June 24 city council meeting, a motion was put forward by councilor Campbell to allow a local organization the opportunity to present on a topic important to them to the Safety and Social Standing Policy Committee (SPC). This motion was necessary because previous requests to present to the SPC were denied by [...] Read More »

Editor, On June 11, Premier Danielle Smith and several ministers held a town hall in the Fort Macleod Community Hall, the topic, coal mines and our water. During that event, Brian Jean can be seen literally shouting over objecting constituents instead of interacting like an intelligent person might. Feb 8, 2021, Brian Jean wrote an [...] Read More »

Editor, An open letter to Danielle Smith: I am not going to disagree with your decision to charge for certain vaccines but I have a better idea. Treat vaccines like automobile insurance. You have the choice not to carry collision insurance on your car (unless financed). You back into a fire hydrant and do not [...] Read More »

Editor, I was appalled at Danielle Smith’s presentation at the Fort Macleod Town Hall the other week. She just doesn’t get it. She implied that the Northbank Mine must go ahead as otherwise if rejected, it would deter all future mining in the province.  She stated that the future prosperity of Alberta included mines extracting [...] Read More »

Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Will the church die? I say “no.”  But it will be much smaller with committed people. On December 7th,1941, without declaration of war, the Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Navy Base in Pearl Harbor and decimated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. As a countermeasure, in February 1942 the Canadian Parliament invoked the [...] Read More »

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA As we approach Canada Day, I find myself reflecting on what it truly means to be Canadian—especially in a time when unity is being tested by forces of division.  Recently I had a long conversation with a constituent who had lived in a country that separated from the U.S.S.R. He [...] Read More »

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor Next week is Canada Day and plans are all set for a big July 1 party! The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) have partnered to host the community celebration of Canada’s 158th birthday. There also events at Galt Gardens. The main entertainment stage and food truck alley (with more [...] Read More »

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor For decades now, Alberta’s economic development has been focused on the north, with the Fort McMurray and Cold Lake oilsands and the Duvernay and Montney formations driving public and private investment.  It worked out very well for our province. But as the global economic and political order shifts, it is time [...] Read More »

Andrea Nemtin Quoi Media Canadians have recently elected a Prime Minister known for being ‘nice’ — not as a weakness, but as a reflection of a deeper national strength. At a time when global politics is increasingly marked by division, short-term thinking and zero-sum narratives, Canada has a different path available to us — one [...] Read More »