Commentary

Editor: How long ago was it that our premier was reporting that the U.S. airlines were releasing chem trails in the skies over Alberta?  Then came the claim that the federal government was proposing a cap on oil production when in fact it is to be directed at emissions as part our due diligent to [...] Read More »

Editor:  I’m hoping to reach all the large water users and citizens of southern Alberta who read this paper.  Are you watching or listening to what’s happening in regards to water and water allocation in the province? I attended the Alberta  government open house in Fort Macleod on Dec. 9 and I was very disappointed [...] Read More »

Editor:  I have been interested in firearms my entire life. From the very first time I shot tin cans with a .22 on the farm with my dad I was hooked. It has been a lifelong passion of mine to learn, and share with all those I can. I have been a member or served [...] Read More »

Editor: Mr. Trump don’t count your chickens before they hatch by threatening Canada and Mexico over the 25 percent tariff on goods from these countries. This is like a slap on the face that could backfire on you too, and the former NAFTA agreement that Trump revised and called USMCA according to his liking. These [...] Read More »

Editor: Dear MLA Petrovic: I am writing to address a number of concerns with policies that have recently been proposed and in some cases, adopted. Are all of these issues occurring because lobbyists with tight ties to government want these changes? My primary concern: Cutting-edge science and the protection of Alberta’s precious and lauded environment [...] Read More »

LORNE FITCH I interrupted my Christmas shopping to listen with rapt attention to Energy minister Brian Jean and Environment and Protected Areas minister Rebecca Shultz explain the new, modern coal policy for the Eastern Slopes of Alberta.  According to them, coal is good, except where it is bad. Where it is bad no one will [...] Read More »

FROM THE HALL Blaine Hyggen – Mayor of Lethbridge I want to begin this month with a sincere Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our Lethbridge residents!  Thank you to our community for continuing to be a source of optimism. I’m always so proud of how we show up for each other. Family and [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor Nearly 45 years ago, my newspaper career officially started after a telephone interview with Jim Cumming, whose family owned the Fort Frances Times and Daily Bulletin in a small northwestern Ontario town I’d heard of only because a journalism school classmate at the Southern Alberta Institute [...] Read More »

DAN O’DONNELL  My column last week was about the new movie, “The Conclave,” starring Ralph Fiennes. And about how humans can use writing to transcend time by leaving notes to the future. And about how it is often the things that are not meant for posterity, like receipts and business documents, that are nevertheless the [...] Read More »

Dr. Richard Buck SAMP Partnerships, collaborations, years of advocacy and a mountain of behind-the-scenes work have created the framework of the new Southern Alberta Medical Program (SAMP), of which I am fortunate to have been appointed Regional Lead. Recently, my appointment was announced on the heels of the landmark Memorandum of Understanding that was signed [...] Read More »

ROAST: To city council for wanting to cut police funding: We need all the police we can get to patrol all streets in Lethbridge to control the crime rate. More police on the streets and less criminals. One way to do this is when you have extra money don’t build or renovate any arts centre, [...] Read More »

TOAST: On behalf of many, I’d like to express sincere appreciation to the lovely little musical family who provides All Saints parishioners with a number of uplifting spiritual pieces at the Sunday morning Mass. While singing is not allowed during these COVID-19 days, their music feeds our hearts and our souls as we offer up [...] Read More »

TOAST: To the Blood Tribe for sponsoring the COVID commercials. More people need to pay attention. ROAST: Wow. Do as I say, not as I do. Re: Turning Point photo opp at city hall in Lethbridge Herald, Nov. 17, page A2. Great to see all wearing masks but what happened to social distancing. All of [...] Read More »