Letters to the Editor
Time to get the noisy ‘green’ buses off city streets
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
Editor: Now that his worship Spearman is leaving, would it be possible to convince one of our leaders to seriously look at the money poured down the toilet by Lethbridge transit. These noise-polluting, road-wrecking, house-jarring “green” fuel-wasting empty buses must be taken off the road. Kurt Veer Lethbridge... Read More »
10 responsesAlberta addressing shadow pandemic
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a devastating mark on communities across the province. Daily, we are reminded of the importance to remain vigilant and safe by complying with public health measures. While this is helping fight the spread of COVID-19, this inevitable isolation is leading to increased rates of domestic violence. The United Nations has ... Read More »
6 responsesThe right to ignore a bylaw doesn’t exist
By Letter to the Editor on April 22nd, 2021
Editor: Recently, I and four other masked customers encountered a person in an aisle of a local hardware store who was not following the mask by-law imposed both by the City of Lethbridge and the province of Alberta. When I asked him why he was not following the order, he indicated that he was acting ... Read More »
6 responsesDid UCP voters know what they were doing?
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: Did anyone in Alberta who voted for the UCP in the last election realize that they were voting in a dictatorship? First they cut funding to the secondary education facilities across Alberta. Then they went after the public service workers. They reduced the number of teacher aides in classrooms. Now they are arbitrarily changing ... Read More »
8 responsesDemocracy demands participation
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: We experience liberty and freedom as a positive, both public and private. Education for liberty in democracy must be public rather than private. Liberty in public cannot be determined by competition or accumulation, as in wealth. When the market is believed to do the work of democracy, our culture is perverted, and the character ... Read More »
9 responsesK-6 curriculum focuses on teaching essential knowledge and skills to Alberta students
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
As the Minister of Education. my role has been guided by a simple phrase: do the right thing for the right reason. I know we have taken the right steps with the Kindergarten to Grade 6 draft curriculum, and put Alberta students on a path to success. After years of declining student academic performance in ... Read More »
5 responsesHard-working hospital workers deserve the full support of Albertans
By Letter to the Editor on April 21st, 2021
Editor: I just recently spent 10 days in the Chinook Regional Hospital and one at Foothills. I would like to express thanks to all of the dedicated workers who look after our health needs. They work under stressful conditions due to COVID-19 as well as lack of support from Alberta Health and the UCP government. ... Read More »
3 responsesParents and others weren’t included in K-6 curriculum development
By Letter to the Editor on April 20th, 2021
Editor: I am disappointed with the guest columnist who identified the attacks on K-6 curriculum as “partisan”! The writer claims that the critics were largely connected with the NDP government; then he goes on to say that they and the ATA were “locked out of the curriculum development process” thus they were “expected to say ... Read More »
9 responsesAlberta’s Coal Policy review is flawed
By Letter to the Editor on April 20th, 2021
There’s one sure-fire way to anger Albertans-promise us one thing and then renege on the promise. In the midst of the rage over an extremely ill-considered plan to throw open the Eastern Slopes for coal mining we were promised an independent process to provide advice to government on the future of coal. From the terms ... Read More »
5 responsesTake a pause for the cause
By Letter to the Editor on April 20th, 2021
Editor: The Municipal Development Plan (MDP) – one of the most critical documents to impact the future of Lethbridge – is currently before City Council. The MDP sets the policy direction for everything the City does for the next 10 years, which in turn dictates where our tax dollars are spent and how services will ... Read More »
2 responsesCanada’s COVID bill will be stiff
By Letter to the Editor on April 17th, 2021
When the bottom line is flush and the public coffers are overflowing with milk and honey, budgets can be a relatively pleasant experience for governments which can parcel out largesse in a celebration of democratic pragmatism to nearly every department and ministry that is holding their hand out. Governments in Canada are rarely good at ... Read More »
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