Letters to the Editor
Waiting is an integral part of life
By Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2025
Dear Editor, We love speed and hate waiting, even though we know it’s easy to make mistakes when we are in a hurry. Nevertheless, we prefer instant gratification. So we do stupid things because we don’t slow down. We must slow down, look around, and think where we are and what we are doing before ... Read More »
3 responsesDanielle Smith is premier of Alberta, not Minister of Foreign Affairs
By Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2025
Editor, Once again, David Carpenter has provided the residents of Alberta with a thoughtful, factual response to a very important issue: Premier Smith’s trip to Florida to lobby Mr. Trump for Alberta’s fossil fuel industry. A premier trying to directly negotiate with a U.S. president is a flagrant disregard of federal/provincial jurisdiction. Ms. Smith is ... Read More »
34 responsesTips to help fend off despair of living in a world gone mad
By Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2025
Editor, How can we survive the film-noire we’re currently living in? First, don’t buy American products and don’t travel to USA. Second, recognize the root cause of all this, that is conservative politicians (under various names like PC, UCP, Republican), sowing seeds of chaos to breakdown our society so that, ultimately, the ignorant masses will ... Read More »
9 responsesVisibility is key for brain trauma issue
By Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2025
Editor, I have been involved with the initiatives of the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) (https://concussionfoundation.ca/) and the Mac Parkman Foundation (https://www.mpfact.com/), championing their essential mission to enhance public understanding of brain trauma and injury, particularly Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), and strategies for its prevention. The efforts to promote brain safety awareness are of utmost importance, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Danielle Smith was out of line to meet with Trump in U.S.
By Lethbridge Herald on February 1st, 2025
Editor, Once again, David Carpenter has provided the residents of Alberta with a thoughtful, factual response to a very important issue: Premier Smith’s trip to Florida to lobby Mr. Trump for Alberta’s fossil fuel industry. A premier trying to directly negotiate with a U.S. president is a flagrant disregard of federal/provincial jurisdiction. Ms. Smith is ... Read More »
42 responsesPedestrians must always be on the lookout
By Lethbridge Herald on February 1st, 2025
Editor, I was rather surprised by the ending statement in the Jan. 28 roast regarding a driver not stopping at a pedestrian crosswalk. The roast ended with “We unfortunately have had to start defensive walking when crossing the street at crosswalks.” START? One must ALWAYS use defensive walking at crosswalks. One must ALWAYS ensure one has made eye ... Read More »
3 responsesPremier’s duty is to Alberta, not Australia
By Lethbridge Herald on January 31st, 2025
Dear Editor, An open letter to Premier Danielle Smith: Greetings. I write to you today to express both concern and disappointment as to the recent turnaround in provincial policy pertaining to coal mine exploration and development in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. And here I speak as a ratepayer in the MD of ... Read More »
7 responsesMaking a distinction on open pit coal mining
By Lethbridge Herald on January 31st, 2025
Editor: Re: Scare Tactics letter Jan. 29 To be clear, Maria Fitzpatrick is not opposed to coal.  She is opposed to open pit coal mining – a type of mining which is catastrophic for the environment. There were indeed coal mines in Lethbridge and in the Pass for many decades. There never were open pit mines ... Read More »
9 responsesThere’s not much you can do about change
By Lethbridge Herald on January 31st, 2025
Editor: I drove by Henderson Lake Park this afternoon and there they were; the faithful few, sitting, shivering, behind their little sign slagging Justin Trudeau. Well, to each his own I say. Everybody needs a hobby, but I couldn’t help but think that these people are going to have a gaping hole in their weekends ... Read More »
3 responsesScare tactics on industries that built the country
By Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2025
Dear Editor: Re: Speak up and say no to coal mining on the eastern Slopes – Maria Fitzpatrick Lethbridge Herald January 25, 2025 I’ve read a lot of egregious political bilge in my years and not one bests Maria Fitzpatricks hit piece on the Grassy Mountain coal project 355 kms upstream of Lethbridge. This ridiculous ... Read More »
13 responsesSmith’s Mar-A-Lago trip grounds for dismissal
By Lethbridge Herald on January 27th, 2025
Editor, In the private sector, directors would be quite remiss if they did not press the CEO for polished contingency plans on the largest risks facing the organization. Competent CEOs do not complain about the myriad of problems which they face, they do not blame others for poor performance, the directors are only interested in ... Read More »
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