Opinions
Truckers’ message about masks was hijacked by extremists
By Lethbridge Herald on March 2nd, 2022
Brian Hancock – Lethbridge Herald publisher What began as a peaceful protest of a ruling made by Justin Trudeau was somehow lost along the way. Trudeau decided unvaccinated truckers should not be able to cross the border anymore, the truckers decided to take their disdain to the streets in the form of a peaceful protest. ... Read More »
22 responsesKenney showing little interest in managing cost of living
By Lethbridge Herald on February 25th, 2022
Shannon Phillips – MLA for Lethbridge West This late-February cold snap brings with it a number of anxieties for many folks in southern Alberta. There are of course the safety concerns and existential fears of our neighbours who are unhoused. There are the frustrating and grinding limitations faced by those that work every day to ... Read More »
23 responsesUniversities operating in an opaque labour relations environment
By Lethbridge Herald on February 19th, 2022
Dr. Christopher J. Nicol Professor of Economics Not so long ago, 2017 to be precise, research universities in Alberta were unique workplaces, with their operations governed by the (then) Post-Secondary Learning Act. Disputes pertaining to terms and conditions of work were resolved via mutually agreed binding arbitration. Strike and lock-out “tools” were not available in ... Read More »
4 responsesMayor and council into their second hundred days
By Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2022
Blaine Hyggen – Mayor of Lethbridge Welcome to the second hundred set of days with our new city council. Earlier this month, we marked the 100th day since we were sworn in to office – and I want to begin by saying again what a great honour and privilege it has been to serve Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP displaying professionalism and their value during trucker protests
By Lethbridge Herald on February 16th, 2022
GUEST COLUMN The past two weeks have been challenging for Canadians across the country. This is true for RCMP members who find themselves once again in the middle of difficult, and often highly politicized protests, while working around the clock to ease tensions and ensure protests do not escalate. Across Canada, our members have a ... Read More »
23 responsesAccusations of media bias and racism are unjustified
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2022
Brian Hancock Lethbridge Herald publisher For a long time now we’ve had to read the lame duck “its mainstream media’s fault” excuse given on social media for everything from truck convoys to COVID to cold cheeseburgers to toilet paper hoarding. The Herald leans left, the Herald leans right, I wish the Herald would take a ... Read More »
8 responsesIt’s clear who will man the checkpoints when a demagogue arrives
By Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022
Editor: During the siege of Sarajevo back in the 1990s, a city bright with music and art and a cosmopolitan melding of cultures – the Paris of the Balkans as it was known – one of many penetrating images stuck in my memory: It was of an ethnic Serb mortar emplacement on a hill high ... Read More »
35 responses2022 looking to be an encouraging year
By Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022
Nathan Neudorf – MLA for Lethbridge East As we enter the second month of the new year, it has been an unexpected pleasure to have had such mild temperatures for the past few weeks. It is also encouraging to see COVID cases continue in a downward trend. I want to thank all front-line workers who ... Read More »
3 responsesMayor Hyggen hopeful for a much brighter 2022 for Lethbridge and all its residents
By Lethbridge Herald on January 21st, 2022
Blaine Hyggen – Mayor of Lethbridge Welcome to the first Mayor’s Column of 2022 and thank you for continuing to read this monthly update from City Hall! Earlier this week, Lethbridge City Council this had its first full formal meeting of the year – and we had a big item to share. Council approved its Gateway ... Read More »
2 responsesWho are the greatest? Here are the choices of our board
By Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
ALTA. NEWSPAPER GROUP EDITORIAL BOARD As we turn the calendar over to what promises to be a better year in 2022 (knock on wood), Alberta Newspaper Group is introducing a new entity: the ANG Editorial Board. The ANG Editorial Board’s (ANGEB) primary objective is to work together to provide a monthly editorial that will engage ... Read More »
3 responsesJustice won’t be visible to Albertans when the process is hidden
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2022
STEPHEN KIRK – GUEST COLUMN Recent changes arriving within phase 2 of the Alberta Provincial Administrative Penalties Act seek to eliminate the public’s right to challenge traffic charges in open court. Doing so effectively reinforces the current government’s fiscal bottom line securing a lucrative income source through the implementation of what is merely a poorly ... Read More »
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