Opinions
Building Canada Act creates legal black holes
By Lethbridge Herald on August 8th, 2025
Jocelyn Stacey Quoi Media Newly elected Prime Minister Carney, along with several provincial premiers, have made the claim that conditions of “urgency,” “necessity” and “unprecedented crisis” justify initiating legislative grants of sweeping discretionary powers to the government to act in times of emergency. U.S. threats to Canadian sovereignty and chaotic tariffs have been layered onto ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal benefit could have helped people on AISH, but it doesn’t
By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2025
Rene Plaizier and Bruce McKay Inclusion Lethbridge The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new monthly federal payment of $200 that is a small but much needed boost for most Canadian adults with disabilities. But not for Albertans. Why?  The government of Alberta claims that Alberta’s Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) provides the highest ... Read More »
5 responsesSchool library book ban an effective distraction
By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2025
Trevor Harrison For the Herald Alberta’s education minister, Demetrios Nicolaides, has announced standards for determining what age-appropriate books will appear in school libraries. Students in any grade will not be able to see materials showing explicit sexual content, defined by the province as detailed and clear depictions of sexual acts, including masturbation, penetration and ejaculation. Only students ... Read More »
3 responsesLanguage is more than just communication
By Lethbridge Herald on August 5th, 2025
Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Never look down on people who speak broken English. They are learning. Respect people who are learning a new language. As they learn, they already know two languages albeit imperfectly.  Language learning is hard for adults.  Normally we learn to speak before we reach puberty. It requires determination, energy, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians demand and deserve bail reform
By Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2025
Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP “If you want to commit a crime, come to Canada.” These were the harrowing words spoken by the mother of Laura Furlan after her daughter was brutally murdered in a Calgary park by Christopher Ward Dunlop. Fifteen years later, on February 16, 2025, Dunlop claimed another life—that of Judy Maerz—in the ... Read More »
18 responsesThere’s value in connecting with neighbours
By Lethbridge Herald on July 31st, 2025
Rachel Savage, Albana Isai  & Paula Rochon Quoi Media Your neighbour can be a lifesaver, in good times and in bad. Whether shoveling your sidewalk, lending a missing ingredient for that favourite recipe, recommending a new local restaurant or offering a friendly wave to start your day, these small gestures often offer much-needed support. Research ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Summertime highlights health care shortfalls
By Lethbridge Herald on July 26th, 2025
Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA Summertime is here in all its glorious sunshine and outdoor fun. I hope you are enjoying some of the wonderful events across southern Alberta. But along with all those long days of water sports, golf, camping, hiking, and all things outdoors comes something not so fun: more visits to the ... Read More »
7 responsesEncampment issue is not unique to Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on July 25th, 2025
Maxine Brown For the Herald Encampments in public spaces have become a visible and emotionally charged issue in Lethbridge. For many residents and business owners, seeing tents pop up near the downtown core or in parks is not just frustrating, it’s alarming. The immediate questions people ask are “Why here? Why is this happening in ... Read More »
9 responsesMisleading online ads are hurting diabetics
By Lethbridge Herald on July 23rd, 2025
Laura Syron Quoi Media A recent surge in misleading ads and AI-generated videos on social media and other online sites promoting bogus diabetes products, treatments and cures — often using fake endorsements, including from my organization Diabetes Canada — poses a serious health risk to people living with diabetes. So far this year, Diabetes Canada has heard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plastic words and dangerous intents
By Lethbridge Herald on July 22nd, 2025
Lorne Fitch For the Herald The Alberta government would have us believe in impossible things, notably that it is possible to reduce red-tape while still boasting of the highest environmental stan dards. With their endlessly-repeated mantra of “responsible resource development” spewing out like hyperbolic exhaust from a rhetoric machine, language becomes ever more devoid of ... Read More »
7 responsesBody camera cost an arresting development for city taxpayers
By Lethbridge Herald on July 18th, 2025
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Because of a provincially mandated requirement that all police departments be issued body worn cameras by the end of 2026, local taxpayers could be seeing an additional tax hike of some indeterminate amount when the next council does budget deliberations. Could is the operative word because while ... Read More »
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