Opinions
Feds’ pandemic pandering
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 10th, 2020
Ottawa’s COVID assistance leaving the working class behind Dedicated CBC radio listener that I am, it was hard to hear through the why-everyone-in-Alberta-is-going-to-die narrative that launched the national morning news throughout last week. But thanks to my heritage, I have an ear for loose change. In her fiscal update, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tossed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Understanding COVID vaccines
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 9th, 2020
News of vaccines under development to combat the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has provided us with the first sense of optimism for a future beyond the pandemic. We should be positive and hopeful in response to this news and we can expect more SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the next few months. About 48 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ethiopia: war in Tigray
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 5th, 2020
Prime minister’s approach has unleashed ethnic and sectarian violence “Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack at a rally in Meskel Square in the capital, Addis Ababa. How was he to know that just 30 months after saying that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pandemic recovery plan
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 4th, 2020
We need a ‘Made in Canada’ plan to get the country back on track economically How should Canada look to recover? With nearly one year of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, it seems appropriate to reflect on where we have been and where we are going. When it comes to implementing next steps there ... Read More »
19 responsesMore MLAs should oppose PST
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 3rd, 2020
Albertans didn’t elect the United Conservatives so they could have their turn reaching deeper into our pockets and UCP MLAs need to remind Finance Minister Travis Toews of that fact because he keeps flirting with the idea of a provincial sales tax. “The timing is the question here,” said Toews on Nov. 13, referencing a ... Read More »
8 responsesTackling web giants up to feds
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on December 2nd, 2020
Gov’t should make levelling digital playing field a priority Weekly newspapers in communities from coast to coast dot the nation’s landscape like a media mosaic. From the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of Georgia, small-town journalists are on the job telling the stories that matter most, stories that remain part of the vital fabric ... Read More »
1 response‘Oil rich’ isn’t what it used to be
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 28th, 2020
“The only officials present were American and Saudi,” tweeted the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, but he was lying. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu really did fly in to Saudi Arabia to spend a few hours with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP efforts a hindrance, not a help
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 27th, 2020
Since I last had the opportunity to write this column, I’ve noticed so many of our neighbours setting up their Christmas lights and holiday displays a bit early this year. There can be no doubt that we are all exhausted by the challenges this year has brought, and many of us are doing our best ... Read More »
13 responsesThe cost of policing a province
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 26th, 2020
Even if the United Conservatives decide not to replace the RCMP following a $2-million panel taking a look at it, Albertans who live where they patrol will soon pay 13 times what they do now. If, however, the UCP decides to go through with its plan to start up Alberta’s very own provincial police force, ... Read More »
3 responsesBlood Tribe on Grassy Mountain project
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 25th, 2020
It is important to note that consultation does not provide any First Nation with a veto over a project. First Nations need to lobby to be recognized as having an interest in a given area that is the subject of development by industry. In these instances, a First Nation has basically two choices: one is ... Read More »
1 responseAn mRNA vaccine miracle?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on November 21st, 2020
Potential vaccines offer a light at the end of the COVID tunnel All the usual caveats apply: don’t go out and celebrate, don’t let your guard down, it’s still going to be a long haul. This winter will be “hard,” warned UÄŸur Åžahin, co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, the German company that announced the first ... Read More »
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