Opinions
Gov’t efforts having negative effect
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 22nd, 2020
UCP decisions have increased pandemic pain for Albertans Ordinarily, I would start May’s column in our local paper with some reflection on how glad I am to be able to wander the coulees in nice spring weather, or how wonderful the lilacs and fresh-cut grass in my neighbourhood smell on a sunny weekend morning. > ... Read More »
11 responsesExploding energy subsidy myths
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 21st, 2020
Mark Milke and Lennie Kaplan CANADIAN ENERGY CENTRE In the ongoing debate over whether Canada’s oil and natural gas industry will or should survive, one argument often advanced is the notion that oil and gas activity in Canada survives only due to massive subsidies from taxpayers. The debate has been fuelled recently by comments from ... Read More »
14 responsesChild care plays a key role, too
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 20th, 2020
Support for child-care services should be part of province’s COVID-19 response Sherry Hunt BOARD CHAIR, CHILDREN’S HOUSE CHILD CARE SOCIETY When child-care centres across the country were told to close their doors due to COVID-19-related public health orders, leaving only day-home care available in some provinces, thousands of Canadian families, many of them critical and ... Read More »
1 responseThe real-life action hero (sort of)
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 16th, 2020
A tragicomic end to Jordan Goudreau’s plan It’s hard being born Canadian if your ambition is to be a real-life version of movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Blood Sport,” “Death Warrant,” “Universal Soldier,” “Last Action Hero”). The same goes for being Belgian, of course, but Van Damme just wanted to be in the movies. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Relaunching amid COVID-19
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 15th, 2020
This week was the start of stage one for the provincial government’s COVID-19 Relaunch Strategy and we are happy to announce that a number of City amenities are now available for use, as long as residents can adhere to the current public health orders. After evaluating the provincial guidelines and receiving various mitigation plans from ... Read More »
1 responseIs science important only during pandemics?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 14th, 2020
Lorne Fitch PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGIST Do you know of any effective incantations, spells or potions to help us in this time of crisis and uncertainty? No? If there is a silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic, it might be to reassert in people’s minds the role, importance and prominence of science in our lives. Science provided ... Read More »
23 responsesLeaders should be setting example
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 13th, 2020
Alberta’s politicians must cut their pay Franco Terrazzano CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION All around the world, political leaders are showing solidarity with their citizens by sharing in the hard times and reducing their own pay. It’s time for Alberta’s politicians do to the same. “We acknowledge New Zealanders who are reliant on wage subsidies, taking pay ... Read More »
2 responsesWhen will federal gov’t stand up to tech giants?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 9th, 2020
Jerry Dias NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF UNIFOR Canada’s news organizations are in mortal peril, and it’s time for the federal government to take on the two marauding tech giants who are largely to blame. Facebook and Google have pillaged the Canadian digital advertising market over the past decade. Between them, they have scooped up the vast ... Read More »
1 responseSome reasons to be hopeful
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 9th, 2020
Science is making headway on other challenging problems You don’t feel like reading about the plague today? Good. I don’t feel like writing about it again either. So here’s some reasons to hope, none of which are even remotely related to the coronavirus. First, they have found not one but three new ways to combat ... Read More »
1 responseDoctors’ greenest pastures are here
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 8th, 2020
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a lot of debate over physician compensation in Alberta. Any time conversations take place around compensation, they are always bound to be laden with emotion – and the discussion around physician compensation is no different. The issue of doctor compensation is complex and not simply solved, and ... Read More »
9 responsesLessons from the pandemic
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 7th, 2020
Kevin Van Tighem A tiny little virus with a nasty ability to spread has humbled us all. Lives and economy have been disrupted to a degree unimaginable even two months ago. It’s a good time for rethinking some core assumptions. To that end, here are some positive lessons we might take from our current situation: ... Read More »
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