To The Editor: Proportional Representation leads to better decision making in our Government. It has been demonstrated time and again that better decisions are made collectively than individually. Proportional Representation (Pro Rep) voting ensures that voters political views are accurately represented. This in turn ensures...

To The Editor: The B.C. government passed an amendment to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act on March 14, 2018 that protects corporate confidentiality.  Ministry of Finance officials say the new confidentiality provision prevents them from disclosing what individual fossil fuel companies pay in royalties. Billions of dollars...

To The Editor:   Mayor and Council Members The Corporation of the City of Nelson    Dear Council Members:   Re:  Full Page Ads, During Election I am writing this letter prior to Election Day so I won’t be accused of reacting to the outcome. I am extremely disappointed that the city has chosen to run “pat ourselves on the back”...

To The Editor: This upcoming election is important, actually every election is important. It is our opportunity to exercise our democratic rights. Don’t think that’s important? Look down south, there were 100 million people who didn’t vote in that election and I hope they think about that every day. Think it can’t happen here...

To the Editor: The dust seems to have settled finally on the new Ontario Government’s heavy handed intrusion into the democratic process of Toronto’s current civic elections.  Now it should be very clear to all Canadians that under Canada’s Constitution civic government does not exist except at the whim of the Provinces. All...

To The Editor: Is there a relationship between sound climate/environmental policy and electoral systems?  I often ponder that question and have come to the conclusion that when governments need to collaborate with other parties in order to legislate policies that best serve the broad needs of the population including the...

To The Editor: While Prime Minister Trudeau and BC Premier Horgan are proudly congratulating themselves on building the Canadian economy with the announcement of a multibillion dollar LNG plant, the rest of us are wondering what the hell is going on here. These two climate warrior leaders are celebrating plans for a massive...

To The Editor: Most Kootenay residents are familiar with the brilliant red color that the kokanee salmon turn in the fall when they are spawning in creeks and rivers in the area. But did you know that kokanee can also be found spawning along the beaches of some of our lakes? These type of kokanee are called shoal spawners, ...

To The Editor: A federal election looms in 2019. One year can make a huge difference,  I know, yet I'm close to one-hundred-percent sure I cannot cast a ballot for one of the three major parties. Liberals failed to come close to our expectations when Justin got elected. He has shown himself a miserable lightweight, a poseur...

To The Editor: Dear Minister Heyman: It was a pleasure to meet with your Assistant Deputy Ministers, Jennifer McGuire and Jim Standen, on August 22, 2018, regarding the imminent threat that zebra and quagga mussels pose to British Columbia's freshwater ecology, native fish species, infrastructure, economy, tourism, beach...