“March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD) and this year we are hopeful that justice for Indigenous Women will move forward with the government’s announcement of the long awaited inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women,” said Debbie Bird, President of the West Kootenay Labour Council. “Every year women and men around...

To The Editor: In a February 16, 2016 story on The Nelson Daily, the Blewett Conservation Society was critical of the Okinshaw Water Bottling Company. The Okinshaw Water Bottling Company would like to respond to those concerns raised by the Blewett Conservation Society in the story and news release. In the opening comment...

To the Editor: I have been keeping track of the Senior Advocates reports which are an excellent example of extensive research that outlines all aspects of the care that our seniors are receiving in this province. Then I read her news release, which gains much more attention than the actual report does. She has highlighted the...

To The Editor: With the Paris Climate Agreement, leaders’ world-wide overwhelmingly accepted that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world continues to increase fossil fuel use, the need to reduce emissions is urgent.  Why are our politicians contemplating spending billions on pipelines when the Paris...

To The Editor: Building either Kinder Morgan and/or the Energy East pipeline should be challenged from the perspective of asking why Canada is exporting oil when we are importing it as well?  Canadians need to know why, if the cost of refining Canadian crude is so expensive, it is cheaper to purchase Middle East and other...

To The Editor: Canada drew upon its compassion during the Paris Climate Summit.  Knowing that if our carbon emissions continue unchanged, some of the earliest and most tangible consequences are to island nations in the southern hemisphere. They will be overwhelmed by the rising sea level, lives and livelihoods lost, and so ...

To The Editor: January 8, 2016   Premier Christy Clark PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9E1   Dear Premier Clark: The Province’s upcoming submission to the National Energy Board regarding Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain proposal provides an opportunity for your government to show leadership on B.C.’s economic and...

To The Editor: Negotiations are difficult by nature.  Managing negotiations between 195 countries is nearly impossible.  This was the dilemma facing the negotiators of the Paris climate Summit.  To solve it they brought in a unique management strategy. The trick to getting through over-complicated negotiations comes from the...

To The Editor: We, the undersigned residents (including some businesses) of the Village of Kaslo and of the adjacent surrounding Electoral Area "D" of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), some of whom met at the United Church Hall in Kaslo on December 1st, 2015, are concerned over the woefully inadequate access...

Dear Editor, In response to Deb McIntosh’s recent letter re: the Community Harvest Food  Bank’s struggles to assist families and individuals living in poverty, we suggest it is high time that our wealthy province makes  some meaningful policy changes so that the families of one in five children in BC don’t have to be dependent...