There is no right to mountain bike in natural areas
To the Editor:Bicycles should not be allowed in any natural area. They are inanimate objects and have no rights. There is also no right to mountain bike. That was settled in federal court in 1994: http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/mtb10. It's dishonest of mountain bikers to say that they don't have access to trails closed to ...
Greens weigh in on Nelson Landing
To the Editor,Open letter to Nelson City council regarding the Nelson Landing re-zoning and development proposal.Dear mayor and councilors,Nelson-Creston Greens, on behalf of our members and all citizens of Nelson and area, respectfully ask that council make sure that no toxic materials from the site will be released into the...
Premier needs to clean up casino mess immediately
To the Editor,During the week of Jan. 3, CBC Vancouver ran an exposé on organized crime laundering money in Vancouver area gambling casinos. The allegations put forth in this exposé are very serious and probably true. They are another black stain on the record of the Gordon Campbell government. To help you better understand...
Our current MP doesn't even understand CETA
To the Editor, As most people will recall, the NDP sent out a cartoonish flyer last fall, which discussed the Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, also known simply as CETA. Since then, there has been much discussion about the issue and recently, our current MP has spent time criticizing both ...
Questions about the origin of the Jumbo proposal
To the Editor,Thanks for the recent article in The Nelson Daily. I am totally opposed to a ski resort in this area. Who wants it exactly? Developers? Government? I don't get it. Is it another way to get Albertans to spend oil money in BC?A year round ski resort makes no sense to me. People don't have enough of winter by April?...
