To The Editor: The report came out last week that in 2019 Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions went up. Again. Canada has failed in all its commitments to reduce emissions. As long as emissions are going up we haven’t even started. These are the crucial last years to back away from global disaster, and Canada is still going the...

To The Editor: Wildflower School is a thriving multi-age school from Kindergarten to Grade 9 that operates within the public system. It is a program of choice, focused on innovative and social-emotional learning that has served the Nelson community for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, SD8 senior staff does not recognize the ...

To The Editor: On Tuesday, Nelson City Council will make a decision whether the 300-block of Victoria Street will become a parking lot for buses, a transit exchange. I’m opposed to this. Many of the people most directly affected by this decision (home- and property-owners, businesses, service providers) have expressed frustration...

To The Editor: Open letter to Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development I am deeply distressed with the decisions your government has made and is continuing to make on old growth logging in BC. Fairy Creek is currently the contentious area, but other areas have and will...

To The Editor: This is to commend (The Nelson Daily) for his article on the rallies across BC on Monday (February 22, 2021). In an era in which freedom of speech and freedom of the press are increasingly rare phenomena, it is heartwarming to see a (online) newspaper that until now has mostly stuck to the mainstream narrative,...

To The Editor: The new NDP majority government campaigned on an election promise to implement all 14 of the old growth review panel recommendations, which was received in April. One of those recommendations was to ban logging in at-risk old growth forests within 6 months. These deferrals are overdue – they should have been ...

To The Editor: Open letter to the Saturday mask and pandemic protesters, I saw you walking up and down Baker St. on Saturday and wanted to let you know that you scare me. I am 8 months pregnant and the last thing I want is to catch COVID-19 only to slip into a coma while in labour or die as other pregnant women have. While ...

Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau's broken promise on electoral reform. “We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP” It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE, heard from ...

Dear Editor: Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau's broken promise on electoral reform.  “We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP” It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE,...

To The Editor: On January 22nd, the RDCK issued a FAQ document regarding the decision made by the Nelson & District Recreation Commission on January 14th to close the Civic Arena early. Within the document, it states that the decision was made by the Provincial Health Officer to suspend all games, tournaments and adult ...