Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 25 April 2012 - 8:36pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
Who is the one per cent against whom Occupy wants us to mobilize? A website called Global Rich will tell you.
Unfortunately it uses simple math to calculate who is "rich" and come up with a figure around $47,500 Cdn. as being in the top 1 per cent annual wage earners.
Arithmetically, you are in the 1 %. But...
by Contributor on 19 April 2012 - 5:41pm
Dear Rick Hansen:
I hope that during your next 25 years of raising money for spinal cord research (SCR) we will see the end of inhumane, scientifically fallacious spinal cord experiments on animals. It was 25 years ago when Lifeforce, a Vancouver based ecology and animal rights organization, gave you extensive data about the failure of “animal models” but you went on to fund animal...
by Contributor on 13 April 2012 - 2:36pm
Dear Editor,
I’ve just been reading your story “Only YOU can prevent cancer now” and can support wholeheartedly the mission of the PCN (Prevent Cancer Now) campaigners.
What I find ironical though, and even hypocritical in some instances, is that we often read about campaigns about...
by Letters to the editor on 8 April 2012 - 11:13am
Editor, The Nelson Daily
Below is our response to recent media stories speaking to the safety and reliability of services to Trail versus Castlegar airports.
The primary focus of the stories was on recently released data showing the Trail service being more reliable than the service in Castlegar.
The higher reliability of the Trail service is due to two...
by Letters to the editor on 5 April 2012 - 9:06am
Editor, the Nelson Daily:
I appreciated the recent editorial cartoon of Harper and his welcome mat to China in your recent edition.
Just after I saw that, I read that the Wildrose Party of Alberta had proposed a pipeline policy for Canada that seems -- dare I say this about a right-wing party? -- "progressive." An all-Canadian pipeline to Atlantic Canada...
by Contributor on 25 March 2012 - 6:43pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
On April 5, 2011 (yes, almost one entire year ago), I wrote Councillor Deb Kozak about the City's plans for the vacant Nelson Movie Theatre — which at that point had been unoccupied for several months.
I had left manyunanswered voice mail messages for the City Manager — with no response whatsoever. And to her credit, ...
by Letters to the editor on 7 March 2012 - 7:06pm
The Nelson Daily has obtained a copy of the letter Kootenay Lake Superintendent of Schools/CEO Jeff Jones is sending home to parents in School District No. 8.
Dear Parents:
I am pleased that teachers and students were back in classes today, learning in safe and effective environments throughout our District.
At this time I am uncertain as to what will happen next...
by Contributor on 21 February 2012 - 3:41pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
BC Nurses’ Union members continue to be concerned about the closure of the Castlegar Emergency services on February 4.
We want the community of Castlegar to know that our priority is to provide quality and safe patient care. The nurses at Castlegar Hospital will continue to advocate for improvements so that high quality care will be there...
by Anonymous on 15 February 2012 - 4:49pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
On January 6, 2012, the Health Employers Association of BC suddenly announced a unilateral 9%-14% wage rollback for B.C.’s hospital pharmacists.
The wage rollback is certain to aggravate an ongoing staffing shortage in
BC’s hospital pharmacies, putting all British Columbians at risk.
For years, hospitals across BC have been...
by Contributor on 14 February 2012 - 5:59pm
February 13, 2012
Ottawa, ON
The Honourable Diane Finley, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Room 707 Confederation Building
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Dear Minister Finley,
Enclosed please find two letters from constituents which represent the feedback my office has been receiving since the Prime...
