Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 12 October 2015 - 8:20am
To The Editor:
In 2011, Stephen Harper convinced Canadians to give him a majority, and look how that turned out. Harper used - some might say abused - this majority to bring in a vast amount of poorly conceived, highly partisan legislation - including all the omnibus budgets...
by Letters to the editor on 4 October 2015 - 1:44pm
To The Editor:
With the two front runner candidates, (Wayne) Stetski (of the NDP) and (David) Wilks (of the Conservatives), currently locked at 37 percent in the local polls, those voters planning to vote either Green or Liberal need to know that their votes will only serve to help Wilks get re-elected.
Only if those of us who want the Harper...
by Letters to the editor on 4 October 2015 - 12:45pm
To The Editor:
According to an article in Forbes magazine, Japan’s lost nuclear output since Fukushima has been half displaced by efficiency, frugality, and renewables. Renewables provide 13% of America’s energy, 33% of Italy’s, 46% of Spain’s, 50% of Scotland’s, over 50% of Denmark’s, and 64% of Portugal’s. Germany’s fossil-fueled generation hit a 35-year low...
by Letters to the editor on 28 September 2015 - 10:54am
To the Editor:
This is an open letter to David Wilks.
Mr. Wilks, you are running for re-election as MP for Kootenay-Columbia. I would like your constituents to know that I believe you are not a fit person for the job.
Over the past four years, you have shown that you are more concerned with following orders from the...
by Letters to the editor on 5 September 2015 - 7:50am
To The Editor
You may have read or heard that Cottonwood Market's future is uncertain. I want to assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. The City of Nelson is planning to tear down the current buildings at the end of this season, but we plan to work with the city to erect new shelters before the season begins for 2016. I am completely certain...
by Letters to the editor on 2 September 2015 - 8:34pm
To The Editor:
Politics at its best? Or politics at its worst?
With the official start of the federal election being called over the August long weekend, we also saw the start of political parties’ election sign campaigns. Now, love them, or hate them, they are part of the political tradition in Canada, and one of the most effective ways that...
by Letters to the editor on 23 August 2015 - 5:43pm
To The Editor:
Many environmentalists and climate-warming panic artists have bemoaned Stephen Harper’s less than speedy transition to non-carbon sources of power.
While there have been some efforts towards windpower (Alberta) and tidal power (New Brunswick) in conversion to electrical energy it is obvious that these efforts, while brave, have minimal;...
by Contributor on 4 August 2015 - 11:33am
As we live through a hot summer, we are faced with the constant threat of fire and with water shortages in most of BC. It is heartening to finally hear ongoing public recognition of the fact of global warming and the warnings that fire threat and water shortages will be a fact of life in the years to come. It is also heartening to hear that the federal government and some provinces are taking...
by Letters to the editor on 26 July 2015 - 7:13pm
To The Editor:
This week Premier Clark blamed climate change for wildfire increase in BC.
She wants to impose “stiffer penalties” for those who cause them.
Will this apply to her government, whose support of LNG projects will lead to increased fossil fuel extraction?
The scientific journal Nature said that fossil fuel extraction must “fall...
by Letters to the editor on 14 July 2015 - 1:51pm
To The Editor:
On behalf of my wife and children, we would like to express our heartfelt and sincere appreciation to all those who helped my wife in the aftermath of the assault on her life on 8 July, 2015 at approximately 2 p.m.
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