Letters to the Editor

Our Prime Minister’s 'new Canadian patriotism'

by Nelson Daily Sports on 29 Jan 2012
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Our Prime Minister’s 'new Canadian patriotism'

Editor, The Nelson Daily

Do we accept Stephen Harper’s “new Canadian patriotism”?

We in the Kootenays, with pacificist traditions from Quakers, Doukhobors, and Viet Nam war resisters, surely must be alerted by a Prime Minister with a vision of Canada standing tall with military muscle beside imperial nations like America and Britain.

Lions Club calls on Chamber of Commerce to explain eviction

by Contributor on 26 Jan 2012
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Lions Club calls on Chamber of Commerce to explain eviction

Letter to the Editor:

Last Thursday, four of the Lions executive waited for our turn to visit the Chamber of Commerce board meeting. In the closed meeting of the chamber board, a discussion of how to proceed with the eviction of the Lions Club.

Pothole gobbles up Castlegar residents car

by Contributor on 23 Jan 2012
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The best way to explain my issue would be in chronological order but would require a longer article to accomplish.

Open letter regarding hearings into proposed Endbridge pipeline

by Contributor on 17 Jan 2012
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Open letter regarding hearings into proposed Endbridge pipeline

Dear Prime Minister:

 

We are deeply concerned that your government has already determined the outcome of the controversial Enbridge pipelines proposal even before the panel responsible for assessing its impacts has commenced its hearings. This, in our opinion, has the real potential to completely undermine the independence and impartiality of the Panel, its report and recommendations.

OP/ED: Teachers' Union urges parents not to let kids take FSAs

by Contributor on 12 Jan 2012
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OP/ED: Teachers' Union urges parents not to let kids take FSAs
This week, teachers of Grade 4 and 7 students in School District #20 will be sending letters home with students asking parents to withdraw their children from writing the FSAs (Foundation Skill Assessment) exams.
 
Why?

The FSAs do not count toward student’s marks nor do the results actively support learning.

They are expensive to develop and administer and take valuable time away from richer and more meaningful learning.

OP/ED: Nestle Waters takes issue with Atamanenko's bottled-water stance

by Contributor on 23 Dec 2011
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OP/ED: Nestle Waters takes issue with Atamanenko's bottled-water stance

I read with interest the article that appeared in the December 9, 2011, edition of The Castlegar Source entitled, “MP wants bottled water banned.”

In the piece, BC South Interior MP Alex Atamanenko based his recent statement about bottled water in the House of Commons on information that has long been confirmed as false — mythology one typically finds on anti-bottled water activists’ websites or in circulars published by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Occupy Nelson delivers accolades for a 'job well done'

by Nelson Daily editor on 07 Dec 2011
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Occupy Nelson delivers accolades for a 'job well done'

To the Editor:

We of Occupy Nelson would like to thank the City of Nelson, the Nelson City Police and the helpful folks on City Council for assisting us with dismantling the physical Occupation in front of City Hall.

We would like to thank the incredibly helpful (and ever-thoughtful) City manager for waiting until our most vulnerable members were off site filling their bellies at a soup kitchen before giving the go-ahead for the take-down crew to begin disassembling the Occupation site.

"Cowboy hat" protest planned against Harper crime bill

by Contributor on 24 Nov 2011
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"Cowboy hat" protest planned against Harper crime bill

Canadians across the country are mobilizing to oppose the rushed passage of the Omnibus Crime Bill. If passed, Bill C-10 would shift Canada to a cruel, costly and failed fill-the-prisons approach to justice. The 150+ cross-country actions at MP’s constituency offices are focused on Thursday at 1PM, with some taking place throughout the day and Friday.

LETTER: Democracy wins at UBCM with regard to Smart Meters

by Contributor on 03 Oct 2011
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LETTER: Democracy wins at UBCM with regard to Smart Meters

Dear Editor,

The BC Liberals' attempts to silence the growing Smart Meter controversy have failed at the Union of BC Municipalities convention with delegates voting for a province-wide moratorium. Could the heavy-handed, dictatorial edicts of Rich Coleman and the Liberals have actually prompted this clear vote for democracy, pushing back this denial of democratic process, denial of human rights, and denial of freedoms and liberties enshrined in our Canadian Charter?

LETTER: Free fruit, ripe for the picking

by Contributor on 29 Sep 2011
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LETTER: Free fruit, ripe for the picking

To the editor:

Did you know that Castlegar has a huge hidden resource that is barely tapped? The bears know! I am talking about all the fruit that falls and is not used in our area. There were, at one time, at least 60 orchards in our valley. Now, there are no commercial fruit farms here, to my knowledge, but there is a ton of fruit to be gleaned.