Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 3 December 2019 - 7:28pm
To The Editor:
Civil Rights lawyer Gary Haugen is concerned with the human capacity for compassion. He says of the genocide in Rwanda, that it was one of the world’s greatest failures of simple compassion.
Today we are faced with another call for compassion.
(Recently) The Lancet, a prestigious...
by Letters to the editor on 1 December 2019 - 4:55pm
To The Editor:
Bill 41, the BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, is poised to pass (soon), having passed first and second reading with unanimous support. This is exceptionally good news for all of us.
The history of colonialism in BC is becoming more well known. It is clear that we new-comers have profited greatly from the...
by Letters to the editor on 24 November 2019 - 7:13pm
To The Editor:
MP Morrison: Our children’s health at risk
(Recently), a special report by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet included sobering news about how climate change is impacting our children’s health: “The life of every child born today will be profoundly affected by climate change. Without accelerated...
by Letters to the editor on 18 November 2019 - 6:46am
To The Editor:
This new city council certainly has its climate emergency agenda proponents.
A day doesn't go by without another scary article announcing world ending global warming unless we do something immediately. Cities are signing on to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
What is Nelson doing?
Natural gas heating is one of our biggest uses...
by Letters to the editor on 11 November 2019 - 2:19pm
To The Editor:
On the November first weekend the Creston Curling Club held a benefit bonspiel for the Nelson Curling Club, to help Nelson pay for repairs to their ice plant.
The Bonspiel raised almost $10,000, and is a first of its kind in this area and perhaps anywhere in Canada. The Creston Club worked extremely hard using volunteers as usual to put on...
by Letters to the editor on 11 November 2019 - 9:03am
To The Editor:
To Wayne Stetski, my thanks for his service, and a piece of advice — if the NDP are afraid to call themselves socialist, as their forerunners the CCF were not, then his party does not deserve to attract support from the Liberals.
Fight for the "S word" and make it your own, not what your enemies say it is. Americans cannot comprehend nor...
by Letters to the editor on 31 October 2019 - 8:23pm
To The Editor:
I had the privilege of growing up in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program which was started by war amputee veterans. Through Operation Legacy, which is made up of members of CHAMP, we pay tribute to the veterans who founded the Association and all those who have served our country.
I have participated in Operation Legacy as far back...
by Letters to the editor on 31 October 2019 - 7:14am
To The Editor:
I was part of a cross-party team that worked to elect Jenica Atwin as the first Green MP from Fredericton. We focused all our attention on providing voters with information about our candidate, our platform and what she would try to do if elected. One voter told me she really liked Jagmeet Singh, but thought that voting NDP was a wasted vote. I...
by Letters to the editor on 23 October 2019 - 7:01am
To The Editor:
A hearty congratulations to the City of Nelson for undertaking the removal of Japanese knotweed and the Kootenay Invasive Species Society in supporting their efforts.
In recent news it was...
by Deb McIntosh on 21 October 2019 - 3:25pm
Ed. Note: This letter is in reference to an act of vandalism that destroyed a local mural, for more coverage, see https://castlegarsource.com/news/vandals-destroy-castlegar-mural
I wonder what the impact is on people who are targeted by vandalism.
As with most gross acts of vandalism we, as a community, speak out, especially on social media (me being one of them).
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