Letters to the Editor

Castlegar trustee responds to criticisms

by Contributor on 09 Jan 2011
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Castlegar trustee responds to criticisms

 Dear Editor, 

This letter is in response to (a series of articles and commentary in local media, inlcuding a letter written by Roland Vogel).

Mr. Vogel, as far as I am aware, appears to be the voice of people in the Glenmerry area. He is fairly representative of the views of Trail concerning Trail’s place amongst our local communities. I will not respond to the various partial truths contained in his letter, as that would require a whole article, not a simple letter to the Editor.

LETTER: Wikileaks - Audi alteram partem

by Andre Carrel on 21 Dec 2010
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LETTER: Wikileaks - Audi alteram partem

In his essay “Propaganda and Demotic Speech” (1944) George Orwell lamented “the bloodless dialect of Government” and the “inflated bombastic style” with which newspapers report on governments. Orwell held out the hope that “someday we may have a genuinely democratic government, a government which will want to tell people what is happening, and what must be done next, and what sacrifices are necessary, and why.” 

LETTER: Trail and Warfield Trustees call on Minister to dissolve school board / remove Gord Smith as chair

by Contributor on 17 Dec 2010
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Lorraine Manning, Toni Driutti and Mark Wilson - SD#20 Warfield and Trail trustees
To: Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid - Minister of Education
 
Since September 2008, S.D.20 (Kootenay-Columbia) engaged its staff and communities in a Planning for the Future process to determine how best to use its facilities in order to ensure that maximum funds flow to classrooms and educational programs. Educational priorities have always been our main concerns and this is evident in the completed 265 page Planning for the Future Document. (featured on S.D.20 web page)

Letter to Interior Health from Castlegar resident

by Contributor on 20 Oct 2010
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Letter to Interior Health from Castlegar resident

 Hello. I am hoping you will extend enough respect to me to actually read and respond to this email.
 

 

I am very disappointed in your decision to move the ultrasound machine from Castlegar to Trail. I don’t think you realize the inconvenience this will cause for the citizens of Castlegar and area. I had an ultrasound in June of this year and I was able to book it during my lunch hour. My appointment was at 12:10 p.m. and I was in and back to work by 12:30 p.m.

Doc decries loss of Castlegar ultrasound

by Contributor on 13 Oct 2010
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Doc decries loss of Castlegar ultrasound

The Castlegar and District Hospital Foundation purchased an ultrasound unit for the Castlegar & District Hospital in 1997. Money was raised by the Castlegar community during the “Light Up” campaign. This unit was replaced by a new ultrasound machine in about 2005. It was noted that 60 per cent of the cost was funded by I.H. and 40 per cent by the Regional Hospital District.


 

The CDH Foundation was informed on Oct. 4 that the I.H.A.

Mir Lecture explores foundation for peace with David Cory

by Contributor on 01 Oct 2010
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Mir Lecture explores foundation for peace with David Cory

Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series invites you to explore the foundation for peace on the planet with Vancouver-based Emotional Intelligence Specialist David Cory.

As a specialist in the Emotional Intelligence field for the past 12 years, David Cory will share stories and review humankind’s ability to evaluate, manage and control emotions which are related to forming the foundation for peace in our world.

Kootenay/Boundary not the only locale for nutty wildlife stories: Drunken man surprised crocodile bit him

by Wikinews on 26 Aug 2010
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Kootenay/Boundary not the only locale for nutty wildlife stories: Drunken man surprised crocodile bit him

A 36 year-old man is recovering from surgery after his leg was seriously injured as a result of a bite from a five metre long crocodile named 'Fatso.' Michal Newman, who was intoxicated, climbed into its pen, claiming he wanted to play with it.

POLICE: RCMP request assistance in locating missing person

by Boundary Sentinel on 17 Aug 2010
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POLICE: RCMP request assistance in locating missing person

A backpack on a picnic table is all the RCMP have to go on in locating 24-year-old Australian Owen Kiernan Rooney. Rooney was last seen at the Boundary Hospital at 7649 - 22 St. in Grand Forks on  Aug. 14 at about 8 p.m.

Rooney left the hospital, leaving behind his backpack on a picnic table on the west side of the building. Rooney currently resides in Kelowna, B.C. and may have been heading in that direction.

Shambhala 2010 sees almost double the arrests/charges compared to 2009

by Kyra Hoggan on 11 Aug 2010
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Shambhala 2010 sees almost double the arrests/charges compared to 2009

 Photo courtesy the Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP: Const. Derek Hall displays some of the drugs seized at this year's Shambhala Music Rave.

Almost twice as many people were arrested and charged last weekend as there were in 2009 as they came to, or left from, the Shambhala Music Rave event.
“Charges are being pursued against 27 people (as compared to 14 in 2009).

STATEMENT: John Fulton's family responds to verdict in Noyes trial

by Contributor on 26 Jul 2010
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John Fulton
Open Letter:
 
To begin, our family would like to thank the community of Grand Forks, Constable Bell and our Victim Service Worker Catherine Riddle for their overwhelming support and kindness. Words cannot express the loss our family has suffered, nor the horror of having to do it in such a public way.
 
We have heard repeatedly that the mental health system has let Ms. Noyes down.