Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 30 December 2020 - 12:05pm
To the Editor:
It used to be, and largely still is, considered an act of politeness to let others go first. In the context of climate change and emissions reductions, this might be described as a rationale for inertia. China and India are currently used to support that rationale. Although China tops the emitters list, followed by the USA and then India, both China and India are...
by Letters to the editor on 29 December 2020 - 10:40am
To The Editor:
I have some concerns about the recent hype and media coverage from West Kootenay EcoSociety "100% Renewable Energy Plan", that is being brought by the NGO before a number of local municipalities for adoption.
In the next decade the BC NDP Ministry of Forest plans to clear-cut and truck at least 100,000 loads of old growth forest from the...
by Letters to the editor on 21 December 2020 - 2:13pm
To The Editor.
Somebody needs to explain just how (BC Premier John) Horgan possibly can justify taking our hard-earned tax dollars and give it to families with annual incomes up to 175,000 dollars, and individuals earning up to 67,500 dollars, insisting they desperately need ‘emergency funding’.
There is no doubt a lot of people who suddenly lost their...
by Letters to the editor on 17 December 2020 - 1:25pm
To The Editor:
While 2020 will undoubtedly be remembered by most for the COVID-19 pandemic, a young couple from Castlegar, Brett and Kendra (Wayling) Uniat, will remember it for the birth of their amazing daughter Zoey, born on October 12, Thanksgiving Day.
Zoey is now nine weeks old and last week was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called “...
by Letters to the editor on 13 December 2020 - 10:00pm
To The Editor:
How to occupy your time during a shutdown is something with which we are all having to deal.
In this digital age it is so much easier to have access to and indeed create content and have it posted on the internet. As consumers it is important to be able to sort that content in to the good, bad and ugly. With a little effort one can...
by Letters to the editor on 23 November 2020 - 3:28pm
To The Editor:
Top international lawyers to draft definition of "Ecocide" 75 years after Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide coined at Nuremberg.
It’s an extraordinary moment to be launching this project as the first international trials are remembered at Nuremberg. 75 years on, humanity faces a new and global threat: climate and ecological crisis...
by Letters to the editor on 2 November 2020 - 8:10am
To The Editor:
(The following Letter has been sent to)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland:
Two new reports have come to my attention which I wish to share with you both.
The first is by David Hughes, a renowned energy expert, and written for the Canadian...
by Letters to the editor on 18 October 2020 - 1:14pm
To the Editor:
Imagine it's October, 2030. That special four year old in your life will be fourteen. Will the skies be filled with smoke? Will there still be caribou? Will Kootenays communities have drinkable water?
What kind of a life will children be inheriting? And what are you willing...
by Letters to the editor on 5 October 2020 - 10:07am
To The Editor:
As a constituent in the Federal riding of Kootenay – Columbia, I wanted to find out how the values and issues of my newly elected representative and his Party aligned with my own.
The obvious solution for that would be to write my representative and ask. It actually started before the Federal election, when I asked questions on the then...
by Letters to the editor on 5 October 2020 - 9:23am
Dear Dr. Henry,
Thank you profusely, Dr. Henry, for everything you and your ministry staff have done these past many months to safeguard British Columbians from the suffering of the global novel coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.
I am a sixty-six year old Extinction Rebellion climate activist residing in Victoria, and am writing to share my recent...
