Letters to the Editor
by Contributor on 8 October 2012 - 8:52am
Dear editor,
I have previously written about the state of our roads and highways, especially after my family was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident in January last year. Luckily, they walked away with minor injuries but...
by Letters to the editor on 26 September 2012 - 8:08am
Editor, The Nelson Daily
Workers at the Nelson and District Community Complex (NDCC) continue to seek a fair and reasonable collective agreement as rotating strike action continues this week in Nelson.
The goal of the job action, says CUPE 2262 president Leford Lafayette, is to put pressure on the Regional District while causing as little disruption as...
by Letters to the editor on 20 September 2012 - 6:50pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
You are likely familiar with the brilliant red color that the kokanee salmon turn in the fall when they are spawning in creeks and rivers in the area. Did you know that kokanee can also be found spawning on the beaches of some of our lakes?
These are kokanee that are called “shoal spawners”, and are found scattered throughout the...
by Letters to the editor on 30 July 2012 - 9:30am
The Hon. Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor, 330 Sparks Street
Otatwa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
RE: Closure of the Nelson BC DFO Office
Dear Minister:
I write to bring to your attention concerns that are being voiced by local...
by Contributor on 23 July 2012 - 5:35pm
Dear Editor:
I am writing about hearings that are to be held in our area with respect to the way the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission has decided to divide up the province between Members of Parliament.
Hearings in our area are scheduled for Nelson on October 2, 2012 and Castlegar on October 3, 2012. None are scheduled for Trail.
One might wonder...
by Contributor on 12 July 2012 - 1:01pm
Open Letter to West Kootenay Residents:
It seems like the people who make decisions far away in Ottawa don't quite understand BC nor do they understand the importance of physical geography in such a mountainous place.
They look at maps with demographics and populations and what they have is an impression of where we live, but not how we live or what our...
by Contributor on 12 July 2012 - 11:20am
Do you care what sort of health care we will have in Canada starting in 2014? Do you want cheaper drug prices? How about health care programs and policies co-ordinated and monitored at a national level? Or having a national strategy to reduce wait times? Or including national standards for home and residential care? All these are on the table as the agreements on health care and transfer...
by Letters to the editor on 2 July 2012 - 6:18pm
Editor, The Nelson Daily
On May 7, a debate in the chambers of Nelson City Council on a motion about legalizing cannabis was profoundly similar to others currently taking place across Canada and the world (Council Debates Legalization of Pot, June 12, 2012).
As an active participant in this debate, I have some suggestions which may help us work...
by Contributor on 28 June 2012 - 9:10am
Ed Note: See bottom of letter for information about Facebook group supporting urban chickens in Castlegar.
I'm baffled by the arguments Castlegar City Council is using to prohibit backyard chickens in small numbers.
If the concerns really relate to noise, excrement, and attraction of pests - then why do we allow citizens to have dogs?
Dogs bark at all hours. The...
by Contributor on 28 June 2012 - 8:50am
What has 34 legs, speaks Russian but has no teacher?
The soon-to-be Grade 3 Russian Bilingual (RB) class.
Unfortunately, it is the intention of school administration to split this class between two schools: 13 children will remain at Castlegar Primary in a split Grade 2-3 RB class, while four children will be sent to a split Grade3/4 class at Twin Rivers Elementary School....
