Letters to the Editor
by Contributor on 20 April 2011 - 5:12pm
I have been a proud pit bull and American Staffordshire owner for 10 years now. Our six-year-old dog Pearl is great with children, adults, and other dogs. Never have we seen her bare her teeth, growl, snap, or bite at another dog or a human.
I was upset when I read (an article about the city's $1,000-licensing fee for pit bulls and American Staffordshire dogs).
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by Harvey Oberfeld on 5 April 2011 - 9:56am
Ask anyone who has lived under a dictatorship and they will tell you of its ugly features: A Supreme Leader who rules with an iron fist; legislation pushed through by a rubber stamp legislative assembly with little or closured debate; government officials ordered into silence or fearful of speaking up; and a press denied the right to even ask questions, let alone get any answers.
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by Contributor on 10 March 2011 - 9:35am
To the Editor:
I am writing to advise you that the road over the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed to all traffic beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, March 28.
The road will reopen for public use at 8 a.m. on...
by Contributor on 23 February 2011 - 11:42am
In the Facilities Report released by the school district this fall, three of the top-rated scenarios see Rossland Secondary School closing and MacLean Elementary becoming a K-7 school. This is based on the assumption that grades kindergarten to seven will fit in MacLean. When you take a closer look at the numbers, however, it becomes clear that this is not a viable option.
Currently...
by Robin Yassin-Kassab on 21 February 2011 - 6:29pm
Our thoughts and prayers are with the heroes and heroines and martyrs of Libya, and with our brave correspondent in Tripoli, now under fire. Communication is on and off, mainly off. Here is her most recent report. Since she sent it the phone lines have been cut entirely and the city’s electricity is also disconnected.
I live in the Ben Ashour area of Tripoli. Minutes ago my...
by Nelson Daily Editor on 15 February 2011 - 11:54pm
An open letter to the president and CEO of BC Hydro, president and CEO of FortisBC, president of Axor, chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission, the BC Minister of Energy, the BC Minister of Environment and Federal Minister of Environment, and all our respective MLAs and MPs in the hope that someone will step forward to make common sense prevail.
To...
by Contributor on 4 February 2011 - 7:17am
Dear Editor,
Recently, a local chapter of the Council of Canadians invited me to speak at a forum about CETA. The forum will play host to our current MP as a speaker as well as MP Peter Julian, the NDP’s International Trade Critic.
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by Contributor on 31 January 2011 - 11:59am
Dear Editor,
As most people will recall, the NDP sent out a cartoonish flyer last fall, which discussed the Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, also known simply as CETA. Since then, there has been much discussion about the issue and recently, our current MP has spent time criticizing both local constituents and the local media about the situation.
... by Contributor on 9 January 2011 - 8:15pm
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...
by Andre Carrel on 21 December 2010 - 7:51am
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...
