Is the Columbia Avenue, Washington Street upgrade really necessary?
The recent City of Rossland newsletter about the Columbia Avenue and Washington Street infrastructure project should have been titled “Propagating the Myth”. The newsletter, which was not approved by Council, contains many misleading statements.The City has provided very little justification for undertaking this project and...
LETTER: Conservative candidate questions his exclusion from Nelson CETA forum
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. Shortly after that invitation, various editors throughout the BC Southern Interior ran […]
City of Rossland: Debunking the Myth: Columbia Avenue and Washington Street Project
Ed. note. The following is a press release printed as received from the City of Rossland. The photo was added by the Telegraph. It is well known that the Ministry Of Transportation has been planning to pave Columbia Avenue. In cooperation with MOT and in order to take advantage of the opportunity to have the paving paid for...
LETTER: MP Atamanenko 'ill-informed', says Conservative candidate
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 […]
LETTER: Will six million dollars be enough for the Columbia / Washington infrastructure project?
Dear editor,Rossland Council has taken a step toward turning the Columbia/Washington infrastructure project into another financial fiasco like the Ophir Reservoir project. The project is based on the assumption that a maximum of $6 million will have to be borrowed to pay for the work.Questions arise whether that will be enough...
Webster PAC to Rossland: "We are silently cheering on the sidelines for the efforts of our Rossland neighbours."
Ed. Note. This letter was sent to Leslie Paul, PAC Chair, McLean Elementary School and Diana Wilkes, PAC Chair, Rossland Secondary School. The Telegraph was cc'd on the e-mail Dear Rossland Friends, We don’t need to tell you how deeply, and how personally, parents in this school district have been impacted in recent months. ...
LETTER: BC should be covering smoking cessation products
Dear Editor: The Canadian Cancer Society BC and Yukon is calling on the BC government and Liberal leadership candidates to support smokers who wish to quit by providing funding for nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) for those British Columbia smokers trying to quit. During National Non-smoking Week, the BC government ...
City staff are giving away city property and council isn't doing anything about it
City staff are giving away City property and Rossland Council is doing nothing about it.In October 2010, a building permit was issued for the construction of a garage in the 1900 block of Second Ave. The problem is the garage is being built so that it crosses the property line and encroaches about 7 feet onto the City’s...
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 […]
LETTER: Applauding the school board's actions
Dear Editor; There has been much anger aimed at the board of School District 20 over the passing of the motion to postpone the Planning for the Future public consultation meetings that were scheduled to take place in January. Our understanding is that at the next meeting of the board, probably in January, the board will ...
