Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 7 October 2019 - 6:20am
To The Editor:
In the words of Greta Thunberg: “how dare you pretend you are fit to govern!” For most of the last thirty-two years we have lived in this community, one or sometimes two of you political parties have held office at a provincial and federal level. Yet the best you can do in this election is point fingers at each other and make empty promises that...
by Letters to the editor on 29 September 2019 - 7:15am
To the Editor,
The Fridays For the Future youth strike last Friday was inspiring. Around the world, millions of youth and their supporters marched and demanded real climate action from the adults. By ‘real action’ I assume the youth mean action that avoids the forecasted global catastrophe and delivers the Paris Accord goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C...
by Letters to the editor on 9 September 2019 - 10:57am
To The Editor:
Any day now the BCUC will rule on whether rural Nelson hydro customers will be paying more for power than city customers.
There is a clause in the Community Charter that says councillors can be held personally financially accountable. Might this apply to what I am presenting below?
Nelson hydro's bylaw says they will not purchase...
by Letters to the editor on 25 August 2019 - 4:10pm
To The Editor:
Dear Wayne Stetski and Abra Brynn:
I'm part of a group of people who are profoundly concerned about climate change. Many of us worked on the proportional representation campaign, and have been involved with the Green Party or the NDP or both in the past.
I implore you to put the climate crisis ahead of partisanship...
by Letters to the editor on 14 August 2019 - 4:02pm
August 12, 2019
Dear Minister Heyman,
On behalf of the City of Rossland’s council, I am writing to you to express our support for dissolving the Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality. The recent Court of Appeals ruling stating that no significant progress has been made on the development has given the Province a golden opportunity to re-assess the project and make some common-sense...
by Letters to the editor on 11 August 2019 - 1:11pm
To The Editor:
In the lead up to the 2019 federal election MP Wayne Stetski talks a good line on climate change, but can we rely on him to oppose BC minority NDP and federal Liberal government fossil fuel expansion policies?
When Burnaby-South NDP MP Kennedy Stewart was arrested alongside Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, in opposition to the...
by Letters to the editor on 14 July 2019 - 3:18pm
To The Editor:
Wish: federal parties' political hierarchies take first steps towards a cross-party climate ”war cabinet”, as suggested in the Green Party’s "Mission Possible”.
They model working together to strategically capture more seats and proportional representation, in order to deal with the Climate Crisis and ultimately also the generational...
by Letters to the editor on 9 July 2019 - 8:17pm
To The Editor:
I recently heard the difficulties of corner stores are experiencing in our city — some unable to keep doors open due to lack of business.
Is it cost of goods or availability of product or the lack of information to the surrounding blocks of the availability of service?
Rosemont grocery recently closed and I am concerned we may lose...
by Letters to the editor on 7 July 2019 - 12:20pm
To The Editor:
Denmark recently had an election, prior to which 1.2 percent of the population called for a more aggressive response to the climate emergency. Danes now have a government that has strengthened its 2030 target to reduce carbon emissions by 70% below the 1990 level.
Canada's pitiful target is 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.
If 452,000...
by Letters to the editor on 9 June 2019 - 3:01pm
To The Editor:
When I arrived in Nelson 49 years ago, I was deeply saddened by how the local environment was being treated.
The City of Nelson was burying garbage on its Kootenay River waterfront and occasionally burning cardboard and wood waste there. The Kootenay Forest Products mill pumped smoke into the air and spewed fly ash throughout Fairview....
