Letters to the Editor
by Letters to the editor on 18 November 2019 - 6:46am
To The Editor:
This new city council certainly has its climate emergency agenda proponents.
A day doesn't go by without another scary article announcing world ending global warming unless we do something immediately. Cities are signing on to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
What is Nelson doing?
Natural gas heating is one of our biggest uses...
by Letters to the editor on 11 November 2019 - 2:19pm
To The Editor:
On the November first weekend the Creston Curling Club held a benefit bonspiel for the Nelson Curling Club, to help Nelson pay for repairs to their ice plant.
The Bonspiel raised almost $10,000, and is a first of its kind in this area and perhaps anywhere in Canada. The Creston Club worked extremely hard using volunteers as usual to put on...
by Letters to the editor on 11 November 2019 - 9:03am
To The Editor:
To Wayne Stetski, my thanks for his service, and a piece of advice — if the NDP are afraid to call themselves socialist, as their forerunners the CCF were not, then his party does not deserve to attract support from the Liberals.
Fight for the "S word" and make it your own, not what your enemies say it is. Americans cannot comprehend nor...
by Letters to the editor on 31 October 2019 - 8:23pm
To The Editor:
I had the privilege of growing up in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program which was started by war amputee veterans. Through Operation Legacy, which is made up of members of CHAMP, we pay tribute to the veterans who founded the Association and all those who have served our country.
I have participated in Operation Legacy as far back...
by Letters to the editor on 31 October 2019 - 7:14am
To The Editor:
I was part of a cross-party team that worked to elect Jenica Atwin as the first Green MP from Fredericton. We focused all our attention on providing voters with information about our candidate, our platform and what she would try to do if elected. One voter told me she really liked Jagmeet Singh, but thought that voting NDP was a wasted vote. I...
by Letters to the editor on 23 October 2019 - 7:01am
To The Editor:
A hearty congratulations to the City of Nelson for undertaking the removal of Japanese knotweed and the Kootenay Invasive Species Society in supporting their efforts.
In recent news it was...
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...
