Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:
This Canada Day I will reflect on what factors in my life have led me to be so obtuse about the impact of colonialism on Indigenous People.
I am a 7th generation Canadian, from UK and European ancestry who never had to be torn away from my family to go to school. In school I learned all about my people and their ancient...

To The Editor:
Just before last fall’s election, the BC NDP released its report on old-growth logging. They said they were implementing all the panel’s recommendations and that they were protecting hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest. One of the recommendations was immediate deferral of logging old-growth forests.
But forestry experts tell us...

To The Editor:
Brittny Anderson, MLA Nelson-Creston
Hello Brittny,
Belated best wishes on your election as our representative in the British Columbia legislature. Also congratulations on your appointment as the Premier’s Special Advisor on Youth. I certainly do not envy you in that position of...

To The Editor:
It is with great sadness that we must announce the Cancellation of Rossland Golden City Days and the Rossland Fall Fair.
The Golden City Days Committee and the Rossland Fall Fair committee have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's event due to COVID-19.
After discussing the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19,...

To The Editor:
Open letter to Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
I am deeply distressed with the decisions your government has made and is continuing to make on old growth logging in BC. Fairy Creek is currently the contentious area, but other areas have and will follow...

An Open Letter to Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Katrine Conroy:
Dear Minister Conroy,
Congratulations on your appointment as Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. We hope you will usher in considerable change from the former destructive...

To The Editor:
The new NDP majority government campaigned on an election promise to implement all 14 of the old growth review panel recommendations, which was received in April.
One of those recommendations was to ban logging in at-risk old growth forests within 6 months. These deferrals are overdue – they should have been implemented by the...

To The Editor:
Open letter to the Saturday mask and pandemic protesters,
I saw you walking up and down Baker St. on Saturday and wanted to let you know that you scare me. I am 8 months pregnant and the last thing I want is to catch COVID-19 only to slip into a coma while in labour or die as other pregnant women have. While these cases...

Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau's broken promise on electoral reform.
“We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP”
It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE, heard from experts from around the world, MPs sought input from...

Dear Editor:
Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau's broken promise on electoral reform.
“We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP”
It was a key...