Letters

LETTER – The arts are alive and thriving in School District 73

April 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Letter to the editor: School district needs to be a leader in teaching the Arts, Apr. 9, 2019 by Ian MacKenzie Thank you for your thoughtful and passionate letter with [Continue]

LETTER – Charging GST on BC Hydro’s crisis fund is example of a tax grab

April 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

Dear Mel, Re your commentary on Tax Grab. Here’s one maybe people don’t know about and I just realized today when reading my BC Hydro Bill. As part of our bill we [Continue]

LETTER – Discount on encyclopedia set was too good to refuse

April 14, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Armchair Mayor column, ‘Encyclopedia of old gets no respect, but people still read’ Loved the nostalgia regarding encyclopedias, their use, abuse, and disuse. [Continue]

LETTER – Follow the money to find solutions to the opioid crisis

April 10, 2019 // 5 Comments

Here is my view of the opioid crisis. First, we should understand that what drives supply is money. The saying that “Crime doesn’t pay” is false. If crime [Continue]

LETTER – School district needs to be a leader in teaching the Arts

April 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Recently I read a report on School District 73’s “high priority” budget items. I was struck not by what was included, but what was not. Certainly I cannot argue the [Continue]

LETTER – At the rate we’re going with taxation, there will be no middle class

March 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: ROTHENBURGER – What, exactly, is this middle class everyone’s talking about? I read with some amusement your article discussing the middle class. The term is [Continue]

LETTER – ‘Armchair Linguist’ says an emergency is an emergency

March 22, 2019 // 2 Comments

In Kamloops we have a gentleman who writes a column and calls himself the ‘Armchair Mayor’ and he provides his prospective on different situations in our city and [Continue]

LETTER – Respect for the person and respect for ideas are different things

March 21, 2019 // 4 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – Do we have to respect both the person and the religion? Good day, Mel. I read your article and think it is worth pointing out a few things. Text from [Continue]

LETTER – Wildlife killing contests must come to an end in B.C.

March 17, 2019 // 3 Comments

OPEN LETTER BY COALITION ASKING BC GOVERNMENT TO END THREE ‘WILDLIFE KILLING CONTESTS’ March 10, 2019 We, the undersigned coalition of 54 environmental and animal welfare [Continue]

LETTER – ‘Wolf whacking’ contest is about controlling predator populations

March 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – ‘Wolf whacking and other wars on predators should be banned’ Although it may seem that this contest is just an excuse to go out killing for [Continue]

LETTER – WestJet fully complying with decision to ground MAX aircraft

March 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Transport Canada has made the decision to ground all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft effective immediately and to close Canadian airspace to this aircraft series. We are fully [Continue]

LETTER – Getting through a son’s death by suicide, a half hour at a time

March 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Mel Rothenburger column, ‘We’ve got to talk about suicide, but how do we do it?’ I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your article on [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Alleged threat ‘has been managed and our schools are safe’

February 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

The following message was emailed to all parents and guardians with children enrolled in School District No.73 (Kamloops-Thompson) on behalf of Alison Sidow, Superintendent [Continue]

LETTER – American university students pay their share of taxes

February 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Editorial, Why international students should and must pay more, Jan. 15, 2019 As a U.S. student, this is pretty offensive, though it is not trying to be. It suggests that [Continue]