Letters

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]

LETTER – We need a new province on a tropical island to increase tax revenue

January 16, 2019 // 5 Comments

A question for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: To create more jobs and grow the economy to benefit all Canadians, perhaps we have to think outside the box. My wife and I will [Continue]

LETTER – Video of whale playing with log shows we have much to learn

December 10, 2018 // 1 Comment

On Dec. 2, as Christmas time approaches, Lifeforce Ocean Friends found a four year old humpback named “Lorax” playing with a log off Comox Harbour, BC. “Logging is [Continue]

LETTER – Proportional representation referendum is down to the wire

December 3, 2018 // 1 Comment

Here we stand, in the last week of the campaign, to decide whether we will keep the older system of electing our provincial government or change to a more democratic system, [Continue]

LETTER – It’s not just about safe drug use, it’s about change to lifestyle

November 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Re: ‘Why drug consumption sites for kids are not so outrageous’ It is a condemnation of our society, I feel, that things have come to the point where this is [Continue]

LETTER – What if the system keeps putting minority in charge of majority?

November 19, 2018 // 4 Comments

Mr. Anderson, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, is staying out of the electoral reform debate because he feels the issue should be non-partisan. He’s right. This [Continue]

LETTER – MLA Stone should have remained neutral on prop rep issue

November 18, 2018 // 8 Comments

To Kamloops South Thompson MLA Todd Stone: Last night I received a phone message from you. Right away you announced that this was advertising sponsored by the BC Liberal [Continue]

LETTER – Milobar and Stone don’t represent all perspectives in our ridings

November 17, 2018 // 8 Comments

MLAs Milobar and Stone have been extremely vocal on the Pro Rep issue – even though they represent only a portion of local voters. We couldn’t ask for a better [Continue]

LETTER – Academic freedom for faculty is fully protected at TRU

November 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

In light of recent media attention that has focused on Thompson Rivers University, the publishing activity of its faculty, and on academic freedom, I feel it necessary to [Continue]

LETTER – All three prop rep choices guarantee at least one local MLA

November 12, 2018 // 3 Comments

A really good example of false advertising can be found right now in B.C. newspapers. Over the past weeks, ads have appeared stating “Time to Say Farewell to Your Local [Continue]

LETTER – Here are five reasons why prop rep advertisement is misleading

November 11, 2018 // 9 Comments

The Fair Vote ad in Friday’s Kamloops This Week is misleading. The ad is endorsed by a half dozen local leaders, some on city council (I have my own opinion on what is [Continue]

LETTER – We face ‘wicked problems,’ very complex and difficult to solve

November 5, 2018 // 11 Comments

My daughter and I were recently discussing my observation that some of her peers where making a conscious choice not to work full time, at least for now, even when they were [Continue]

LETTER – First Past The Post – a stupid way to run a party or an election

October 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

Major political parties do not use First Past The Post when electing a new leader. Not even the BC Liberals who are fighting to keep this antiquated voting system. If you had [Continue]