Letters

LETTER – McLeod exaggerates support for Kinder Morgan pipeline project

June 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

Last week our Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod spoke in the House, saying, “We have great support for Kinder Morgan, the 980 kilometres through Alberta and through the [Continue]

LETTER – An open letter to the party leaders on Site C dam

May 19, 2017 // 3 Comments

Open letter to Hon. Christy Clark, John Horgan & Andrew Weaver: The two political parties that gained the majority of the popular vote made repeated and prominent [Continue]

LETTER – Thank you to Terry Lake for his efforts on behalf of B.C.’s seniors

May 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

I have publicly criticized the health ministry on numerous occasions over the last three years concerning senior care in B.C. And I have encouraged everyone to raise their [Continue]

LETTER – TRU’s full professors are chronically under-paid in comparison

May 4, 2017 // 5 Comments

Higher education doesn’t usually get the attention it deserves during provincial election campaigns. That’s unfortunate, because since Kamloops received a free-standing [Continue]

LETTER – Experts express environmental concerns about Ajax

May 2, 2017 // 8 Comments

The B.C. Environment Assessment Organization has recently posted some new information from our government scientists regarding the KGHM Ajax proposal to put an open-pit mine [Continue]

LETTER – It’s time to clean up the fracking mess

April 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

Researchers recently discovered that methane emissions from the LNG/fracking sector are at least 2.5 times higher than the government estimates, meaning the LNG/fracking [Continue]

LETTER – It’s National Volunteer Week

April 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Happy National Volunteer Week! To paraphrase an unknown author, volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. When we volunteer, we vote for the kind of community and [Continue]

LETTER – BC Liberals’ action on softwood lumber file isn’t very united

April 23, 2017 // 2 Comments

Christy Clark’s recent editorial “Taking a Stand: United Action on B.C. Softwood Lumber” rings hollow in many aspects. The Liberal’ recent action on the softwood [Continue]

LETTER – Kamloops residents should hear directly from SLR on findings

April 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

To Kamloops City Council: I would like to applaud Coun. Denis Walsh for publicly requesting that an open public meeting be held for SLR’s presentation of their final report [Continue]

LETTER – Judicial inquiry into state of mining regulation in B.C. needed

April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Minister Todd Stone, I ask that you seriously consider supporting a judicial inquiry into the state of mining regulation in B.C. and work to suspend the Environmental [Continue]

LETTER – No question new standards are needed for mine assessments

April 17, 2017 // 2 Comments

There’s no question that signiﬁcant new standards are required for environmental assessments in B.C. However, the Ajax Project is deﬁnitely not an example of the type [Continue]

LETTER – Still work to be done on cannabis, but legislation is a good start

April 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Re: federal legislation on marijuana: We’re happy to see such comprehensive regulations that take into account so many of the recommendations from the task force report [Continue]

LETTER – Thoughts on Roderick MacIsaac after Ombudsperson’s report on health researcher firings

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

As a father and an opa I couldn’t help but think of Roderick MacIsaac and his family when reading Mr. Rothenburger’s summary of the Ombudsperson Jay Chalk’s [Continue]

LETTER – Consider the environmental impact of pipeline expansion

April 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

Dear Editor, Please consider in this day and age there will be an environmental impact from the Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker project. This should not be a greedy [Continue]