Letters

LETTER – Health officer should review impact of wildfire smoke on people

August 16, 2017 // 3 Comments

This letter was sent to Dr. Bonnie Henry today (Aug. 16, 2017) by the Kamloops Physicians for a Health Environment Society: Dr. Bonnie Henry Deputy Provincial Health Officer [Continue]

LETTER – Tell MPs to protect our way of life on waterways

August 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

At present, the federal government is reviewing the Navigation Protection Act—that’s the law that should give all Canadians the right to paddle up and down this land’s [Continue]

LETTER – Kamloops is a magnet for air pollution, and there are no ‘safe’ levels

August 8, 2017 // 8 Comments

Like many of us for the past number of weeks I have been sitting in a semi-dark home waiting for the temperature to drop and the sky to clear. Outside has an apocalyptic feel [Continue]

LETTER – City council will discuss next steps after rejecting Ajax mine

July 31, 2017 // 6 Comments

Response from Acting Mayor Arjun Singh to a letter from Dr. Jennifer Takahashi: Dear Jennifer, Thank you for your email and my apologies for the delay in responding. Thank [Continue]

LETTER – Call for action: traditional food donations needed for evacuees

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

As of today (July 24, 2017), there are over a hundred wildfires burning throughout BC and at least two dozen of those fires are near First Nations communities, according to [Continue]

LETTER – Federal environment minister should visit Ajax site before decision

July 19, 2017 // 5 Comments

July 18, 2017 Dear Kamloops Deputy Mayor Arjun Singh: Thank you for your clear point form disclosure of your “against” opinion on the Ajax Mine Project. I am struck how [Continue]

LETTER – Independent monitor can’t provide the oversight needed on Ajax

July 16, 2017 // 3 Comments

Dear Kamloops Acting Mayor and City Councilors: I have a few final thoughts and this May 18, 2017 Kamloops This Week Letter to the Editor by Dr. Jill Calder to share with [Continue]

LETTER – Compensation deal with Ajax should be shared with public first

July 14, 2017 // 3 Comments

Dear Council: RE: City of Kamloops Ajax Compensation Agreement Recently on Radio NL Councilor Pat Wallace commented that Council may soon be voting on the compensation [Continue]

LETTER – A few guys with pickups needed for Kenna Cartright Park

July 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

As you may be aware Kenna’s park is under tremendous pressure/stress. From residential development continuing to creep in, to other commercial interests, to a multitude [Continue]

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]