Letters

LETTER – Labour Day was about music, hot dogs and collecting signatures

September 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

Labour day! Ah yes, the day before school goes back in, or the beginning of autumn, or the day labour unions and coalitions open their arms to a family day in fairs at local [Continue]

LETTER – Come to the Pro Rep Diner and order what you want

August 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

Since the Armchair Mayor is once again running his favourite column against PR, I thought I’d humour him and stick with the food analogy. Let’s say both Mel and I are [Continue]

LETTER – Tired of skewing of votes in First Past the Post system

August 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Most of our everyday world runs on one person, one vote, which is proportional representation (PR). How so? When union members vote on a new contract, the person with high [Continue]

LETTER – Some facts about special licence plates for RCMP members

August 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

In your editorial about the RCMP and Veterans Plates I would like to know if you are aware of the following federal legislation pertaining to the RCMP, as well as our [Continue]

LETTER – Five City councillors urge ‘Yes’ vote on proportional representation

July 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

Five Kamloops City councillors — Arjun Singh, Donovan Cavers, Tiny Lange, Dieter Dudy and Denis Walsh — jointly signed and released a letter today (Tuesday, July 10, [Continue]

LETTER – Shoe factory analogy proves prophetic with Civic Building addition

June 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

The Kamloops Art Gallery is in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Civic Building. When the building opened in August 1998 it had supporters and detractors. One detractor [Continue]