Letters

AJAX – Development company wants compensation if mine goes ahead

September 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

A letter filed by Aberdeen Highlands Development Corp. with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office as part of the final public-comment period on the Ajax mine proposal: [Continue]

LETTER – ‘It would be inappropriate to engage in discussions at this time’

August 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

Following is the response, dated Aug. 22, from Environment Minister George Heyman to Acting Mayor Arjun Singh regarding an invitation to come to Kamloops to discuss Ajax: [Continue]

LETTER – Taking John A. Macdonald’s name off schools a very small step

August 26, 2017 // 6 Comments

Dear Mr. Armchair Mayor, Your article today (Aug. 25, 2017), “Proposal to take Sir John A.’s name off schools is ridiculous” is, once again, offensive and completely [Continue]

LETTER – We need to learn the lessons from this year’s wildfires, now

August 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

I hope we can finally learn the lessons fires and subsequent reports tried to teach us in 2003, 2010 and now. We need to get back to prescribed burns and we need to be more [Continue]

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]